Bangalore: Mark Edward Waugh became the 3rd Australian after Allan Border and his twin brother Steve Waugh to join the select band of those cricketers who have amassed 8000 or more runs in Tests.

He accomplished this feat when he reached 51 in his score of 55 on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan in the neutral venue at Colombo on 03.10.2002.

This was his 126th Test and 206th innings. By achieving this feat he also became only the second player in the world after Sachin Tendulkar to score 8,000 or more runs in both versions of the game viz., Test as well as Limited Over Internationals.

Waugh is a right-handed batsman and also bowls off spin having taken 59 wickets @ 39.47. Born on 02.06.1965 Mark Waugh made his debut in the 4th Test at Adelaide against traditional rivals England in 1990-91 and immediately attained fame by notching up a century in his debut innings.

Waugh is also a brilliant slip fielder and holds the world record in fielding for most catches in a Test career.

The following is the complete list of players who have scored 8,000 or more runs in Tests:

Sl No	Player	For	Runs	M	Inn	NO	HS	Ave	100s	50s	0s
1	Border AR	Aus	11174	156	265	44	205	50.56	27	63	11
2	Gavaskar SM	Ind	10122	125	214	16	236*	51.12	34	45	12
3	Waugh SR	Aus	9631	149	235	41	200	49.64	27	44	20
4	Gooch GA	Eng	8900	118	215	6	333	42.58	20	46	13
5	Javed Miandad	Pak	8832	124	189	21	280*	52.57	23	43	6
6	Richards IVA	WI	8540	121	182	12	291	50.24	24	45	10
7	Tendulkar SR	Ind	8405	100	160	15	217	57.97	30	34	10
8	Gower DI	Eng	8231	117	204	18	215	44.25	18	39	7
9	Boycott G	Eng	8114	108	193	23	246*	47.73	22	42	10
10	Sobers GS	WI	8032	93	160	21	365*	57.78	26	30	12
11	Waugh ME	Aus	8004	126	207	17	153*	42.12	20	47	19

	Mts	Ings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Ct
England	29	51	7	2204	140	50	6	11	-	43
India	14	24	3	698	153*	33	1	4	4	29
New Zealand	14	20	2	766	111	43	1	5	1	10
Pakistan	13	20	-	908	117	45	3	6	4	17
South Africa	18	29	2	1135	116	42	4	4	1	19
Sri Lanka	9	14	-	345	111	25	1	3	5	7
West Indies	28	48	3	1858	139*	41	4	13	4	45
Zimbabwe	1	1	-	90	90	90	-	1	-	5
TOTAL	126	207	17	8004	153*	42	20	47	19	175

(all stats as at the end of 3rd day's play on 05.10.2002 in 1st between Aus/Pak)

Extras:
2nd new ball does trick, Aussies beat Pak by 41 runs
Rain helped us to regroup & clinch win, admits Waugh