Meet the youngest member of the 10,000 runs club

Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs as England sealed a series victory over Sri Lanka at the Riverside on Monday.

England won the second Test by nine wickets with more than a day to spare to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

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Set 79 for victory after making Sri Lanka follow-on, England finished with 80 for one.

The left-handed opener Cook was unbeaten on 47 and Nick Compton, who hit the winning runs, on 22.

Cook got to the landmark when he clipped Nuwan Pradeep for four through mid-wicket, having got off the mark with an edged single against left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.

At 31 years and 157 days he is the youngest player ever to achieve the feat, beating the previous record of India great Sachin Tendulkar (31 years and 326 days).

Here's a fact file on England's captain.

*Born December 25, 1984 in Gloucester, England.

*Scored an unbeaten 104 on Test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006, and made his One-Day International debut against Sri Lanka in the same year.

*Scored 766 runs in seven innings during the 2010-2011 Ashes tour, to help England to their first series win in Australia for 24 years.

*Scored 294 against India in 2011, his highest Test score to date, and was named as the International Cricket Council's Test Cricketer of the Year in 2011.

*Was appointed MBE in the Queen's birthday honours' list.

*Succeeded Andrew Strauss as ODI skipper in 2011 and as permanent Test captain in 2012.

*Scored his 23rd century against India in 2012 to become the highest Test-century maker for England, and became the youngest player to pass the 7,000-run mark. He was also named as one of Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in 2012.

*Led England to the final of the 2013 Champions Trophy, losing to India. He lost the One-day captaincy and a place in the 2015 World Cup squad due to a poor run of form.

*Captained England to a 3-0 home Ashes win in 2013, but a 5-0 whitewash Down Under led to criticism of his captaincy.

*Passed Graham Gooch's 8,900-run mark against New Zealand in 2015 to become England's leading Test-run scorer.

*Led England to a surprise 3-2 Ashes win last in 2015 and was named as captain of the ICC Test team of the year.

*Captained England to a 2-1 Test series win in South Africa in 2016 against a team then ranked number one in the world.

*Ended 2015 as the third-highest Test run scorer with 1,364 at an average of 54.56.

*Became the first English batsman and the 12th player from any country to score 10,000 runs in Test matches.