It was a mixed day for Sachin Tendulkar. He became only the tenth batsman to score 8000 Test runs, but his dismissal effectively ended India's chances of pulling off a remarkable victory in the fifth and deciding Test at Kingston. Tendulkar, who reached the landmark when he had scored 82, was dismissed for 86, 14 runs short of a 30th Test-century which would have taken him past Don Bradman's record of 29. But taking that record is a question of when rather than if.

Tendulkar could well eclipse Sobers (8032), Geoff Boycott (8114) and David Gower (8232) later this summer when India play four Tests in England.

	M	Runs	Av
AR Border (Aus)	156	11,174	50.56
SM Gavaskar (Ind)	125	10,122	51.12
SR Waugh (Aus)	148	9,600	50.00
GA Gooch (Eng)	118	8,900	42.58
Javed Miandad (Pak)	124	8,832	52.57
IVA Richards (WI)	121	8,540	50.23
DI Gower (Eng)	117	8,232	44.25
G Boycott (Eng)	108	8,114	47.72
GS Sobers (WI)	93	8,032	57.78
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	96	8,004	57.58

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