During the course of his magnificent 114 in the recent Old Trafford Test, Inzamam-ul-Haq completed 5000 runs in Test Cricket and became only the fourth Pakistani and 74th cricketer in the world to achieve this landmark. Inzamam's crossing of the milestone made me compile a list of Pakistani batsmen who have scored 3000 or more runs in test cricket. This list, along with a list of the first Pakistani batsmen to cross 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000 runs, is presented below:

Milestones: First Pakistan Batsman to
1000 Runs - Hanif Mohammad v West Indies at Bridge Town in 
            January 1958
2000 Runs - Hanif Mohammad v India at Bombay in December 1960
3000 Runs - Hanif Mohammad v Australia at Melbourne in December 1964
4000 Runs - Zaheer Abbas v India at Hyderabad, January 1983
5000 Runs - Zaheer Abbas v New Zealand at Lahore, November 1984
6000 Runs - Javed Miandad v England at the Oval, August 1987
7000 Runs - Javed Miandad v Australia at Lahore, October 1988
8000 Runs - Javed Miandad v New Zealand at Faisalabad, October 1990

Milestones: 3000 or more runs in Test Cricket
Aggregate  Batsman         Tests  Average 100's  50's
8832       Javed Miandad   124    52.57    23    43
5768       Saleem Malik    103    43.69    15    29
5194       Inzamam-ul-Haq   74    46.79    14    30
5062       Zaheer Abbas     78    44.79    12    20
4114       Mudassar Nazar   76    38.09    10    17
3951       Saeed Anwar      54    44.89    10    25
3931       Majid Khan       63    38.92     8    19
3915       Hanif Mohammad   55    43.98    12    15
3807       Imran Khan       88    37.69     6    18
3643       Mushtaq Mohammad 57    39.17    10    19
3575       Asif Iqbal       58    38.85    11    12
3315       Ijaz Ahmed       60    37.67    12    12

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