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title: "Name the English cricketer who recently surpassed former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar to become the highest run-scorer as an opener in Test Cricket's history?"  
description: "Name the English cricketer who recently surpassed former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar to become the highest run-scorer as an opener in Test Cricket's history?"  
author: "Ranbir Sharma"  
published: 2018-03-10  
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category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Name the English cricketer who recently surpassed former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar to become the highest run-scorer as an opener in Test Cricket's history?

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