All around England Ben Stokes becomes the third player to achieve this sensational feat
On Thursday, the all-round England cricket team joined the company of West Indies great Garry Sobers and South Africa legendary player Jacques Kalis to become the third player and first player of England to secure a double of 6000+ runs and more than 200 wickets in test cricket. He accomplished these amazing features against the West Indies and the first test of the three-match series at Lord. Dismissing batsman Kirk Mackenzie in his first over stokes got a hairs 200 test wicket.
In 103 test matches, he has taken 200 wickets till now. Also with the bad, he has scored 6320 runs at an average of 35.30 with 13th century and 31 half centuries with his best score of 258.
Meanwhile, Sobers has scored 8032 runs and 235 wickets in 93 test matches, and Kallis has scored 13,289 runs and 292 wickets in 166 test matches.