Ben Stokes reacts after taking a wicket in the Lord’s Test match against West Indies.
ENG vs WI Lords Test Match: English team captain Ben Stokes managed to achieve a big feat on the second day of the first match of the 3-match Test series being played between England and West Indies at Lord’s. In the 147-year history of Test cricket, Ben Stokes has now become the third player to have the feat of taking 200 plus wickets along with scoring more than 6000 runs in his name. Ben Stokes completed his 200 Test wickets by taking the wicket of Crick McKenzie in the second innings of the Windies team in the Lord’s Test match and also touched the figure of 100 Test wickets in England.
Become part of Jacques Kallis and Gary Sobers’ club
In the history of Test cricket, before Ben Stokes, Gary Sobers and Jacques Kallis were the only two players who have scored more than 6000 runs with taking 200 plus wickets. While Gary Sobers scored 8032 runs in Tests, he also took 235 wickets. Talking about Kallis, he took 292 wickets in Tests and scored 13289 runs with the bat at an excellent average of 55.37. Stokes currently has 6316 runs in his name in the Test format and has taken 201 wickets in his name.
Players who have taken 6000 plus runs and 200 plus wickets in test cricket
Gary Sobers (West Indies) – 8032 runs, 235 wickets
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 13289 runs, 235 wickets
Ben Stokes (England) – 6316 runs, 201 wickets
England has a chance to win from Pari
At the end of the second day of the Lord’s Test match, the England team had taken 6 wickets in the second innings of the West Indies, in which they still have a huge lead of 171 runs on the basis of the first innings. England has a great chance to win this test match by an innings on the third day. This is the last Test match in the career of James Anderson, the most experienced player of the English team.
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