Ben Stokes Plays His 100th Test: A Look At England Captain's Top Stats In Test Cricket - In Pics
Ben Stokes is on the brink of becoming the 76th cricketer to participate in 100 Test matches, marking him as the 16th player to achieve this milestone for England. Here are the significant statistics that outline the journey of the England Test captain in this format.
Ben Stokes is on the brink of becoming the 76th cricketer to participate in 100 Test matches, marking him as the 16th player to achieve this milestone for England. Here are the significant statistics that outline the journey of the England Test captain in this format.
Ruthless In Ashes
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39 of Stokes's 128 sixes have come in the Ashes, the most in the competition's history, followed by Kevin Pietersen's 24. His nine sixes in the fourth innings at Lord's last year is the most by a batter in an Ashes innings, one better than what he had managed during his historic 135* at Headingley in 2019.
Highest Individual Score From No.6 Batter
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Captaincy Record
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Unbelievable Run-Rate Under His Captaincy
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Second Fastest Double Ton In Test Cricket
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During the 2016 Cape Town Test, Ben Stokes reached his double century in just 163 balls, marking it as the second fastest in Test cricket history based on balls faced. It fell short by only 10 balls compared to Nathan Astle's remarkable feat in Christchurch back in 2002, where he reached his double hundred even quicker during a memorable fourth-innings onslaught against England.
One Of The Greatest All-Rounders
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