Ben Stokes joins Garry Sobers, Jacques Kallis in exclusive club, achieves historic double in Tests

England National Cricket Team Test captain Ben Stokes achieved a massive feat in the history of Test cricket. He became just the third all-rounder after Garry Sobers and Jacques Kallis to complete 6000 runs and 200 wickets in the longest format of the game.

Ben Stokes achieved the feat in the ongoing Test match against West Indies National Cricket Team. The first match of the three-match series between the teams is taking place at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London, which kickstarted on Wednesday (10th July).

Ben Stokes joined the elite list of all-rounders after he removed Kirk McKenzie in the second innings of the ongoing Test match against West Indies. The all-rounder trapped the batter in lbw to take the second wicket of the innings and complete his 200th wicket.

Ben Stokes bowled a sharp inswinger which undone the batter and he was hit straight on the pads. The batter opted for DRS hoping the hat ball might pitch. The ball struck him at the back pad in line with the leg stump and the DRS showed that the ball would have smacked the leg stump out.

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Kallis. Sobers. Stokes. Legends only, please. #EnglandCricket | #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/zQADWlbOnJ

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 11, 2024

Ben Stokes, who is often touted as the man with the golden arm, struck on the third ball of his first over and provided England with the second wicket. This was his 200th wicket in Test cricket and out of his 100 came in home conditions and 100 in away conditions, which speaks a lot about his caliber as a player.

Double of 6000+ runs & 200+ wickets in Tests

Garry Sobers (8032 & 235)

Jacques Kallis (13289 & 292)

Ben Stokes (6320 & 200)*

This was also Ben Stokes' 300th wicket in international cricket. He also became the 6th player in the history of the game to complete a double of 10000 runs and 300 wickets in international cricket.

Here's the list of Double of 10k runs & 300 wickets in international cricket

Carl Hooper

S Jayasuriya

Jacques Kallis

Shahid Afridi

Shakib Al Hasan

Ben Stokes*

Ben Stokes removes Mikyle Louis after removing Kirk McKenzie

After removing Kirk McKenzie, Ben Stokes made sure that he came up with another wicket in a short span of time. The all-rounder removed Mikyle Louis and made sure he didn't take long to take his 201st wicket in Test cricket and put his team in a strong position.

Ben Stokes bowled an outswinger outside off stump which Mikyle Louis tried to defend but played a tad away from the body and ended up poking at it. The keeper-batter Jamie Smith took a regulation catch behind the stumps to send the batter packing.

Coming to the match, England are looking favorites to win the game. They have taken 5 wickets in the second innings and left West Indies tottering at 55/5. The visitors are still trialling by 195 runs and it won't be a surprise if the hosts win the game by a massive margin.