England’s test captain, Ben Stokes created a very unique record after his name. While playing against West Indies Ben Stokes came up with the ball and did something which is very unique. In this article, we will tell you everything about Ben Stokes’s unique test record.
England test captain, Ben Stokes is considered one of the finest fast bowling all-rounders in the world. In the past few test matches, Ben Stokes was not bowling as he was advised not to ball because of his injury. But in the first match against West Indies at lord’s he started bowling. He took a couple of wickets in his spell and one of those wickets was the reason behind his unique record.
Ben Stokes took the 200th wicket of his test career after which he became the third player to score 6000+ runs and take 200+ wickets in test cricket. He joins a very special club where the other two players are legends of their time. He joins Sir Garry Sobers of the West Indies and Jacques Kallis of South Africa.
Ben Stokes has joined the elite list of players and he will look forward to increasing his numbers as there are still years left in his playing career.
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The first test match against the West Indies is special in many ways as Jimmy Anderson is also playing his last international game and with this kind of rare record, Ben Stokes has made it even more special and memorable.
