6,000 runs, 200 wickets – A look at Ben Stokes’ latest Test landmark

Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis are the only other players to have achieved the twin feats.
Ben Stokes joined an elite club of all-rounders with the wicket of Kirk McKenzie in England’s first Test against the West Indies.
He is the third player to reach the twin landmarks of 6,000 Test runs and 200 wickets and here, the TCP looks at how he compares.
Elite trio

Only Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis have previously hit both landmarks and, while their overall numbers are comfortably higher than those of Stokes, his ach...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login