Ben Stokes claims incredible double to join Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis on elite list
India TV NewsBen Stokes joined two all-time greats of Test cricket in Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis as he dismissed Kirk McKenzie on the third delivery of the 12th over during West Indies' second innings at Lord's on Thursday, July 11. Stokes pinned McKenzie in front of his stumps to complete 200 wickets in the longest format of the sport and equalled Sobers and Kallis. The English allrounder became only the third player in the history of the sport to score 6000 Test runs and snare 200 wickets in the format after the West Indian legend Sobers and South Africa's all-time great Kallis. Meanwhile, Stokes has scored over six thousand Test runs, including 13 tons and 31 fifties at an average of 35.48 and averages 31.99 with the ball in hand in red-ball cricket.