England National Cricket Team captain Ben Stokes has scripted history with his incredible all-round performance in the ongoing fourth Test match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
Ben Stokes shines with both bat and ball and made the India National Cricket Team cloudy in the fourth Test in Old Trafford, Manchester.
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Ben Stokes became the first captain of England with 100 and 5-Fund in the same test
Stokes gave one of his most prestigious performances in Test cricket in Manchester. First, with the ball, he gave all this on the field and raced for a sensational 5-cicat to unconscious Team India.
Stokes set fire as he bowled 24 overs and scored 72 runs, rejecting Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar and Ansul Kamboj.
Then, he displayed his best batting in the testing format in a long time. He batted carefully on day 3 and hit a brilliant fifty, despite struggling with cramps.
Stokes returned to the crease after retiring and demolished the Indian bowling unit for 4 days. The England captain hit a terrible tonne, and after achieving a milestone, he played an attacker brand of cricket, which ended with 141 runs from 198 balls.
With this performance, Stokes became the first captain of England to create a century and run five wickets in a single test. He became a third cricketer with 7000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests and a five -wicket race with a century with the fourth Englishman and a five -wicket in the same test.
Complete list of records made by Ben Stokes:
Carrying Century + 5-Vicc in a Test match (captain):
Dennis Atkinson V Aus (1955)
Gary Sobers V Ing (1966)
Mistress Mohammad VY (1977)
Imran Khan V Ind (1983)
Ben Stokes We Em (2025)
7000 runs and 200 wickets in tests:
Gary Sobers (8032 runs and 235 wkts)
Jacques Kallis (13289 runs and 292 wkts)
Ben Stokes (7000* runs and 229 wkts)*
The British with a century and five wickets in the same test:
Tony Greg
Ian Botham (5 times)
Gus etcinson
Ben stokes
List of England captains for several centuries in Manchester:
Graham coach
Peter in
Ben stokes
Players to score three or more centuries in Manchester in Tests:
Dennis Competon (ENG)
Alastair Cook (ENG)
Gordon Green’s (Wi)
Alec Stewart (Eng)
Ben Stokes (Eng)
All-rounder of England’s biggest all-rounders-all-round excellence-Micle Athatart
Speaking on Sky Sports, former England captain Michael Etharton saw Ben Stokes as one of the greatest all -rounders in the history of English cricket. He said:
“Vishal cheering for Ben Stokes. All-round excellence from one of England’s biggest all-rounders. Five wickets in this match and now a Test Hundred, his first for a few years, against Australia since 2023, it is a long waiting against Lords against Australia, and you can see what it means.
“He is going to take a major wicket in the series, won the Player of the Match in the last Test at Lord’s. You feel that his all -round game is now coming together.”
Speaking on the BBC Test match special, former England captain Michael Vaughan was happy to see Stokes a ton after a long time. He said:
“You can tell from the ceremonies of Ben Stokes that it means a large amount. A full -trojan of a cricketer, he is incredible, but ever since he got a hundred, she has had to work and work and he has got a flow here. Things are coming together for England.”
