Ben Stokes joins Jacques Kallis in elusive list with 200 Test wickets

England Test captain Ben Stokes etched his name in an elusive list of all-rounders, featuring Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobbers during the ongoing first home Test against West Indies on Thursday.

Stokes became only the third player in the history of the format to claim 200 wickets, coupled with 6,000 runs.

The right-arm pacer, who made his long-awaited return to bowling at full throttle this summer, dismissed Kirk McKenzie (0) on his third delivery of the second innings to amass the 200-wicket mark.

Top-order West Indies batter McKenzie was trapped leg-before wicket (LBW) off Stokes and despite referring the decision upstairs via the Decision Review System (DRS), third umpire Adrian Holdstock upheld the decision of on-field umpire Rod Tucker.

Stokes, upon his return, has been sensational with the ball as he backed his landmark scalp with two maidens and consequently got rewarded with another wicket to his name when he got Mikyle Louis caught behind for 14.

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All in all, Ben Stokes has 6,316 runs in Test cricket and 201 wickets and despite joining Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers in the elusive all-rounders list, he is far behind the two greats of the game.

Sobers has 8,032 runs along with 235 wickets, while Kallis boasts an even more superior record with 13,289 runs and 292 wickets.

Coming back to the ongoing first Test, West Indies are in heaps of trouble against England as they lost half of their side with 55 runs in the second innings.

The touring side need to score 195 more runs to avoid an innings defeat against England.

Earlier today, England finished their first innings at 371 with Zak Crawley leading the charge with a 79, followed by debutant Jamie Smith, who scored 70.

Besides them, Ollie Pope and Joe Root also made notable contributions with fifty each.

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