Ben Stokes’ Highest Score In Test

Ben Stokes’ Highest Score In Test

Ben Stokes is an English all-rounder whose passion for playing test cricket is more than many other star cricketers. Stokes prioritizes the longest format of the game still in the era of the franchise T20 league, leaving all the money just to play tests for his country. The Southpaw made his test debut in the 2013-14 Ashes series against Australia in Adelaide and took 2 wickets and made 29 runs.

Stokes has represented England in 102 tests and accumulated 6316 runs at an impressive average of 35.48 given the fact that he has 198 wickets too with his seam bowling. The Durham cricketer has smacked 128 maximums in the format, the most by any batsman in test cricket history.

Ben Stokes’ highest score in tests is 258* off 198 balls against South Africa in 2016 in Cape Town. The classy left-hander came to the crease when the visitors were at 167/4 and from there he scored a double century off only 167 balls, the 2nd fastest in tests. Stokes hit 30 fours and 11 sixes in his marathon innings. The match ended as a draw after England declared 629/7 in the first innings and South Africa posted almost a similar total of 627/7 dec.