The third test between Australia and England is played in Leeds. Australia came out to bat first and scored 263 runs. In response to which, the host England team dropped to just 237 runs. Captain Ben Stokes played a brilliant innings of 80 runs off 108 balls for England. He hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. However, the England captain failed to get support from the other batsmen from the second down. The hosts were reduced to just 237 runs as a result, but Ben Stokes crossed a big tally.
England captain Ben Stokes has crossed the 6,000 run mark in Test Cricket. If we look at the career of this player, Ben Stokes has scored 6008 runs in 95 Test matches so far. Ben Stokes has an average of 36.63 in Test format. While the strike rate is 59.12. Apart from this, Ben Stokes has crossed the century mark 13 times in Test format. While 29 half centuries are registered in the name of Ben Stokes. The England captain’s highest score in Test format is 258 runs. Aside from Ben Stokes batting in the Test format, bowling has also been seen.
Statistics show that so far Ben Stokes has taken 197 wickets in 95 Test matches. During this, the Ben Stokes economy is 3.31 while the strike rate is 58.23. In Test format, Ben Stokes has done the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings 4 times. While 4 wickets have been taken in 8 innings. At the same time, Ben Stokes’ best bowling figure in this format is 6 wickets for 22 runs. In this way, statistics show that England captain Ben Stokes has shown strength in bowling as well as batting. Earlier, in the second Test match against Australia, Ben Stokes played a brilliant 155-run innings in the second innings. However, the host England had to face defeat in this match.