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Ben Stokes will join Test cricket's 100-cap club when the England captain leads the tourists against India in Rajkot on Thursday. AFP Sport looks at some of the all-rounder's most memorable performances in the five-day game:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dec 2013, Perth: 120 v Australia<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Stokes provided England with a rare highlight during a miserable 2013\/14 Ashes with a gutsy fourth-innings hundred against an impressive Australia pace attack that came just months after England coach Andy Flower had warned he was wasting his talent following some wayward behaviour on a second-string Lions trip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

May 2015, Lord's: 101 v New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Injuries, a lack of form and uncertainty over his role meant Stokes' Test career was becoming a stop-start affair. But he responded to being promoted to number six in the batting order with two dashing innings, a rescue act of 92 followed by an 85-ball hundred -- the quickest in a Test at Lord's. He then dismissed Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum, now England's coach, with successive deliveries in an England win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

August 2015, Trent Bridge: 6-36 v Australia<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Stokes' batting may be his stronger suit but this match demonstrated his worth, when fully fit, as a bowler and in the field. His superb one-handed catch to dismiss Adam Voges helped paceman Stuart Broad to a headline-grabbing return of 8-15 as Australia collapsed to 60 all out. And it was Stokes who sealed victory with an excellent second-innings display of swing bowling as England regained the Ashes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

January 2016, Cape Town: 258 v South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Coming in with England faltering at 167-4, Stokes struck the second-fastest Test double century of all time, off just 163 balls. Stokes hit 30 fours and 11 sixes in total and also shared a partnership of 399 with Jonny Bairstow (150 not out) that remains the highest sixth-wicket stand in Test history. Michael Atherton, a former England captain, said of Stokes' innings: "In terms of sustained hitting, the demolition of an entire attack, I haven't seen anything like it before."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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August 2019, Headingley: 135 not out v Australia<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Just over a year after being acquitted of affray in a court case that threatened his career and some six weeks on from his World Cup final heroics, Stokes played arguably his greatest innings. Following England's woeful first-innings 67 all out, Stokes atoned with an arduous return of 3-56 and then somehow managed to get England to a victory target of 359. Having carefully played himself in, Stokes -- with just last man Jack Leach for company, hit out in spectacular fashion to secure a scarcely credible one-wicket win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

August 2022, Old Trafford: 103 v South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Stokes' reign as captain alongside coach McCullum started with four straight wins. Their 'Bazball' approach was criticised, however, following a defeat by South Africa at Lord's. But Stokes, again showing how he could pace an innings, helped turn things around with a composed hundred in Manchester and also took top-order wickets in both of South Africa's innings as England returned to winning ways.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Best-of-Ben-Stokes-in-test-Cricket.jpg", "alt_img": "Ben Stokes 6 best test", "alt_title": "Ben Stokes 100 test club", "image1": null, "video": null, "seo_title": "Six Of The Best By England's Ben Stokes On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Ben Stokes will join Test cricket's 100-cap club when the England captain leads the tourists against India in Rajkot on Thursday.\u00a0AFP Sport looks at some of the all-rounder's most memorable performances in the five-day game:", "seo_keywords": " Ben Stokes", "tag": null, "tagging": "Ben Stokes, Ben Stokes", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": null, "slug": "six-of-the-best-by-englands-ben-stokes", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "1", "ians_date": null, "ians_time": null, "server_time": null, "trash": "0", "view_count": "1238", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2024-02-14 08:03:14", "updated": "2024-02-14 08:03:14", "img_from": "Image Source: Google", "img_source": null, "schedule_publish": null, "news_keywords": "Ben Stokes", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2024-02-14 08:03:14", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "1", "google_date": null, "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": "Select", "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/six-of-the-best-by-englands-ben-stokes-138176" }