Stokes thus joined the exclusive club of three cricketers to take 200 wickets and score 6000 runs in Tests. The other two players who share this unique record are Mr. Garfield Sobers of West Indies and Jacques Kallis of South Africa.

The England captain also took the wicket of Michael Lewis on Thursday, taking his tally of wickets to 201. Earlier, he had scored four runs for 371 runs in England's first innings, taking his number of runs to 6320.

Gary Sobers was the first player to reach this milestone, taking 235 wickets and scoring 8032 runs. Jacques Kallis scored 13289 runs and 292 wickets in his illustrious career.