Key points
- Ben Stokes scores 141 and takes five wickets
- England posts 669, securing a 311-run first innings lead
- Stokes joins Kallis and Sobers with 7,000+ runs, 200 wickets
ISLAMABAD: England captain Ben Stokes joined an elite group of cricketing legends with an outstanding all-round display in the fourth Test of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Old Trafford.
Stokes scored a commanding 141 — his first Test century in over two years — and also claimed a five-wicket haul in the same match, putting England in a commanding position against India.
Ben Stokes joins elite company as the third player with 7000+ Test runs and 200+ wickets.#ENGvsIND #BenStokes pic.twitter.com/PQI8NL4VH0
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) July 26, 2025
With this remarkable achievement, Stokes became only the fourth English cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in a single Test, joining the legendary trio of Tony Greig, Ian Botham (who achieved the feat five times), and Gus Atkinson.
His innings of 141, which included 11 fours and three sixes, helped England amass 669 all out — their fifth-highest total in Test history — securing a substantial first-innings lead of 311 runs.
India’s batting collapse
Earlier, the English all-rounder had sparked India’s batting collapse with bowling figures of 5 for 72, emphasising his continued influence with the ball.
Stokes’ all-round heroics also placed him alongside the likes of Jacques Kallis and Garry Sobers, as he became just the third player in Test history to reach the double milestone of 7,000 runs and 200 wickets.
Players with 7,000+ Runs and 200+ Wickets in Tests:
Garry Sobers – 8,032 runs & 235 wickets
Jacques Kallis – 13,289 runs & 292 wickets
Ben Stokes – 7,000* runs & 229 wickets*
Stokes resumed Day 4 on 77 not out and thrilled the Manchester crowd with his trademark aggression. His 14th Test century was marked by an emotional celebration — a skyward glance, a clenched fist, and a crooked finger gesture in tribute to his late father, Ged Stokes.
🚨HISTORY MADE AT OLD TRAFFORD
⁰Ben Stokes becomes the first England captain EVER to score a Test hundred AND take a five-wicket haul in the same match. Test ton No.14 – first since the 2023 Ashes.What a player, what a leader!#ENGvIND #BenStokes
— . (@CricCrazyDeepak) July 26, 2025
At stumps on Day 4, India were 174/2, still trailing by 137 runs, thanks to an unbeaten 174-run partnership between Shubman Gill (87*) and KL Rahul (78*). Their resistance followed Chris Woakes dismissing both Indian openers for ducks in the very first over.
Dawson’s dismissal
Earlier, England resumed on 544/7, but Jasprit Bumrah removed Liam Dawson early. However, Stokes (141) and Brydon Carse (47) frustrated India with a 93-run ninth-wicket stand.
Ravindra Jadeja eventually ended the resistance, taking both wickets and finishing with figures of 4/143.
Washington Sundar and Bumrah claimed two wickets each, while Anshul Kamboj and Mohammed Siraj took one apiece. India will now rely on Rahul and Gill to erase the remaining deficit on the final day at Old Trafford.
