England all-rounder Ben Stokes achieved another milestone in his already achievement laden international career as he became only the fifth cricketer to complete the rare double of 10 centuries and 150 wickets in Test cricket.


The 29-year-old English all-rounder achieved this stellar feat while notching up his 10th Test ton, batting for the hosts on second day of the second Test against West Indies at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester on Friday.

Stokes got to his 10th century in Test cricket soon after the lunch on day two with a boundary off a Roston Chase delivery in the 110th over.Stokes was the top scorer in England's first innings, scoring 176 runs.

Stokes took his sweet time to settle in and stitched a double ton partnership with Dom Sibley to help hosts England pile up a monumental 469-9 in their first innings. Stokes reached his century in 255 deliveries. It was Stokes' slowest ton in terms of balls faced, surpassing a 199-ball knock against Australia at Leeds in 2019.

By racking up his 10th Test hundred, Stokes became only the fifth player to get into an elite club joining South African legend Jacques Kallis (45 tons and 292 wickets), Windies great Garfield Sobers (26 and 235), England's Ian Botham (14 and 383) and current India head coach Ravi Shastri (11 and 151).

Stokes has been on a milestone scaling spree as he became the second-fastest cricketer to complete 4,000 runs and 150 wickets in the longest format of the game.