Ben Stokes has equaled Bob Willis’ record. He has jointly become the first captain to take the most Test wickets for England. Till now this record was in the name of Bob Willis.
England’s Test team captain Ben Stokes has made a big achievement in his name. He has become one of the most successful Test captains of England, having taken the most wickets. Ben Stokes has equaled the great captain Bob Willis. Ben Stokes took two wickets in the last Test match of the Ashes series. As soon as he got the second wicket, he took his number of wickets as a captain in Test cricket to 77. Bob Willis had taken the same number of wickets as the captain of the England Test team.
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Ben Stokes and Bob Willis are now jointly at the first position in terms of taking the most wickets in Test cricket as captain for England, while Ray Illingworth is at the third position, who took 51 wickets while bowling in Test cricket as captain. The fourth name in the list is that of Gabi Allen, who took 42 wickets in her name. At the same time, Johnny Douglas took 37 wickets for the England team in Test cricket as captain and as a bowler. The name of Ian Botham is also included in the list, who took 35 wickets.
Most wickets as England Test captain
77 – Bob Willis
77 – Ben Stokes
51 – Ray Illingworth
42 – Gabi Allen
37 – Johnny Douglas
35 – Ian Botham
Ben Stokes returned to the pavilion after bowling 27.4 overs in the last match of the ongoing Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. He was hurt. This is the reason why he did not even come out to bat on time. However, the England team has lost the series and in such a situation they will not want to take any risk. He left the field in the middle of the over. His over was bowled by Jacob Bethel. Ben Stokes did not have a good Ashes tour of Australia as captain, as he lost 3 out of 4 matches. One match has definitely been won, but the Australian team has already won the series.
