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Shehab Khan

Ben Stokes scores the second fastest double hundred in Test cricket for England against South Africa

Ben Stokes has spent Sunday morning plundering the South African bowling attack to all parts of Newlands cricket ground.

He thrashed the second fastest double hundred in Test history after reaching 200 in just 163 balls as England scored a staggering 196 runs in the morning session.

Stokes was in sublime form hitting 26 fours and 7 sixes on his way to the double ton, breaking several records in the process.

The 130 runs Stokes scored in the morning session was the most runs in a pre-lunch Test session by a single batsman. 

And the internet loved him:

England went in finished the first session of the second day on 513-5, with Ben Stokes on 204* and Jonny Bairstow on 95*.  

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