Ben Stokes breaks record and beats Brendon McCullum to claim a significant record
Ben Stokes, an all-rounder for England and the Test captain, surpassed Brendon McCullum of New Zealand on Saturday to take the record for most sixes in Test cricket history. In Mount Maunganui, he accomplished the milestone during the opening Test match between England and New Zealand. On the 49th over of his team's second innings on day three of the Test match, Stokes blasted the third ball for a six over fine leg to overtake McCullum, who, curiously enough, is now England's Test head coach, and take the top spot among six-hitters in the longer format. Before being removed by all-rounder Michael Clarke, Stokes played a fun innings of 31 runs in 33 balls that included three fours and two sixes.Bracewell stumped the batsman with the help of wicketkeeper Tom Blundell. Stokes has scored 5,652 runs with 109 sixes, 12 tonnes, and 28 fifty-pluses at an average of 36.00 in 90 Test matches. In the format, he has a 258 as his highest mark. McCullum, though, has 107 sixes in 101 tests. He scored 6,453 runs, averaging 38.64 per game. In the lengthier format, he has 12 centuries, 31 fifties, and a high score of 302. About the game, England is now playing their second innings and currently leads by 355 runs. At 336/8, they are. Harry Brook (54) and Joe Root (57), who both scored fifty runs for England, and The Kiwis' first innings ended with a total of 306 outs. After being reduced to 83/5, Devon Conway (77) and Tom Blundell (85 runs) had a sixth-wicket partnership of 85 runs before Blundell scored 138 runs in 181 balls. Blundell achieved a century in a pink-ball Test match, becoming the first wicketkeeper-batter to do so. The Kiwis also benefited from hits from Kuggeleijn (20) and Neil Wagner (27). 4/54 were collected by Ollie Robinson in 19 overs. James Anderson bowled 16.5 overs for 3/36. One wicket apiece was taken by Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes, and Jack Leach. After their first inning, NZ trailed by 19 runs with this score. In just 58.2 overs, England declared their first innings at 325/9.For the visitors, the half-centuries from Brook (89) and Ben Duckett (84) were quite important. In the opening innings, Chris Foakes (38), and Ollie Pope (42) both contributed with some productive hits. With 4/82 in 16.2 overs, Wagner was New Zealand's best bowler during the first innings. Kuggeleijn and captain Tim Southee each took two wickets. One wicket was taken by Tickner.
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