Twitter Reactions: Ben Stokes hits the second fastest double ton

Published - 03 Jan 2016, 17:24 IST | Updated - 03 Jan 2016, 17:24 IST

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In front of the 20,000 odd crowd and an estimated 12,000 English supporters in Cape Town, all-rounder Ben Stokes took the attack to South Africa on day two of the 2nd Test and got England to a highly commanding position at Lunch.

Stokes impressed everyone and displayed a fine piece of batting master class. He converted his overnight score of 73 into the second fastest double century in Test Cricket before Lunch on day 2. He batted with utmost ease to reach 200 runs in just 163 balls. Stokes wasn’t totally conservative and showed aggression whenever he got the opportunity to do so. There were two different phases of his double century. The first one was when he was fresh at the crease batting with Joe Root and the other was when he came out to bat today.

Ben Stokes came into bat with Joe Root after James Taylor was dismissed for a golden duck. Initially, he was happy with the anchors role as Root batted with confidence. The occasional boundaries from his bat kept coming though and he reached his half-century in 70 balls.

The morning session of the day 2 witnessed an all out aggression from Stokes and his batting partner Jonny Bairstow. The pair scored at over 8 runs per over and smothered the Proteas attack. Together they contributed 290 runs and are still unbeaten. Amidst all this, Stokes also became the 20th batsman to score 100 runs before the lunch session. When the two teams walked back for lunch, Stokes was batting on 204* while Bairstow was just five runs short of his century.

Here are the best tweets and Twitter Reactions on Ben Stokes second fastest Test double ton:

Never underestimate the force of GingerPower!!! @benstokes38 #SAvENG #bbccricket pic.twitter.com/MvVkwBNlEt
— stamford69 (@JimmyNeighbour) January 3, 2016

@benstokes38 haunting the #Proteas bowler at Newland. Sensational batting #SAvENG #BenStokes
— गौरव पाण्डेय (@gaurav_shani) January 3, 2016

One does not simply… take Morkel for 10 in two consecutive balls. #bbccricket pic.twitter.com/X9LEfAhg1j
— ❄️Elle? (@TrickOrTreackle) January 3, 2016

Great performance by @jbairstow21 and @benstokes38 for the fastest triple century partnership in test cricket!
— Amelie Green (@ameliegreen16) January 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/FiYoung87/status/683615280795389957

@benstokes38 wat a man,phenomenal innings,go ben,all of Cumbria with u
— andi (@andiskinz40) January 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/LawyerRSA/status/683615044815458304

Ben Stokes leaving the England team hotel this morning. #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/7ID4qRpwyD
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 3, 2016

English cricketer Ben Stokes smashes second fastest double century in history of Test cricket pic.twitter.com/qvKqBrZ647
— Ch.M.Naidu (@chmnaidu) January 3, 2016

Ben Stokes 200 in 163 balls:
– 2nd fastest 200 in Tests
– Fastest for England
– Fastest in South Africa
– Fastest by Left-Handed batsman"
— PSL & WorldCup T20 (@_WorldCupT20) January 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/prasanth6190/status/683614818029314050

Ben Stokes's double ton was quicker than those by:
Flintoff,
Sehwag,
Botham,
Jayasuriya,
Tendulkar,
Gilchrist,
Hasyden.
— Dave Bird (@BardDave) January 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/ButtManzoor3/status/683614754267631616

https://twitter.com/bromWWFC/status/683614742531977217

All individual scores from 0 to 228 have been achieved in Test cricket
Ben Stokes now on 225*#SAvEng
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 3, 2016