The uncomplicated approach allowed Stokes to dominate top-ranked South Africa at home in a way few players have done over the last couple of years.
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England opening batsman Alex Hales said he loves the challenges thrown to him in Test cricket after scoring his maiden half-century on day one of the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
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Stokes, who had overcome a shoulder injury suffered on tour with England in October, also hit the fastest 250 (off 196 balls) in test history and the second fastest double century (163 balls). Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, who was 95 not out, shared a record 399-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
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That doesn’t mean we have to think that with Vincent we’re not going to make mistakes, and without him we can not win. But I am not happy because we came here to try to win the game.
England declared on 629 for six and had the Proteas 141 for two at stumps, a lead of 488.
“Every time you play global cricket there is always something to prove and this is obviously a new challenge for me and my career and it’s something I have loved so far”.
“I wasn’t intentionally going to play like that but I got myself in on a good wicket, the ball was starting to reverse, but the new ball came on faster and its conventional swing which is easier to play”.
“It hasn’t quite sunk in yet”. The first over of the day goes for 10 runs as Stokes smashed two boundaries through the covers.
“It was “see ball, hit ball”, I guess”, he chuckled.
One of those many boundaries was a powerful pull off the back foot to the mid-wicket boundary to go past 200.
Alastair Cook finally ending their misery with the score 629/6 after Stokes had fallen for 258.
Stokes had a simple response for his skipper.
His tally of 11 sixes was a new test record for an England batsmen.
The pitch was a good one and, although there was little in the way of swing or seam, there was plenty of bounce and carry that encouraged the Proteas to keep their slips in position throughout the day.
It was a magical moment two generations in the making, with Bairstow’s late father David playing four Tests between 1979 and 1981.
“Obviously there’s my Dad and grandpa, who passed away past year, and family stuff. You just try to get the shine off his quick as you can”.
21 – This was the 21st time a player had managed to score a hundred in a pre-lunch session in Tests.
The tempo slowed after lunch, but Stokes and Bairstow’s partnership ticked over to 300 off 285 balls, with the former taking full advantage when Kagiso Rabada (3-175) bowled too short once more to reach the milestone with his seventh maximum past long-leg.
1965 – Stokes became the first English batsman to score a hundred at Newlands since Mike Smith did it in 1965.
“I didn’t expect him to play any other way”, said Botham.
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“It’s complete instinct, I thought to myself what I was going to do and executed it the right way”.
