Ben Stokes’ box office 258 off 198 balls is just the tip of the iceberg, says Sir Ian Botham.
Stokes, 74 not out overnight, smashed the second fastest 200 in Test cricket off 163 deliveries before powering on to register the highest score by a Test number six on day two of the second Test against South Africa.
Only New Zealand's Nathan Astle's has scored a quicker double century, off 153 balls, in 2002 while Stokes' sixth-wicket stand of 399 with Jonny Bairstow (150no) is the highest sixth-wicket partnership in Test history.
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"It was absolutely magnificent," said Botham. "It was probably one of the best examples of Test cricket we've seen for a long time. Stokes was brilliant and Jonny Bairstow played rather well too!
"Stokes is box office and we all know he can do what he did today; to be honest, I think this is just the tip of the iceberg.
"I think there's a lot more to come from him, not just with the bat but with the ball as well. He might well have a big part to play here because I think it will reverse.
"He's not a slogger - he's a very powerful player. His shot selection is good. Occasionally people get frustrated when he gets out for 30 or 40; you think 'Ben, why have you done that?'
"But he's entitled to get it wrong once in a while because he is a guy who wins matches and guys like that don't come along very often."
Stokes' salvo took him the previous fastest double-hundred for England scored by Botham against India at the Oval, in 1982, off 220 balls.
"When you're hitting it like he is, you're just king of the castle and everyone else should get out of your way; you want the bowling, no boundary is big enough, no bowler is quick enough because you're just going for it and having as much fun as you can," he said.
"It really is a moment to enjoy because playing as well as that doesn't happen every day but when it does you are the boss. What makes match-winners special is that when they do it they do it in style."
Stokes set the tone for an incredible morning session in which he alone struck 166 runs by hitting Morne Morkel for two fours in the opening over of the day. In total he amassed 30 fours and 11 sixes.
"I didn't expect him to play any other way," said Botham. "He was seeing the ball well, he was hitting the ball well, his shot selection was good and he was finding the middle of the bat.
"He's had a good ally in Bairstow, who rotated the strike and I'm sure the first person Stokes will thank is Jonny Bairstow at the other end.
"I think this will be over on the fourth day - I don't see any way back for South Africa. They are looking down the barrel as a side, especially as confidence is low in their batting department."
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