Records Ben Stokes created during his double century

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England all-rounder Ben Stokes smashed the fastest double hundred in his country's Test match history - and the second-fastest of all - in a destructive innings at Cape Town against South Africa, coming off just 163 balls. 

Here are the records that he made in the process:
- Fastest double century by an Englishman (163 balls)

- Second fastest double century in Test cricket

- Fastest double century in SA

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- Fastest double century by a left handed in Tests

- Most runs by a No.6 batsman in Test cricket (258)

- Most sixes by an Englishman in Tests (11)

- Most runs before lunch in the history of Test cricket

- Fastest 150 and 250 in Test cricket

- Added 399 for the sixth wicket with Bairstow which is a new record in Tests