Greatest Test all-rounders: Ben Stokes joins a very exclusive club

Greatest Test all-rounders: Ben Stokes joins a very exclusive club

Genuine all-rounders are a rare and special breed. Players who can hold their own in a side as both a batsman and a bowler are not easy to find – especially in the world of Test cricket. It’s slightly different perhaps in the white-ball arena where the requirements are perhaps less onerous, although by no means easy. But if one is to look for the truly elite performers at Test level, who are the all-rounders who can claim at least ten centuries …