How Ben Stokes made cricketing history with his record-breaking innings in South Africa

Ben Stokes thrilled fans of both sides at Newlands on Sunday with one of the most spectacular individual displays from an England cricketer of all time.

The Durham all-rounder's 258 saw the South African bowling attack battered to all parts of the Cape Town cricket ground as England amassed a mammoth first innings score of 629-6 declared.

The Cape Town crowd rise as one to applaud Ben Stokes' innings

In scoring his brilliant 258 Stokes surpassed a long list of records: the fastest Test double hundred by an England player; the fastest double hundred by England player and the most sixes in an innings by an England player.

Here's a re-cap of how Ben Stokes became the nation's new favourite cricketer.

Ben Stokes' 258