Sobers

Only one other player in Shield history had managed 900 runs and 30 wickets in a single season: the greatest all-rounder of them all, Sir Garfield Sobers.

It was at that point George's dad hired a goalkeeper as well as a personal coach, David 'Guru' Sobers, to raise his game alongside his work at Chelsea.

On Saturdays, he would train again and go through post-match analysis with Sobers from his Power League matches the evening before, before going back to Chelsea on Sunday to play.

"I used to spend hours travelling on public transport to do two-hour sessions, or longer, with Tyrique as I thought I could help him," Sobers told BBC Sport.

Along with all-time greats Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers, Stokes is among only three all-rounders to have scored at least 6,000 runs and taken more than 200 wickets in Test cricket.