BA Stokes scored 258 and HM Amla scored 201 in the ongoing third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town to provide the eighth occasion of involving an England batsman when rival batsmen scored double hundreds in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	A Sandham	325	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
	2	GA Headley	223	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	1	E Paynter	216*	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
	2	SJ McCabe	232	2	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
3	1	WR Hammond	240	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
	2	WA Brown	206*	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
4	1	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
	2	KF Barrington	256	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
5	1	IVA Richards	291	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
	2	DL Amiss	203	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1976
6	1	GP Thorpe	200*	3	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
	2	NJ Astle	222	4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
7	1	Shoaib Malik	245	1	Pak	Eng	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
	2	AN Cook	263	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
8	1	BA Stokes	258	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
	2	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015

BA Stokes scored 258 and HM Amla scored 201 in the ongoing third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town to provide the first occasion of involving an South African batsman when rival batsmen scored double hundreds in a test.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	BA Stokes	258	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
	2	HM Amla	201	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015