Donald Bradman Statistics – The Greatest Ever | Bradman Foundation 211 How many Sixes did Don Bradman hit in his Test career? Don hit just six sixes in his Test career, five v. England and one v. India. He also hit two fives and a staggering 618 fours in Test cricket. How many Test wickets did he take? Two. The first was taken in December 1930. A West Indies player, Ivan Barrow, LBW to Bradman for 27 runs, first Test in Adelaide, second innings. The second was when he bowled Walter Hammond for 85 runs in the spiteful third Test in Adelaide, January 1933, second innings. When was Don’s first century? Don Bradman’s first century (115 n.o.) was played when he was 12 ie. the 1920/21 season. The young Don was playing for Bowral School against Mittagong School. The exact date is unknown. Was Don Bradman nervous in his first Test appearance?

Don Bradman has been recorded as feeling a great ease when playing cricket, and unlike many others, he has described himself as being fortunate not to suffer nerves like so many other batsman. Fellow teammates have also described his confidence and ability to concentrate his performance particularly when rising to dangers and difficulties at the crease. Walter Hammond, former England Test Captain: “I was forced to admire the cool way Don batted. On one or two occasions, when he was well set, and when he saw me move a fieldsman, he would raise his gloved hand to me in mock salute, and then hit the next ball exactly over the place from which the man had just been moved. Reluctantly I had to admit once more that he was out of the ordinary run of batsmen – a genius!” Bill Brown, former Australian Test batsman: “He could analyse the game much more deeply and quickly than the average player. He controlled the game so much when he was at the wicket.” CB Fry, former England Test cricketer: “This young man owes half his perfection to an outright power of concentration”.

Current test records still held by Don Bradman Highest Individual Test Batting Average (minimum 15 innings) 99.94 Highest Test Batting Average for a 5-Test Series 201.50 (v South Africa, Australia, 1931-32) Equal top-scorer of triple centuries (with Lara) 2 5th wicket partnership (with Sid Barnes 1946-47) 405 Only Test batsman to score more than 5,000 runs v an opponent (5,028 v England) 7 times scored 500 or more runs in a Test series (Equal with Lara) Six times scored centuries in an interval (once pre lunch, twice lunch-tea, three times tea-stumps) Scored the most runs in a single day’s play 309 v England, Leeds, 1930 Awards & Honours Knighted in 1949. The only Australian cricketer ever to receive a knighthood and the first Test cricketer so honoured. Received a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1979.

Voted the greatest male athlete of the past 200 years by the Australian Confederation of Sport in 1988. Selected as one of only two Australians by International Who’s Who top 100 people who have done the most to shape the 20th century. The other (former) Australian selected was Rupert Murdoch Nominated among the Top Ten sportspeople of the 20th century by the World Confederation of Sport. Named Male Athlete of the Century in 1999 by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Ranked the No.1 Australian Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated magazine. In 2000 he was voted the greatest cricketer of the 20th century by Wisden Cricket Almanack. This decision was unanimous amongst the 100 judges. Nominated captain of the Australian Cricket Team of the Century Some extra facts about Sir Donald Bradman Did you know….

Don Bradman scored 28,067 runs in First-class cricket at an average of 95.15, with a top score of 452 not out The record for the highest partnership for any wicket by Australia against all countries was established by Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford at The Oval in 1934 (451 for the second wicket) Against India, Don Bradman averaged 178.75 in 6 innings.

His average against all countries in 80 innings was 99.94 In his Test career, Don Bradman scored 26% of the team’s total runs Don Bradman described himself as “predominately a back foot player” Bradman’s average in Test matches reached 50 with his 3rd innings, and stayed above 50 for the rest of his career Don Bradman’s batting average over his career in Test matches against all countries was 99.94 – if he had remained not out or scored 4 more runs and lost his wicket in his final Test innings at The Oval in 1948, he would have averaged 100 per innings Twitter: crickethof Lots of school holiday fun still happening at the Bradman Centre - with only just over a week of holidays left...

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03:31:57 PM January 19, 2017 #onthisday 2008 After leading by 118 in the 1st innings, India def AUS by 72 runs in Perth & deny AUS a 17th consecutive Test win #cricket 11:11:18 AM January 19, 2017 Don Bradman: stats analysis | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo Stats Analysis Don Bradman: stats analysis September 6, 2010 The greatest of them all In terms of numbers, Don Bradman's achievements are so staggering that many of them will almost certainly never be equalled 75 Bradman: ahead of everyone else by a country mile © Getty Images Even among cricketing legends, Don Bradman's stature is one that no other player has come close to. His stats are so much better than anyone before, during or after his time, that it truly boggles the mind.

Various arguments are offered about the changes in the game today to try and explain 99.94: fielding standards have improved, making it tougher for batsmen to score; captains are more agreeable to posting defensive fields and restricting the runs; the game is played across several countries as opposed to just a few during Bradman's time, making it more difficult to adjust to different conditions. While these statements may be true as independent facts, they do nothing to diminish the sheer genius of the Don, and the staggering magnitude of his achievements. The most famous number, of course, is his Test average, which is 64% better than the next-best (with a cut-off of 2000 runs). That alone shows how much better Bradman has been than anyone who has ever played the game. Comparing the overall batting numbers during his time with the corresponding number today further illustrates this point: in the 20 years in which Bradman played his Test cricket, the overall batting average was 31.85; in the 21 years since Sachin Tendulkar's Test debut, the overall batting average in 845 Tests is 31.07.

Restricting this only to top-order batsmen (batsmen in the top six of a line-up) also throws up similar numbers - 39.99 during Bradman's time (1928 to 1948), and 38.40 during Tendulkar's (November 1989 onwards). Apart from Bradman and Graeme Pollock, West Indian George Headley and Herbert Sutcliffe of England were the only ones who scored more than 2000 Test runs at averages of more than 60. Highest averages in Test cricket (Qual: 2000 runs) Batsman 56.53 11/ 17 Bradman's stats are even more remarkable because of the eight years he lost due to the War. His ill health meant he might not have played too much cricket during this period anyway, but when international cricket resumed in 1946, he was able to summon his best immediately: in his first innings he scored 187 in Brisbane against England, and followed that up with 234 in the next Test , in Sydney.

He followed that up with four centuries in six innings against India in 1947-48, and then, in the famous tour of the Invincibles in 1948, scored an unforgettable 173 not out as Australia became the first team to successfully chase a 400-plus target in the fourth innings. In the 15 Tests he played after the War, Bradman averaged more than 105, and scored eight hundreds. Bradman, before and after the War Period 99.94 29/ 13 Talking about Bradman, Arthur Morris, the Australian opener who played with him, said: "He could never figure out how someone could get 60 or 70 and not get a hundred. He was able to concentrate so well, which kept him going and going and going." One look at the conversion rate corroborates exactly what Morris was talking about: Bradman scored 29 centuries in 52 Tests, and only 13 fifties. He also scored 12 double-centuries , which remains three more than the next best, and two triple-hundreds , which has been equalled by two batsmen.

Bradman's ratio of hundreds to fifties was a staggering 2.23. Among those who have scored at least 20 centuries, the second-best ratio is less than half that of Bradman's: India's Mohammad Azharuddin has 22 hundreds and 21 fifties, a ratio of slightly more than 1. Matthew Hayden is the only other batsman with more centuries than half-centuries. Highest conversion rate of 50-plus scores into hundreds (Qual: 20 Test hundreds) Batsman 34 3.68 Bradman's propensity for big centuries also meant most of his career runs came in innings in which he made hundreds. Of the 6996 runs he scored, 5393 were in the 29 innings in which he scored centuries - a percentage of 77.09. In his other 51 innings he only scored 1603 runs at a modest average of 34.10.

( Click here to check out where this average stands compared to other batsmen, with a cut-off of 1500 runs in non-hundreds.) His percentage of 77.09 is also way higher than the other batting greats. Tendulkar's 48 hundreds have contributed 6964 out of 13,837 runs (50.33%), while the percentage for Ricky Ponting is 46.85, for Brian Lara 49.27, and 47.44 for Sunil Gavaskar. In those 29 innings in which he scored a hundred, Bradman scored almost 186 runs per innings, while his batting average (not-outs excluded) was more than 234. As the table below shows, his runs per innings is the highest among batsmen with at least 20 Test hundreds, though the difference between him and the next best isn't quite as much as in some other categories.

Highest runs per innings in hundreds (Qual: 20 centuries) Batsman 3 4 Almost 20% of the Tests Bradman played were against India and South Africa, the two weak teams of his era. Bradman cashed in, averaging 190.12 in those 10 Tests , and scoring eight hundreds. However, in 42 other Tests he still averaged more than 88, and scored a hundred every two Tests. In the 52 Tests he played, Bradman scored more than 25% of his team's runs (6996 out of 27,624 bat runs), more than 41% of the hundreds (29 out of 70) and averaged more than three times the combined average of the other batsmen. It can safely be said there won't be another like him again.

Bradman's contribution to Australia's batting in the matches he played Bradman's runs and records Bradman's runs and records If Bradman had scored just four runs in his last Test innings at The Oval in 1948, he would have finished with a Test average of 100 runs an innings - a level of performance unchallenged by any other batsman at the time, before or since. Bradman was bowled second ball by England's Eric Hollies for a duck. Perfectionists and cricket enthusiasts alike will mourn that dismissal forever. The man himself had a different view. Don Bradman played in 52 Test matches for Australia from 1928 to 1948. World War II interrupted his career at its peak. He batted 80 times against England, the West Indies, South Africa and India for 6996 runs at that average of 99.94. Bradman made 29 Test hundreds. Discounting his 10 not outs and his multiple hundreds, this means Bradman exceeded the century more often than every third time he went out to bat.

His nearest contemporary in batting genius, England's Walter Hammond, made only 253 more runs in 33 more Test matches and another 60 innings at an average of 41 less than Bradman. Hammond's 22 hundreds came at a rate greater than every sixth time he went out to bat. Bradman made 12 Test double-centuries or more, with 334 and 304 against England and 299 not out against South Africa the highest. In all first-class cricket Don Bradman scored 28,067 runs at an average of 95.14 with 117 centuries and a highest score of 452 not out. He hit 37 double-centuries, six of them over 300. Compare that with the likes of the modern day masters such as Border, Lara and Tendulkar. Yet the cricket career of Sir Donald Bradman cannot be measured in mere facts and figures. The Don gave enjoyment not to thousand of people, but to millions. And he didn't mind enjoying himself, either. In 1931 he scored 100 runs in three overs!

NSW cricketer Wendell Bill was batting at the other end. So there it is : 99.94. It is six-hundredths of a sharp single short of 100, or one step down the wicket to the slow bowlers. Some cricket purists are glad Bradman didn't hit that solitary boundary and leave the game with a permanent century against his name. His failure to do so proves to them that even the greatest in the game isn't as great as the game itself. Sir Don Bradman | cricket.com.au Sir Don Bradman Record: 11 wins, 3 losses, 5 draws Off the Mark There are good cricketers. There are great cricketers. There are legendary cricketers. And there is Bradman. In all of sport, “the Don” might just go down as the greatest athlete of all time. His overall average of 99.94 is the stuff of legend, with a second ball duck in his final match the only thing stopping him from averaging perfection. It was clear from the outset that Bradman was going to be something special.

His first tour of England profited scores of 131, 254, 334, and 232. His 974 runs at nearly 140 remains a record. In a mesmerising career that spanned 20 years, Bradman tallied 5,028 runs at 89.78 in 37 matches against England. This record would have been even higher had he not been plagued by ongoing health issues, the War and the ill-fated Bodyline series. His Stint Bradman’s introduction to captaincy was fierce. Australia lost the first two Tests in 1936/37, and pressure was already mounting on the man who many thought shouldn’t have been captain in the first place. The third Test in Melbourne would define Bradman’s legacy. After winning the toss, Australia limped to 9/200 on a wet wicket. With an eye on the conditions, Bradman declared in a bid to expose England to the demonic pitch. Morrie Sievers took five wickets as England slumped to 9/76. Sensing a trap, Gubby Allen declared.

In a Joe Darling inspired move, Bradman reversed the batting order. The skipper eventually came in at 5/97. The rest is history. He and Fingleton added 346 for the sixth wicket in gloomy conditions. Bradman’s 270 was one of his greatest performances, and set up the series turning win. Suffice to say he made 212 and 169 in the ensuing matches. In his penultimate match for Australia, Bradman was part of one of the most thrilling Tests ever played. England looked set to post something in the vicinity of 800 when Cyril Washbrook (143) and Bill Edrich (111) took them to 3/423. A middle-order collapse saw them skittled for 496 on a pitch that still looked a treat. Australia made 458 in reply, with Neil Harvey (112) the only player to post a century. England coasted to 8/365, with four players passing 50. They sportingly declared, setting Australia a record 404 runs in 345 minutes.

The pitch had deteriorated considerably, and a draw at best was the likely outcome. The Australians had other ideas. Arthur Morris played the innings of his life on his way to 182. And while a young Neil Harvey was left to hit the winning runs, it was the Don who was with him, unbeaten on 173, to share the incredible win. With just 15 minutes left in the day’s play, it is rated as the greatest match in history. His Legacy Bradman’s legacy is one of the most highly debated of all time. Undoubtedly his form on the field can never be questioned. A quick look at some of his records highlights his unprecedented ability. Bradman has the most Test match double centuries with 12. He has the highest batting average of all time, the highest ratio of centuries and double-centuries to matches played. The list goes on. Everything about Bradman is iconic. From a young age, he used to hone his hand-eye co-ordination with a cricket stump and a golf ball against a water tank. He’s had stamps, commemorative coins and a myriad of other collectables made in his honour.

Most of all, he gave Australians hope during some of the toughest times in its national history. Bradman was the shimmering beacon to emerge during the Great Depression. After World War II, Bradman led his men on the most successful tour in history. His 1948 Invincibles are still talked about as the greatest sporting team in history. While there are countless plaudits, every man has his doubters. Some will argue that Bradman was never a true team player. In his 52 Test match career, he was only run out once. Due to his personal sponsorship deals, Bradman often travelled separately to and from England. He didn’t socialise with the rest of the team because he wasn’t a drinker. Some will also point to the fact that unlike Dave Gregory and Bill Woodfull before him, Bradman accepted knighthood. These views are certainly valid in some regard, but they by no means diminish the legacy Bradman left on Australian cricket. Even after his retirement, Bradman remained heavily involved behind the scenes as an administrator. As a man who was famously described as being worth “three batsmen to Australia” Bradman had to put up with a constant bombardment of manic support.

It was too much for him at times, especially given he was an altogether private man. While he mightn’t have liked it, what he did for this country can never be understated. He turned cricket into the beast it has now become. His batting alone drew record crowds to venues across the country, thus pumping money into a stricken economy. He became a hero to all aspiring cricketers, both young and old. Even today, Sir Donald Bradman is the most famous cricketer of all time. Ricky Ponting was a great cricketer. Sachin Tendulkar is a legend of the game. But even they pale in comparison to the Don, because there will only ever be one Don Bradman. Played and Missed After failing in his first Test in 1930, Bradman was dropped to 12th man because captain Jack Ryder believed he was young enough to handle it. He made 112 in his following match. Bradman made a century in six consecutive Tests between 1936 and 1938. Bradman never lost a series as Australian captain.

Bradman holds the record for the highest score by a number seven batsman; 270 against England at the MCG. Bradman’s average of 99.94 would have been 100 had he scored just four runs in his final innings. Safe to say Eric Hollies never received a Christmas card from the Don. While he fell agonisingly short of perfection, Bradman’s average was still miles in front of the next best. South Africa’s Graeme Pollock managed a comparatively meagre 60.97. Advertisement Sir Donald Bradman | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo August 27, 1908 Small town, big boy Donald George Bradman is born in the small country town of Cootamundra in New South Wales 1920 High school, high score Scores his first century, aged 12, for the Bowral Intermediate High School, but gets in trouble from the headmaster for leaving a bat behind 1925 O'Reilly gets a taste of the future Starts playing regularly for Bowral and collects 234 against Wingello, a team which includes Bill O'Reilly, the future Australian legspinning great.

Later in the summer he picks up 300 against Moss Vale, finishing the season with 1318 runs at 101.3 « Prev Showing 2 of 11 Next » 1930 Raining runs - Part I A never-to-be-repeated flood of runs on his first tour to England. By the end of the five Tests he has 974, including a world record 334 at Headingley, 254 at Lord's, 232 at The Oval and 131 at Trent Bridge . Beginning with 236 at Worcester, he has 1000 runs by the end of May and finishes with 2690, the most by any Australian batsman in a season 1931 Officially the best Named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for his performances in England the previous summer. In August an offer arrives to play in the Lancashire League for Accrington, which is increased to £600 per season.

He rejects it, signing a combined newspaper-radio contract to secure his welfare during the harsh economic times 1931-32 Raining runs - Part II In his most successful home Test season, he scores 226, 112, 2, 167 and 299* against South Africa, but does not bat in the final Test because of a twisted ankle. In the same summer he thrashes 256 in a second-class fixture against a team from Lithgow, including taking 100 runs in three eight-ball overs « Prev Showing 3 of 11 Next » April 30, 1932 Finally, a match for Bradman Marries Jessie Menzies in Sydney and she accompanies him on a tour of the United States and Canada with a team arranged by Arthur Mailey, the former Australia legspinner. Bradman meets Babe Ruth at a Yankees game 1932-33 It's just not cricket Jardine's Bodyline almost halves Bradman's average - he managed 56.57 per innings - and is a success as England win the series 4-1.

Bradman misses the first Test with illness and falls first ball on his return in Melbourne, before raising his only century, 103 not out, in the second innings 1934 More records, and an illness In February he moves from New South Wales to South Australia, where he joins the stockbroking firm of Harry Hodgett's, a Board of Control board member. Chosen as vice-captain under Bill Woodfull for the 1934 England tour, Bradman repeats his Leeds triple-century of four years earlier, producing 304 , and earns a world-record partnership for the second wicket - Ponsford 226; Bradman 244 - at The Oval . Shortly before catching the boat home, he is diagnosed with appendicitis and is operated on immediately. Making a slow recovery, he misses the entire 1934-35 summer in Australia « Prev Showing 4 of 11 Next » 1935-36 Sheffield glory In his first season at South Australia he captains the undefeated team to the Sheffield Shield.

There were two triple-centuries that summer, 357 against Victoria , and 369 against Tasmania 1936-37 Captain, selector, winner After becoming a national selector, Bradman experiences his first Test series as captain and loses the first two games against England. Scores of 270, 212 and 169 help win the next three fixtures - and the series. The sequence also ends the calls for Victor Richardson to become the country's leader 1938 On the wrong side of a record Finally there are some world records against Bradman. At The Oval Len Hutton posts 364 as England reach 903 for 7 in the final Test. In a rare bowling appearance, Bradman slips in a foothole and breaks a bone in his ankle, ending his tour. The four-game series is drawn 1-1, but Australia retain the Ashes « Prev Showing 5 of 11 Next » 1938-39 Squash? Win it, leave it Playing for South Australia, he equals CB Fry's world record for six successive first-class centuries.

Showing his many skills, he wins the South Australian squash championship and never plays another competitive game 1939-40 War days Enlists with the RAAF as a member of the air crew, but due to his age heads to the army instead. While there, he is diagnosed with fibrositis and the condition becomes so bad he can't lift his right arm. He recovers slowly after a long period of rest. Three years after his first son dies shortly after birth, his second son John arrives in 1939. Daughter Shirley comes two years later 1945-46 End of a great career? Suffers another bout of fibrositis and does not expect to play cricket again « Prev Showing 6 of 11 Next » 1946-47 Doctors be damned Defying the opinions of his doctors, Bradman returns to action and convinces himself he is ready for the Test series against England. The decision is justified in the first game with 187 in Brisbane, which he follows with 234 in the next match in Sydney .

His partnership of 405 with Sid Barnes is a world record for the fifth wicket 1947-48 A hundred times a hundred Brings up his 100th first-class century against the touring Indians, reaching 172 at the SCG . By the end of the Test series he has 204 hundreds. Before the final match he signals his intent to retire after the 1948 tour 1948 Invincible at 40 Turning 40 during the trip, he leads the Invincibles to an undefeated tour of England and takes 173 not out in the world-record chase in the fourth Test in Leeds. In the next match at The Oval his fourth-ball duck leaves him with an average of 99.94 « Prev Showing 7 of 11 Next » January 1, 1949 The announcement comes that he will be knighted for his services to cricket September 13, 1960 Giving back Elected chairman of the Australian Board of Control and holds the position for one three-year term, repeating the assignment in September 1969.

He is part of the board from September 1945 to 1979 February 1963 Relief for bowlers Bats for the final time in a match, entering at No. 5 and making 4 for the Prime Minister's XI against England in Canberra « Prev Showing 8 of 11 Next » February 1971 Another innings ends Retires from role as Australian selector, a position held since 1936-37, apart from a couple of years in the early 1950s when his son John was sick with polio January 5, 1974 Attends the opening of the Bradman Stand at the Sydney Cricket Ground 1987 A man and his museum The Bradman Museum Trust forms and two years later Bradman is at the pavilion opening.

It is next to Bradman Oval, which is across the road from his childhood home « Prev Showing 9 of 11 Next » 1996 Inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2000 All-time best Named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Century alongside Jack Hobbs, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers and Shane Warne September 14, 1997 Sir Donald Bradman | Bradman Foundation SIR DONALD BRADMAN SIR DONALD BRADMAN Don Bradman, dubbed ‘the boy from Bowral’, rose to acclaim during times of hardship, depression and recovery. He represented Australia for 20 years, playing 52 Tests from 1928/29-1948. Knighted for his services to cricket in 1949, he remains the only Australian cricketer to receive a knighthood for services to the game. He retired from Test cricket with a batting average of 99.94, making his Test batting achievements nearly twice that of the nearest Test batsman.

The Don Don Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, on 27 August 1908, but spent his early years in the NSW town of Bowral. At his Shepherd Street home he developed a solitary game where he would repeatedly hit a golf ball with a cricket stump against the curved brick base of the family water tank.x The Greatest Ever Did you know that Sir Donald’s average in Test matches reached 50 with his 3rd innings, and stayed above 50 for the rest of his career? This is just one of the interesting facts and statistics you’ll find here. Find out more » The Bradman Walk A great tourist attraction, this walk takes you on a self-guided tour of Bowral, visiting some of the historic sites associated with Sir Donald Bradman AC. The walk is 1.7km and takes about 45min. Donald Bradman Statistics – The Greatest Ever | The International Cricket Hall of Fame. 211 How many Sixes did Don Bradman hit in his Test career? Don hit just six sixes in his Test career, five v. England and one v. India.

He also hit two fives and a staggering 618 fours in Test cricket. How many Test wickets did he take? Two. The first was taken in December 1930. A West Indies player, Ivan Barrow, LBW to Bradman for 27 runs, first Test in Adelaide, second innings. The second was when he bowled Walter Hammond for 85 runs in the spiteful third Test in Adelaide, January 1933, second innings. When was Don’s first century? Don Bradman’s first century (115 n.o.) was played when he was 12 ie. the 1920/21 season. The young Don was playing for Bowral School against Mittagong School. The exact date is unknown. Was Don Bradman nervous in his first Test appearance? Don Bradman has been recorded as feeling a great ease when playing cricket, and unlike many others, he has described himself as being fortunate not to suffer nerves like so many other batsman. Fellow teammates have also described his confidence and ability to concentrate his performance particularly when rising to dangers and difficulties at the crease.

Walter Hammond, former England Test Captain: “I was forced to admire the cool way Don batted. On one or two occasions, when he was well set, and when he saw me move a fieldsman, he would raise his gloved hand to me in mock salute, and then hit the next ball exactly over the place from which the man had just been moved. Reluctantly I had to admit once more that he was out of the ordinary run of batsmen – a genius!” Bill Brown, former Australian Test batsman: “He could analyse the game much more deeply and quickly than the average player. He controlled the game so much when he was at the wicket.” CB Fry, former England Test cricketer: “This young man owes half his perfection to an outright power of concentration”.

Current test records still held by Don Bradman Highest Individual Test Batting Average (minimum 15 innings) 99.94 Highest Test Batting Average for a 5-Test Series 201.50 (v South Africa, Australia, 1931-32) Equal top-scorer of triple centuries (with Lara) 2 5th wicket partnership (with Sid Barnes 1946-47) 405 Only Test batsman to score more than 5,000 runs v an opponent (5,028 v England) 7 times scored 500 or more runs in a Test series (Equal with Lara) Six times scored centuries in an interval (once pre lunch, twice lunch-tea, three times tea-stumps) Scored the most runs in a single day’s play 309 v England, Leeds, 1930 Awards & Honours Knighted in 1949. The only Australian cricketer ever to receive a knighthood and the first Test cricketer so honoured. Received a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1979.

Voted the greatest male athlete of the past 200 years by the Australian Confederation of Sport in 1988. Selected as one of only two Australians by International Who’s Who top 100 people who have done the most to shape the 20th century. The other (former) Australian selected was Rupert Murdoch Nominated among the Top Ten sportspeople of the 20th century by the World Confederation of Sport. Named Male Athlete of the Century in 1999 by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Ranked the No.1 Australian Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated magazine. In 2000 he was voted the greatest cricketer of the 20th century by Wisden Cricket Almanack. This decision was unanimous amongst the 100 judges. Nominated captain of the Australian Cricket Team of the Century Some extra facts about Sir Donald Bradman Did you know….

Don Bradman scored 28,067 runs in First-class cricket at an average of 95.15, with a top score of 452 not out The record for the highest partnership for any wicket by Australia against all countries was established by Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford at The Oval in 1934 (451 for the second wicket) Against India, Don Bradman averaged 178.75 in 6 innings.

His average against all countries in 80 innings was 99.94 In his Test career, Don Bradman scored 26% of the team’s total runs Don Bradman described himself as “predominately a back foot player” Bradman’s average in Test matches reached 50 with his 3rd innings, and stayed above 50 for the rest of his career Don Bradman’s batting average over his career in Test matches against all countries was 99.94 – if he had remained not out or scored 4 more runs and lost his wicket in his final Test innings at The Oval in 1948, he would have averaged 100 per innings Twitter: crickethof Lots of school holiday fun still happening at the Bradman Centre - with only just over a week of holidays left...

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It was his contribution towards this sport that had made Australia one of the most successful cricketing nations of the world. Sir Donald Bradman is also known as �The Don� commonly. Many scholars and critics are of the opinion that Don Bradman was the greatest player in the 20th century. Donald Bradman was born in the year 1908 on 27th of August at New South Wales. He was the youngest child in the family. Bradman has quit studies at the early age of 14 and got serious about cricket only when he turned sixteen. The common folklore goes that he taught himself the game of cricket and used to practice rigorously with a golf ball and a cricket stamp day and night. His devotion towards the game paid of when he got a chance to play for his motherland at the age of twenty. After that there was no looking back for him as he witnessed gradual growth and fame. The batting average achieved by Bradman is still a record which no one has yet come near. It was due to his great batting that Australian cricket team won a series of games against England and evolved as unbeatable for almost a decade.

The score of three hundred in the early days resulted in his selection to the New South Wales team. In the test series of 1930 against England Don emerged as the biggest hero as they returned home victorious. In the next series between the two countries England decided to stop Bradman with the �bodyline� tactics. This brought down the batting average of Don but he could not be stopped entirely. In 1936 the best thing happened in Sir Donald Bradman�s cricketing career when he was selected the captain of Australia. The Second World War caused a short interruption in the cricketing career of Bradman. After the cricket matches resumed Don played his last test match against England. He scored a duck as he was out after playing one ball. This was the reason why Don�s test cricket average remained 99.94 as he was unable to score 4 runs which would have given him an average of 100. The glorious career of Sir Donald Bradman came to an end in 1949. He was also awarded with knighthood on this year. He was the first Australian to get a knighthood from the cricketing field.

After his retirement he began to lead a lonely family life and was mostly out of limelight. In 2001, Sir Donald Bradman died in his home in Adelaide. Bradman is a legend never to be forgotten by the cricketing world as he had imprinted his name in the pages of history. Related Links

Question: What is Sir Donald Bradman's test cricket batting average?
Answer: 99.94