{"id":3572,"date":"2018-10-06T22:06:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T22:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricindeed.com\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:21:15","slug":"insane-don-bradman-records-in-test-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricindeed.com\/insane-don-bradman-records-in-test-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Insane Don Bradman Records in Test Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It all started with a cricket stump and a golf ball at his home’s backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir Donald Bradman, the Boy from Bowral, went onto score single-handedly almost 26% of his team’s total runs, during his 20 years long cricketing career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to former Australian Captain, Bill Woodfull, he was worth 3 batsmen to Australia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bradman, to be honest, had an insane cricketing career with the statistics, unthinkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He scored a total of 6996 runs in 80 Test innings at an average of 99.94 including 29 centuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In first-class cricket, Bradman had accumulated a total of 28,067 runs at an average of 95.15, with a top score of 452 not out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is my effort to list Don Bradman’s 5 insane cricket records, that are still unbeatable after 70 years of his retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Don Bradman’s peerless Test Batting Average<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don Bradman was averaging 101.39 then when he walked into bat one last time in his Test career at Oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his 2nd delivery of that Innings, Bradman misjudged a googly from the England spinner – Eric Hollies and bowled out for a duck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Followed by England’s innings defeat in that match, Bradman had never chanced to bat again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that duck in his final innings, Bradman’s average dropped to 99.94<\/strong>, which could have been a fancied 3-digits, if he had managed to score just 4 more runs in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the number 99.94 stays as the highest batting average in Test Cricket till now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, no cricketer who has played a minimum of 50 Test matches has more than 60 in Test batting averages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fab 4 of the current generation players who have the highest Test batting averages are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Steve Smith – 58.6<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Virat Kohli – 49.3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Joe Root – 50.3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Kane Williamson – 54.9<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Seeing these numbers, I don’t see any harm to Bradman’s numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It looked like he had never believed in the law of Averages in Test Cricket throughout his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. The fondness for Daddy Hundreds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Sir Donald Bradman had scored 12 200+ Scores in Test Cricket<\/strong>, a cricket record for the Most double centuries scored by any batsman in Test cricket<\/a><\/span>, till now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bradman also had 2 Triple Centuries<\/strong> to his name, which is still the equal best for Most Triple Centuries in Test Cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He shares this record with Chris Gayle & Brian Lara of West Indies and Virender Sehwag of India. All these batsmen have 2 300s in Tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bradman was the first to score 2 300s in Tests! Check here everything you should know about triple centuries in Tests<\/a>, and how Don Bradman plays a huge part in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He also had a 299 not out score once against South Africa. (the Only batsman to do so)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He also holds the record for scoring the most 200+ scores in a Test series – 3 vs England in 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bradman converted 36.26% of his Test innings into century innings & 15% into double centuries (Best in the World)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He also had a conversion ratio of 69% when making 50s into 100s and 26% of his 100s to 200s. (Once again, the best)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Check this tweet!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Virat Kohli, in Test Cricket, has converted 55% of his 50s into 100s & 26% of his 100s to 200s so far \ud83d\udc4d

    Only Don Bradman has more Conversion ratio than Virat in Test Cricket! (69% & 41% respectively)    #INDvWI<\/a> #INDvWIN<\/a> #INDvsWI<\/a> #thursdayvibes<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sPU4wZnlYo<\/a><\/p>— CricIndeed (@CricIndeed) October 4, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>