The second was when he bowled Walter Hammond for 85 runs in the spiteful third Test in Adelaide, January 1933, second innings.Don Bradman’s first century (115 n.o.) 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”.Enter your details below to sign-up for news from The International Cricket Hall of FameThe International Cricket Hall of Fame will be opening on the Please look around the website to find out about this exciting new cricketing experience.Enter your details below to sign-up for news from The International Cricket Hall of Fame

The exact date is unknown.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.
With an unbelievably high career Test batting average of 99.94, he figures among the greatest sportsmen to have played any major sport. One-day internationals reached four figures rather quicker, in little more than 24 years from the first one in January 1971.

Don Bradman's Book: The Story of My Cricketing Life with Hints on Batting, Bowling and Fielding, published in 1930. 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 Once the ball came out of the hand, he adjusted the movement of the bat to whichever ball came out of the hand,” said Shillinglaw.—AgenciesThese videos show how Pakistanis are creatively turning these challenging times into those of opportunity and inspiration. He didn’t bat with his hands, his whole body moved. Most players have career batting averages in the range of 20 to 40. the 1920/21 season. The name 'Don Bradman' was causing a stir in the international cricket arena after his debut series, Australia’s third-highest run-scorer with 2 fifties and 2 hundreds … ... General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and personal friend of Bradman asked that Bradman's Test batting average be immortalised as … 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. This is just one of the interesting facts and statistics you’ll find here.Don hit just six sixes in his Test career, five v. England and one v. India. Bradman only played 52 test matches, with 80 innings, over a 20 year career from 1928 to 1948.

In his final innings, he required a score of only four runs to achieve a batting average of 100 but was dismissed for zero, thus leaving him with a career batting average of 99.94. This is just one of the interesting facts and statistics you’ll find here.Don hit just six sixes in his Test career, five v. England and one v. India. He’d start the circle before the ball was bowled.“He was well through every stroke even before the ball had come out of the hand and his style and every ball he received he had the same commencement to it.
The test career batting average of Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradmanof 99.94 runs per innings is one of the most famous and iconic sporting performance statistics in history. An expert on Bradman, Shillinglaw believes Don’s unique technique was the main reason behind his peerless Test average of 99.94, and argues that, as a … the 1920/21 season. Rohit Sharma surpassed the batting average of the legendary Don Bradman in Test cricket on home soil on Sunday. The first was taken in December 1930. 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 “The secret of Bradman’s batting was once the movement had started it never stopped, which produces a rhythm. Rohit Sharma has 1298 runs in Tests in India at an average of 99.84 though he has a while to go to catch up to Don Bradman's average of 98.22 over 4322 runs at home BCCI.

Then come Wally Hammond (12/20, or 60%), Viv Richards (17/30, 56.67%), Neil Harvey (15/27, 55.56%), Greg Chappell (12/22, 54.55%), Sachin Tendulkar (31/58, 53.45%), Jacques Kallis (26/50, 52%) and Sunil Gavaskar (19/37, 51.35%). With an unbelievably high career Test batting average of 99.94, he figures among the greatest sportsmen to have played any major sport. 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?

Of those who played on 20 or more grounds, only eight others have higher percentages: Ken Barrington leads the way, with centuries on 18 of the 28 grounds on which he played (64.29%). 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. How can a little fellow my size, with below-average eyesight, be 66 per cent better than anybody else?