Donald Bradman : biography
27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001
The relationship between Bradman and his wider family is less clear, although nine months after Bradman's death, his nephew Paul Bradman criticised him as a "snob" and a "loner" who forgot his connections in Bowral and who failed to attend the funerals of Paul's mother and father.Eason (2004), p 57.
Statistical summary
Test match performance
| Batting | Bowling | |||||||
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Opposition | Matches | Runs | Average | High Score | 100 / 50 | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best (Inns) |
England | 37 | 5028 | 89.78 | 334 | 19/12 | 51 | 1 | 51.00 | 1/23 |
India | 5 | 715 | 178.75 | 201 | 4/1 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
South Africa | 5 | 806 | 201.50 | 299* | 4/0 | 2 | 0 | – | – |
West Indies | 5 | 447 | 74.50 | 223 | 2/0 | 15 | 1 | 15.00 | 1/8 |
Overall | 52 | 6996 | 99.94 | 334 | 29/13 | 72 | 2 | 36.00 | 1/8 |
First-class performance
Innings | Not Out | Highest | Aggregate | Average | 100s | 100s/inns | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashes Tests | 63 | 7 | 334 | 5,028 | 89.78 | 19 | 30.2% |
All Tests | 80 | 10 | 334 | 6,996 | 99.94 | 29 | 36.3% |
Sheffield Shield | 96 | 15 | 452* | 8,926 | 110.19 | 36 | 37.5% |
All First Class | 338 | 43 | 452* | 28,067 | 95.14 | 117 | 34.6% |
Grade | 93 | 17 | 303 | 6,598 | 86.80 | 28 | 30.1% |
All Second Class | 331 | 64 | 320* | 22,664 | 84.80 | 94 | 28.4% |
Grand Total | 669 | 107 | 452* | 50,731 | 90.27 | 211 | 31.5% |
Statistics from Bradman Museum. |
Test records
Bradman still holds the following significant records for Test match cricket:
- Highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings): 99.94 Players with a "Span" end date of 2008 are still playing Test cricket.
- Highest series batting average (4 or more Test series): 201.50 (1931–32) and second highest 178.75 (1947–48)
- Highest ratio of centuries per innings played: 36.25% (29 centuries from 80 innings)
- Highest ratio of double centuries per innings played: 15.0% (next highest is 5%)
- Highest 5th wicket partnership: 405 (with Sid Barnes, 1946–47)
- Second highest 6th wicket partnership: 346 (with Jack Fingleton, 1936–37)
- Second highest score by a number 5 batsman: 304 (1934)
- Highest score by a number 7 batsman: 270 (1936–37)
- Most runs against one opponent: 5,028 (v England)
- Most runs in one series: 974 (1930)
- Most centuries scored in a single session of play: 6 (1 pre lunch, 2 lunch-tea, 3 tea-stumps)
- Most runs in one day’s play: 309 (1930)
- Most double centuries: 12
- Most double centuries in a series: 3 (1930)
- Most triple centuries: 2 (equal with Chris Gayle, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag)