Uploaded on 1 Jun 2011Probably the greatest phenomenon in the history of ALL ball games, Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 - 25 February 2001), often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest sportsman of all time. Bradmans career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport. Statistics show that no other athlete dominates a major international sport to the extent that Bradman does cricket. In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game. The respective records for these two sports are .366 and 30.1. Bradman experienced much personal tragedy in raising his children. His first-born son died as an infant in 1936, the second son, John (born in 1939) contracted polio, and his daughter, Shirley, born in 1941, had cerebral palsy since her birth. Bradman still holds the following significant records for Test match cricket: • Highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings): 99.94 • Highest series batting average (5 Test series): 201.50 (1931--32) • Highest ratio of centuries per innings played: 36.25% (29 centuries from 80 innings) • Highest 5th wicket partnership: 405 (with Sid Barnes, 1946--47) • Highest 6th wicket partnership: 346 (with Jack Fingleton, 1936--37) • 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 days 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) • Most consecutive matches in which he made a century: 6 (the last three Tests in 1936--37, and the first three Tests in 1938) • Bradman has averaged over 100 in seven different calendar years (*qualification 400 runs). No other player has achieved this in more than two calendar years. • Fastest player to reach 2000 (in 22 innings), 3000 (33 innings), 4000 (48 innings), 5000 (56 innings) and 6000 (68 innings) Test runs.
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