Statistical summary Don Bradman

1 statistical summary

1.1 test match performance
1.2 first-class performance
1.3 test records
1.4 cricket context
1.5 world sport context

statistical summary
test match performance

a graph of bradman s test career batting performances. red bars indicate innings, , blue line average of 10 recent innings. blue dots indicate innings in bradman finished not out.




first-class performance

test records

bradman still holds following significant records test match cricket:

highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings): 99.94
highest series batting average (4 or more test series): 201.50 (1931–32) , second highest 178.75 (1947–48)
highest ratio of centuries per innings played: 36.25% (29 centuries 80 innings)
highest ratio of double centuries per innings played:  15.0% (12 double centuries 80 innings)
highest 5th wicket partnership: 405 (with sid barnes, 1946–47)
highest score number 7 batsman: 270 (1936–37)
most runs against 1 opponent: 5,028 (v england)
most runs in 1 series: 974 (1930)
most times of scoring century in single session of play: 6 (1 pre lunch, 2 lunch-tea, 3 tea-stumps)
most runs in 1 day s play: 309 (1930)
most double centuries: 12
most double centuries in series: 3 (1930)
most triple centuries: 2 (equal chris gayle, brian lara , virender sehwag)
most consecutive matches in made century: 6 (the last 3 tests in 1936–37, , first 3 tests in 1938)
first batsman score 2 triple centuries in test history.
fewest matches required reach 1000 (7 matches), 2000 (15 matches), 3000 (23 matches), 4000 (31 matches), 5000 (36 matches) , 6000 (45 matches) test runs.
fewest innings required reach 2000 (22 innings), 3000 (33 innings), 4000 (48 innings), 5000 (56 innings) , 6000 (68 innings) test runs.
first , batsman have remained unbeaten on 299 in test innings
first batsman score test triple century when batting @ number 5 position , has record second highest test score batsman @ number 5 position(304)

cricket context

bradman s test batting average of 99.94 has become 1 of cricket s famous, iconic statistics. no other player has played more 20 test match innings has finished test average of more 62. bradman scored centuries @ rate better 1 every 3 innings—in 80 test innings, bradman scored 29 centuries. 11 players have since surpassed total, @ slower rate: next fastest player reach 29 centuries, sachin tendulkar, required twice long (148 innings) so.

in addition, bradman converted 41% of centuries double centuries: total of 12 test double hundreds—comprising 15% of innings—remains achieved test batsman , accumulated faster other total. comparison, next highest totals of test double hundreds kumar sangakkara s 11 in 223 innings (4.9%), brian lara s 9 in 232 innings (3.9%), , wally hammond s 7 in 140 innings (5%); next highest rate of scoring test double centuries achieved vinod kambli, 21 innings included 2 double centuries (9.5%).

world sport context

wisden hailed bradman as, greatest phenomenon in history of cricket, indeed in history of ball games . statistician charles davis analysed statistics several prominent sportsmen comparing number of standard deviations stand above mean sport. top performers in selected sports are:

the statistics show no other athlete dominates international sport extent bradman cricket . in order post dominant career statistic bradman, baseball batter need career batting average of .392, while basketball player need score average of 43.0 points per game. respective records .366 , 30.1.

when bradman died, time allocated space in milestones column obituary:

...australian icon considered many pre-eminent sportsman of time...one of australia s beloved heroes, revered abroad well. when nelson mandela released after 27 years in prison, first question australian visitor was, sir donald bradman still alive?