There is hardly any person in the world who is very fond of cricket but the name of Sir Donald Bradman Sir Donald Bradman is considered to be the best Test player in the world of cricket ever. Sir Donald Bradman was known as "Don" and for the world's bowlers he was not even less than a "Don". Bradman has other nicknames; The Don, The Boy from Bowral, Braddles, and The White Headley etc.
Bradman played Test cricket for 20 years and had retired in 1948, but many of his records have been even today even today. Let us know some interesting facts about Sir Donald Bradman in this article.
1. Sir Donald Bradman was born in New South Wales, Australia on August 27, 1908.
2. Bradman started his Test career against England on November 30, 1928. But Bradman's Test debut was not very explosive, he scored just 18 runs in the first innings and only 1 run in the second innings. 675 runs
3. Sir Donald Bradman had scored 6996 runs in 52 Test matches at an average of 99.94 in his Test career.
4. Bradman has scored 12 double centuries, 29 centuries and 13 half centuries in his Test cricket career But the most shocking thing was that he had just hit six sixes in his Test career while the numbers of fours were 681. Bradman's record of 12 double-Test centuries was not yet broken. Although Kumar Sangakkara has scored 11 double centuries, while Virat Kohli and Tendulkar have scored 6-6 double Test centuries H.
5. Don Bradman's highest score in Test matches was 334 runs, while his highest score in first-class cricket was 452. Due to these achievements, he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on November 19, 2009.
6. The government of Australia recognized the greatness of Sir Donald Bradman and issued postal stamp in his respect. On the August 27, 2008, the birth anniversary of Don Bradman; The government had minted the gold currencies worth $ 5
7. Bradman had played his last Test match against England on August 14, 1948. In the first innings of this Test, Bradman got out on zero, that is why his average fell down to 99.94 otherwise his previous average was 100. Australia won this Test match with an innings and 149 runs, this victory was a great farewell to Don Bradman.
