Don Bradman

Biography

Don Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 is sport's most untouchable record. The next best is 61.87 - the gap between Bradman and second place is larger than the gap between second place and a weekend club player. Twenty-nine centuries in 52 Tests came with a technique that shouldn't have worked: feet together, bat raised high, everything wrong according to coaching manuals. But the ball kept finding the boundary. He lost his prime years to World War II, retired needing just four runs in his final innings to average 100, and made zero. The game hasn't seen anything like him before or since.

Career Highlights

• 99.94 Test batting average (untouchable record)
• 29 centuries in 52 Tests
• 6,996 Test runs
• Lost peak years to WWII
• Statistically greatest cricketer ever

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