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Don Bradman

Australia · 1928–1948

A Test average of 99.94 — the most dominant figure in any sport.

99.94
Test average: 29
Test centuries: 52
Tests played: 334
Highest score

Career

Bradman's batting average is roughly twice that of other all-time greats, a gap unmatched anywhere in professional sport. He needed four runs in his final Test innings to average 100 and was dismissed for a duck. England invented an entire tactical scheme, Bodyline, purely to slow him down.

Honours

Highest Test batting average in cricket history by a vast margin
Twenty-nine centuries in only 52 Tests
Captained Australia's unbeaten 1948 'Invincibles' tour
The Bodyline series was devised specifically to contain him

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