Batting average (cricket)
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In cricket, a player's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out, usually given to two decimal places. Since the number of runs a p
Don Bradman
Don Bradman
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Sir Donald George Bradman, nicknamed "the Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane
Batting average (cricket)
…not played enough games for their skill to be reliably assessed. Under this qualification, the highest Test batting average belongs to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, with 99.94. Given that a career batting average over 50 is exceptional, and that only 4 other players have averages over 60, this is an outstanding…
Bradman c. 1930
Bradman's birthplace at Cootamundra is now a museum.
Bradman in 1928
Bradman is chaired off the ground by his opponents after scoring 452.