Bradman: An incredible career

13 April 2012
BORN:

HEIGHT:

First class matches (117 centuries)

Matches 234
Innings 338
Not Out 43
Highest Score 452*
Runs 28,067
Average 95.14

All Test matches (29 centuries)

Matches 52
Innings 80
Not Out 10
Highest Score 334
Runs 6,996
Average 99.94

RECORDS HELD

Highest Test average: 99.94.

Most runs in a series: 974 (ave 139.14) against England in 1930 (including a then world Test best 334 at Headingley).

Highest partnership: 451 with Bill Ponsford for the second wicket at The Oval in 1934 (a world record for 60 years).

First Australian cricketer to be knighted: 1949.

Most double centuries: 37.

Most treble centuries: six.

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