List of international cricket centuries by Don Bradman explained

Australian cricketer Sir Don Bradman, often recognized as the greatest batsman of all time,[1] [2] [3] scored twenty-nine Test cricket centuries during his international career which lasted from 1928 to 1948.[4] However, his cricketing career was interrupted from 1940 to 1946 due to the outbreak of World War II, followed by poor health.[5] He assumed captaincy of the Australian side in 1946,[6] and scored fourteen of his centuries as captain.[7] Bradman holds the world record for the most double centuries scored by a single batsman, with twelve to his name.[8] He was the first of four batsmen to have twice scored triple centuries, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle.[9] His total of nineteen centuries against England remains the world record for the highest number of centuries against a single team.[10]

When he made 334—his first triple century—against England in the 1930 Ashes, Bradman scored 309 of those runs on 11 July 1930, which remains as the highest number of runs scored by a single batsman in one day.[11] It was the highest individual Test score until Wally Hammond scored 336 in 1933.[12] Len Hutton then surpassed Wally Hammond with 364 in 1938 which stood until 1958 when Garfield Sobers scored 365 not out. Later Brian Lara scored 400 in 2004. In the same series, Bradman went on to score a further century and two more double centuries, accumulating 974 runs in 7 innings—the most runs scored by one batsman in a single series.[13] In 1937, Bradman, suffering from influenza and coming in at the seventh position, scored 270 to guide his team to victory against England.[14] It was rated as the best Test innings of all time by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2001.[15] It is also the highest score made by a number 7 batsman, while his 304 against England in 1934 was the highest score made by a number 5 batsman, until January 2012, when Michael Clarke made 329* against the touring Indians.[16] [17]

By the time of his retirement in 1948, Bradman had made twenty-nine centuries in eighty innings. These centuries, with which he had accumulated 5,393 of his 6,996 Test runs,[18] were scored with a 36.25% ratio of centuries per innings played.[19] This allowed him to maintain a career batting average of 99.94, while no other batsman has been able to reach 62 other than Harry Brook.[20] [21] He would have retired with an average of 100 had he scored four more runs in his final innings.[22] [23]

Key

SymbolMeaning
Remained not out
♠Captained the Australian side
TestThe number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match
H/AThe venue was at home (Australia) or away.
LostThe match was lost by Australia.
WonThe match was won by Australia.
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Test cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos.Inn.Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 6 3 3/5Home Lost[24]
2 52 5/5Home Won[25]
3 3 4 1/5Away Lost[26]
4 32 2/5Away Won[27]
5 3 1 3/5Away Drawn[28]
6 32 5/5Away Won[29]
7 31 3/5Home Won[30]
8 3 2 4/5Home Won[31]
9 31 1/5Home Won[32]
10 42 2/5Home Won[33]
11 33 3/5Home Won[34]
12 32 4/5Home Won[35]
13 103* 43 2/5Home Won[36]
14 52 4/5Away Drawn[37]
15 3 1 5/5Away Won[38]
16 ♠ 73 3/5Home Won[39]
17 ♠ 4 2 4/5 Away Won
18 ♠ 3 1 5/5 Home Won
19 ♠ 3 3 1/5 Away Draw
20 ♠ 3 4 2/5 Away Draw
21 ♠ 4 2 4/5 Away Won[40]
22 ♠ 31 1/5Home Won[41]
23 ♠ 62 2/5Home Won[42]
24 ♠ 3 1 1/5Home Won[43]
25 ♠ 31 3/5Home Won[44]
26
  • ♠
63 3/5Home Won
27 ♠ 31 4/5Home Won[45]
28 ♠ 32 1/5Away Won[46]
29
  • ♠
34 4/5Away Won[47]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Armstrong, Geoff . Legends of Cricket. Allen & Unwin. 2003. 14. 978-1-86508-836-5.
  2. Book: Ashley Alexander, Mallett. Eleven: the greatest eleven of the 20th century. University of Queensland Press. 2001. 39. 978-0-7022-3258-9.
  3. Book: National treasures from Australia's great libraries. National Library of Australia. 2005. 114. 978-0-642-27620-9.
  4. Bradman only played international Test cricket matches and not One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, which were not played at that time.
  5. Web site: Biographical essay by Michael Page . Page . Michael . State Library of South Australia . 3 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620035506/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/bradman/bio-page.htm . 20 June 2008 .
  6. News: Sir Donald Bradman. 27 February 2001. The Telegraph. 5 January 2010.
  7. Web site: DG Bradman  - Centuries in Test cricket as captain. https://archive.today/20120715220652/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/4188.html?captain=1;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings. dead. 15 July 2012. ESPNcricinfo. 5 January 2010.
  8. Web site: Most Double Hundreds in a Career. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  9. Web site: Most Triple Hundreds in a Career. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  10. Web site: Most hundreds against one team. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  11. Web site: Most Runs in a Day. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  12. Web site: Most Runs in an Innings. ESPNcricinfo. 19 January 2010.
  13. Web site: Most Runs in a Series. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  14. Web site: England v Australia 1936/37. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  15. Web site: Laxman, Kumble in Wisden's top ten list. 26 July 2001. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  16. Web site: Most runs in an innings (by batting position) . ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  17. Web site: Scorecard: 2nd Test, India tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 3–6 2012 . ESPNcricinfo. 13 December 2017.
  18. Web site: DG Bradman  - Centuries in Test matches. https://archive.today/20120715204925/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/4188.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings. dead. 15 July 2012. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  19. Web site: Players Batting 30 Innings with 10% Centuries . Howstat. 1 January 2010.
  20. Calculated from batsmen who have batted a minimum of twenty innings.
  21. Web site: Highest Career Batting Average. ESPNcricinfo. 10 December 2017.
  22. News: Widen's cricketers of the century. 5 April 2000. BBC News. 5 January 2010.
  23. Web site: The Legend of "the Don" (TV program transcript). 26 February 2001. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110155407/http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s252027.htm. 10 November 2012. dead.
  24. Web site: The Ashes (1928/29)  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  25. Web site: The Ashes (1928/29)  - 5th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  26. Web site: The Ashes (1930)  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  27. Web site: The Ashes (1930)  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  28. Web site: The Ashes (1930)  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  29. Web site: The Ashes (1930)  - 5th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  30. Web site: West Indies in Australia Test Series (1930/31)  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  31. Web site: West Indies in Australia Test Series (1930/31)  - 4th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  32. Web site: South Africa in Australia Test Series (1931/32)  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  33. Web site: South Africa in Australia Test Series (1931/32)  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  34. Web site: South Africa in Australia Test Series (1931/32)  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  35. Web site: South Africa in Australia Test Series (1931/32)  - 4th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  36. Web site: The Ashes (1932/33)  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  37. Web site: The Ashes (1934)  - 4th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  38. Web site: The Ashes (1934)  - 5th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  39. Web site: The Ashes (1936/37)  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  40. Web site: The Ashes (1938)  - 4th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  41. Web site: The Ashes (1946/47)  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  42. Web site: The Ashes (1946/47)  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  43. Web site: India in Australia Test Series (1947/48)  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  44. Web site: India in Australia Test Series (1947/48)  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  45. Web site: India in Australia Test Series (1947/48)  - 4th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  46. Web site: The Ashes (1948)  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.
  47. Web site: The Ashes (1948)  - 4th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 2010.

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