Don Bradman Birthday Special: Scored Century In 22 Balls

Don Bradman Birthday special: Bradman hit sixes and had a stormy century on 22 balls. Nobody came and hardly anyone like Sir Don Bradman of Australia, the greatest batsman in the world of cricket. The brightest star of world cricket was born on this day. Donald George Bradman holds a unique record that feels like touching it. This great Australian batsman was born on 27 August 1908.

In world cricket, Bradman is the only batsman to average above 99. No other batsman has been able to get around it till now. Bradman has another record that he made in 1931. Today is the 112th birthday of Sir Don Bradman, the greatest batsman in cricket history. Today, we are telling you about such a record of this veteran, which is far from done, it is impossible to think in today’s format.

The former Australian veteran completed his century in just three overs, playing an explosive innings in 1931. Why, have come to study or not, but this is true. In 1931, Bradman showed this feat against the Lithgow team while playing for the team of Blackheath XI. In this innings, a total of 14 sixes were struck off Bradman’s bat. There were 29 fours in the innings. Bradman scored 256 runs in this match.

How would he had completed, century in three overs

Now you must be thinking how can someone score a century from three overs i.e. 18 balls. So let me tell you that according to ICC rules, 6 balls are bowled in an over, but earlier eight balls were bowled in an over.

Bradman scored a century on 22 balls

Bradman played 24 balls during his century innings, ie three overs. The batsman had scored 33 runs in the first over, 40 in the second and 27 runs in the third over.

How expensive bowlers were

Bradman had 3 sixes and three fours while scoring the first over (6,6,4,2,4,4,6,1), scoring 33 runs. The second over was also almost the same, with four sixes and four fours coming off Bradman’s bat in 40 (6,4,4,6,6,4,6,4). The third side was also expensive and scored 29 runs in it. In this over, he (1,6,6,1,1,4,4,6) hit three sixes and two fours.

Bradman’s amazing test record

Bradman, who played a total of 52 Test matches for Australia, scored 6996 runs in 80 innings at an extraordinary average of 99.94. Bradman has 29 centuries and 13 half-centuries to his name. During this, he scored two triple centuries. He was the first cricketer in the world to do so. Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag came close to breaking this record of Bradman in 2009. He missed just 7 runs to score his third triple century against Sri Lanka.

Record of most double centuries

Bradman holds the record for making the most double centuries in a name test. He has scored over 200 runs in total 12 times. Second in this list comes the name of Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who has 11 double centuries in his name.