5 facts about Australian cricket history that you probably didn't know

#1 Sir Donald Bradman only hit 6 sixes in his whole career

Bradman Batting

Australia's Sir Donald Bradman is not only the greatest batsman to have ever played the game but perhaps also the most dominant batsman to have played Test cricket and some of his run-scoring feats bear testimony of this aggressive streak. For instance, he once scored a triple hundred against England in a single day's play.

So, it is a well-established fact that he was one of the finest attacking batsmen to have ever existed but he was not much of a six-hitter and hit only 6 sixes in his entire career, spanning 52 Test matches. Five sixes were hit against the age-old enemies England and the other one was hit against India.

Bradman's batting was centred around hitting along the ground and in only 52 Test matches, he hit an astounding 618 boundaries. For perspective, the present day gold standard of attacking batsmanship, David Warner has hit 723 fours in 70 Tests and that goes to show the sort of attacking flair that the Don brought to the table.

However, it seems that Bradman's strategy of primarily scoring through fours was only restricted to Test cricket since he had hit 45 sixes in his first-class career in Australian domestic cricket.