5 Greatest Test batsmen of all time

#1 Sir Donald Bradman (Australia)

Sir Don Bradman

Sir Don was probably the only cricketer whose stature and fame transcended the sport itself. It is safe to assume that his incredible test batting average of 99.94 would not be broken ever. Bradman made 6996 runs in only 52 test matches with 29 centuries. He was also the only cricketer to have scored 12 double hundreds.

Most of Bradman’s batting stats defy belief and seem to be other-worldly. He was the only batsman for whom an altogether different bowling strategy was invented. It was named as the “bodyline series” in which the English bowlers continued bowling hostile deliveries at his torso and legs. Bradman still managed to average 56 in that series, which is more than the career averages of many great batsmen!

He was also one of the very few batsmen to have scored 300 runs in a single day in a test match and two triple hundreds. The mythical Bradman needed to score only 4 runs in his last test innings to end up with a career average of 100, but was dismissed without scoring a run. That fallibility on his part maybe only confirmed that he was a human being after all!