Top 10 Australian batsmen of all time

1 Sir Donald Bradman

Bradman Batting

Sir Donald Bradman or 'The Don', as he was known more popularly, is quite simply the greatest batsman who ever played the game and to this day, there has been no batsman from any country who has dominated the sport to the degree that he did during the course of his 20-year career.

His average of 99.94 in 52 Test matches remains unsurpassed, and one could say that the record will remain intact for as long as Test cricket is played. The Australian great was a 'run machine' before that term even became a part of the discourse.

He never went to any cricket academy and never received any formal training from a professional coach. Bradman's homegrown technique and innate attacking instincts made him the most feared batsman of his era.

He even scored a triple century in a single day once and that is something that will probably never be bettered. In fact, in an effort to subdue his run scoring prowess that England's captain Douglas Jardine had to resort to Bodyline tactics in 1932.

He remains an absolute colossus of the game to this day and his run-making was legendary not only because of his average but also because he was an enthralling batsman. He scored 34 Test hundreds, 2 of them triple tons, and his tally of hundreds stood as a record for many years.