Top 5 Ashes performers of all-time

Donald Bradman

Donald Bradman

He may have passed away a decade ago, but Australia’s greatest Test batsman made the entire Ashes series his own with magnificent performances in each.

As a 22-year old, Bradman hammered 974 runs in the 1930 series, with two double centuries and one triple century: his personal best of 334 coming in the third Test of the series.

He totalled 396 runs in the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-33 with just one century, hampered by the leg-stump line bowled at vicious pace by Harold Larwood and Bill Voce.

Bradman counter-attacked in the subsequent 1934 series with 758 runs. However, his greatest achievement was orchestrating a 4-0 whitewash of the English side in 1948, giving his side the tag of “Bradman’s Invincibles“. For his sheer prowess with the bat alone, the Don makes it to the top of my list of the all-time best Ashes performers.