Jun 16, 2025
Godfather of cricket: who is it, and why India and England disagree
No board awards the title, which is why the answer splits by country. In England it is WG Grace. In India it is almost always Sourav Ganguly, and the...
Don Bradman
20 articles tagged with "Don Bradman"
Jun 11, 2025
Why Don Bradman is arguably the best batsman ever
Discover why Don Bradman is still considered the greatest batsman due to his legacy of unmatched stats and historical impact.
May 28, 2025
Australia’s finest: The best Aussie cricketers in history
Australia has produced plenty of top-tier cricketers in their history, and some players stand out among the rest.
Dec 30, 2024
From highest total to best bowling figures: Know every Test record at Sydney Cricket Ground
Australia’s Ricky Ponting scored the most runs (1,480) while his former teammate Shane Warne (64) bagged the most wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground...
Dec 18, 2024
From highest total to best bowling figures: Know every Test record at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Legendary Don Bradman scored the most runs (1,671) while former Australia pacer Dennis Lillee (82) has the most wickets at Melbourne Cricket Ground in...
Sep 27, 2024
Fastest to 1000 runs in Test cricket: From Herbert Sutcliffe to Yashasvi Jaiswal
Among Indian cricketers, Vinod Kambli was the fastest to 1000 runs in Test cricket. The former left-handed batter completed the milestone in just 14 i...
Jul 3, 2023
Know which team came from 2-0 down to win an Ashes series
There have been seven occasions when a team took a 2-0 lead in the five-match Ashes series since 2000.
Jun 29, 2023
Leonard Hutton, Don Bradman headline list for highest individual scores in Ashes
Legendary Australian cricketer Don Bradman is the only batter to slam two triple hundreds in Ashes history.
Jun 21, 2023
Most runs in the Ashes: Don Bradman’s 5,028 leads the list
Don Bradman scored 5,028 runs in the Ashes, more than any other batter. Steve Smith is now second on 3,703, having passed Jack Hobbs.
Jun 13, 2023
Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs headline list for most fifty-plus scores in Ashes
Australia talisman Steve Smith has the most fifty-plus scores in Ashes (22) among active cricketers.
Jul 23, 2022
From Brian Lara to Donald Bradman, know the list for the highest individual scores in first-class cricket
Brian Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings, having scored an unbeaten 400 against England in 2004.
Jun 30, 2022
Only behind Don Bradman: The rise and rise of Sarfaraz Khan
After the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy season, the young Mumbai batter has a First Class career average only behind the Aussie legend.
Jan 28, 2022
Highest individual score in Test cricket: Brian Lara’s 400 not out, and the 25 biggest innings
Brian Lara remained at the crease for nearly 13 hours to register the highest individual Test score in 2004.
Jan 25, 2022
Most triple centuries in Test cricket: Bradman, Lara, Sehwag and Gayle lead on two
Don Bradman, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle have each scored two Test triple centuries, more than anyone else. Only 33 have been scored i...
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Dec 1, 2021
Most runs scored by batsmen in an Ashes series
We have a look at the top five highest-scoring batsmen in the history of a single Ashes series.
Jan 5, 2021
The first ODI match: The story behind cricket’s Little Test
After rains washed out the third Test, Australia and England played a shortened version on the last day, producing the first One-Day International cri...
Jun 14, 2020
Six times cricketers hit Day 1 Test centuries before lunch
We look at the occasions when batsmen managed to score a century in the first session of the red-ball game.
Aug 27, 2019
Five lesser-known facts about Sir Don Bradman
Sir Don Bradman is probably the greatest batsman to have played cricket, with his records and contribution quite well-known to cricket fans, but there...
Aug 13, 2019
Steve Smith’s Ashes run-spree sparks Bradman comparisons
The pair have been mentioned repeatedly in the same breath since Smith hit innings of 144 and 142 during Australia’s 251-run win over England in the f...
Aug 13, 2019
On this day, August 14: Sir Don Bradman left, Sachin Tendulkar arrived
Some 42 years after Sir Donald Bradman played his last test, Sachin Tendulkar announced himself on world stage by scoring a match-saving knock.