List of international cricket centuries by Don Bradman

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Australian cricketer Sir Don Bradman, often recognized as the greatest batsman of all time, [1] [2] [3] scored twenty-nine Test cricket centuries during his international career which lasted from 1928 to 1948. [N 1] However, his cricketing career was interrupted from 1940 to 1946 due to the outbreak of World War II, followed by poor health. [4] He assumed captaincy of the Australian side in 1946, [5] and scored fourteen of his centuries as captain. [6] Bradman holds the world record for the most double centuries scored by a single batsman, with twelve to his name. [7] He was the first of four batsmen to have twice scored triple centuries, Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle. [8] His total of nineteen centuries against England remains the world record for the highest number of centuries against a single team. [9]

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When he made 334—his first triple century—against England in the 1930 Ashes, Bradman scored 309 of those runs on 11 July 1930, which remains as the highest number of runs scored by a single batsman in one day. [10] It was the highest individual Test score until Wally Hammond scored 336 in 1933. [11] Len Hutton then surpassed Wally Hammond with 364 in 1938 which stood until 1958 when Garfield Sobers scored 365 not out. Later Brian Lara scored 400 in 2004. In the same series, Bradman went on to score a further century and two more double centuries, accumulating 974 runs in 7 innings—the most runs scored by one batsman in a single series. [12] In 1937, Bradman, suffering from influenza and coming in at the seventh position, scored 270 to guide his team to victory against England. [13] It was rated as the best Test innings of all time by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2001. [14] It is also the highest score made by a number 7 batsman, while his 304 against England in 1934 was the highest score made by a number 5 batsman, until January 2012, when Michael Clarke made 329* against the touring Indians. [15] [16]

By the time of his retirement in 1948, Bradman had made twenty-nine centuries in eighty innings. These centuries, with which he had accumulated 5,393 of his 6,996 Test runs, [17] were scored with a 36.25% ratio of centuries per innings played. [18] This allowed him to maintain a career batting average of 99.94, while no other batsman has been able to reach 62 other than Harry Brook. [N 2] [19] He would have retired with an average of 100 had he scored four more runs in his final innings. [20] [21]

Key

SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out
♠Captained the Australian side
TestThe number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match
H/AThe venue was at home (Australia) or away.
LostThe match was lost by Australia.
WonThe match was won by Australia.
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Test cricket centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1112Flag of England.svg  England 633/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home29 December 1928Lost [22]
2123Flag of England.svg  England 525/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home8 March 1929Won [23]
3131Flag of England.svg  England 341/5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away13 June 1930Lost [24]
4254Flag of England.svg  England 322/5 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away27 June 1930Won [25]
5334Flag of England.svg  England 313/5 Headingley, Leeds Away11 July 1930Drawn [26]
6232Flag of England.svg  England 325/5 The Oval, London Away16 August 1930Won [27]
7223WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 313/5 Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Home16 January 1931Won [28]
8152WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 324/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home13 February 1931Won [29]
9226Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 311/5 The Gabba, Brisbane Home27 November 1931Won [30]
10112Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 422/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home18 December 1931Won [31]
11167Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 333/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home31 December 1931Won [32]
12299*Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 324/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home29 January 1932Won [33]
13Flag of England.svg  England 432/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home30 December 1932Won [34]
14304Flag of England.svg  England 524/5 Headingley, Leeds Away20 July 1934Drawn [35]
15244Flag of England.svg  England 315/5 The Oval, London Away18 August 1934Won [36]
16270♠Flag of England.svg  England 733/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home1 January 1937Won [37]
17212♠Flag of England.svg  England 424/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home29 January 1937Won
18169♠Flag of England.svg  England 315/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home26 February 1937Won
19144♠Flag of England.svg  England 331/5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away14 June 1938Draw
20102♠Flag of England.svg  England 342/5 Lord's, London Away28 June 1938Draw
21103♠Flag of England.svg  England 424/5 Headingley, Leeds Away23 July 1938Won [38]
22187♠Flag of England.svg  England 311/5 The Gabba, Brisbane Home29 November 1946Won [39]
23234♠Flag of England.svg  England 622/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home13 December 1946Won [40]
24185♠Flag of India.svg  India 311/5 The Gabba, Brisbane Home28 November 1947Won [41]
25132♠Flag of India.svg  India 313/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home1 January 1948Won [42]
26127*♠Flag of India.svg  India 633/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home3 January 1948Won [42]
27201♠Flag of India.svg  India 314/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home23 January 1948Won [43]
28138♠Flag of England.svg  England 321/5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away10 June 1948Won [44]
29173*♠Flag of England.svg  England 344/5 Headingley, Leeds Away22 July 1948Won [45]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bradman only played international Test cricket matches and not One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, which were not played at that time.
  2. ↑ Calculated from batsmen who have batted a minimum of twenty innings.

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