How Don Bradman recorded the world record of scoring 299 not out in Tests, the only cricketer in the world to do so
The great batsman of Australia cricket team Sir Don Bradman (Don Bradman 299 Not Out) has many special records in Test cricket. Bradman scored two triple centuries in his Test career and both against England in England. The first scored 334 runs against England in 1930 in Handingley and 304 runs on this ground in 1934 after four years.
Bradman also had a chance to score a triple century in his homeland Australia, but he missed it.
In the second innings of the fourth Test of the five -Test series played against South Africa in 1932 against South Africa, 396 balls scored an unbeaten 299 runs in 396 balls with the help of 23 fours. Let’s know what happened in that match.
After a poor start in the second innings of the match, Bradman along with captain Bill Woodful (82 runs) added 176 runs for the second wicket. After this, Bradman held one end and no batsman from the other end could reach a half -century.
Bradman was playing on 298 runs and hit the leg side on the last ball of the 138th over of the innings and hit a run. But Pud Thurlo, who was making his number 11 and debut, tried to take a second run in enthusiasm, which led to the runout in the affair. Due to this, Bradman could not score a triple century in Australia.
Let us know that he is the only cricketer in the world in Test cricket history who has been unbeaten on 299.
If Bradman had scored a triple century that day, he would have become the first player to do so in Australia. Let us know that the first triple century in Test cricket in Australia was hit by Bob Cowper of Australia in the match against England at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
