Scored only 19 runs in the first match, later became the greatest player in the world, know about this cricketer's special record

Today is the birthday of Sir Donald George Bradman, one of the greatest batsmen of the cricket world. He was born on 27 August 1908 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. Sir Don made his international debut in November 1928. It wasn't a memorable Test debut for Don, but there were some interesting stats during that Test against England in Brisbane.

England gave a crushing defeat to Australia

In his Test debut in international cricket, Don scored 18 runs in the first innings batting at number seven for Australia. While in the second innings, only 1 run could be scored at number six. In that Brisbane Test, England gave a crushing defeat to Australia. English team won that match by 675 runs. Interestingly, this still holds the world record for the highest number of runs won in a Test match. Although Australia beat England by 562 runs in 1934, the figure of 675 runs is still far away.

He missed an average of 100 in his cricket career

Don made his Test cricket debut at the age of 20. Bradman needed just four runs in the last Test innings to take his career average to 100. In that Test against England, Australia's legendary player Bradman was bowled while playing the second ball. His dream wicket was taken by English legbreak googly bowler Eric Hollis. Bradman also missed out on 7000 runs in his Test career. Eventually, he bid farewell to cricket after scoring 6996 runs at an average of 99.94 in 52 Tests.

He breathed his last at the age of 92

Bradman scored 29 centuries and 13 fifties in Test cricket. In first-class cricket, Don scored 28,067 runs at an average of 95.14 in 234 matches, in which he scored 117 centuries and 69 fifties. The king of cricket breathed his last on 25 February 2001 at the age of 92 years and 182 days.