On this day: Don Bradman slams fastest double century in Test cricket
Sir Donald Bradman needs no introduction as he was arguably the best batter to have played the game. While Bradman has a world record Test cricket average of 99.94, he also had the reputation of scoring quickly at times even in that era. Meanwhile, it was on this very day in 1930 that Don Bradman registered the fastest double ton in Test history against arch-rivals England.
When Donald Bradman made yet another undisputed record in his illustrious career
The 1930 Ashes series witnessed the peak of Donald Bradman who went on to finish with 974 runs in five Tests. Meanwhile, Bradman achieved a unique feat in the third Test that was played at Leeds.
This Test match witnessed the great man score a triple century in a single day, the fourth of the Test. The English bowlers were asking some tough questions until he walked in and it was just a matter of time before the tables were turned.
Bradman’s onslaught left the opposition bowlers shell-shocked from which they could never recover. He reached his half-century in just 49 minutes, while another thing that stood out was that the Australian team 100 was registered in just the 80th minute when Bradman was batting on 81. The legendary batter completed his century before lunch break.
The Aussie legend went for lunch at an individual score of 105 and when he was back after a break, he showed no mercy on the English bowlers and kept on taking them to the cleaners at regular intervals the scoreboard kept ticking.
Bradman eventually went on to rattle up the fastest Test double century in just 214 minutes and by doing so, he broke the record of his countryman Victor Trumper’s record of 226 minutes, which was made in 1910/11 season.
That was not all as Bradman went on to score his triple century in just 336 minutes. He remained unbeaten on 309 and to date it remains the only occasion in the history of Test cricket where a batter scored three hundred runs in one day. He was eventually dismissed for 334, but rain forced the contest to end in a stalemate.
