Wally Hammond totalled 905 runs on the
Australian tour of 1928-29.
In the next Ashes encounter, Don Bradman broke that record and made 974 runs in the five-match series in England.
His scores read -
The closest anyone has come to breaking Bradman’s record is when Vivian Richards bashed 829 runs out of the same opponent in 1976.
In the next Ashes encounter, Don Bradman broke that record and made 974 runs in the five-match series in England.
His scores read -
- 8 & 131 at Trent Bridge,
- 254 & 1 at Lord’s,
- 334 at Headingley (309 of those on the first day of the match, another record),
- 14 in Manchester and
- finally 232 at the Oval.
The closest anyone has come to breaking Bradman’s record is when Vivian Richards bashed 829 runs out of the same opponent in 1976.
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