How good would Bradman have been at ODIs?

[sledger]

Would his dominance of the longer form of the game translate well into the shorter form of the game? Discuss.

 

[Furball]

Would his dominance of the longer form of the game translate well into the shorter form of the game? Discuss.

Scored a ton in 3 overs in an exhibition game once IIRC.

He'd probably have scored the first ever T20 double ton if it had existed in his day.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, it strikes me that he would have regularly accomplished the type of record breaking score that Sehwag and Tendulkar have achieved in recent times.

 

[Ruckus]

Scored a ton in 3 overs in an exhibition game once IIRC.

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Was against what would have been an absolute piss weak team though.

Nonetheless, there isn't much reason to think he wouldn't have been ultra-successful in ODIs too.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, especially when you consider the weak opposition against which Sehwag has recently scored his record double hundred+, I should have thought Bradman would have surpassed this comfortably.

 

[Furball]

Was against what would have been an absolute piss weak team though.

Nonetheless, there isn't much reason to think he wouldn't have been ultra-successful in ODIs too.

Worse than Bangladesh?

 

[Ruckus]

Worse than Bangladesh?

Almost certaintly. It was up against a team from a place called Lithgow...and I can be pretty confident in saying that back in the 1930's the Lithgow cricket team would have been no more than complete amateurs. Even today I think they would have a pretty dire cricket team.

 

[karan316]

With a strike rate of 29.7, he would have been a huge hit in the ODIs.

 

[abmk]

With a strike rate of 29.7, he would have been a huge hit in the ODIs.

huh ?

 

[karan316]

huh ?

Bradman's strike rate is 29.7 in tests. He would have easily adapted to the shorter formats with such a good strike rate

 

[Shri]

So very subtle sledger.

 

[ankitj]

Karan, I think you need to substantiate. That's looks like a cooked up fact. SRs were not recorded in Bradman's time.

 

[Teja.]

Karan, I think you need to substantiate. That's looks like a cooked up fact. SRs were not recorded in Bradman's time.

He had an alarming tendency to rack up big hundreds at a strike rate of over 75 in the innings that were recorded though.

 

[abmk]

Karan, I think you need to substantiate. That's looks like a cooked up fact. SRs were not recorded in Bradman's time.

Only a few matches, the no of balls faced were missing.

Roughly Bradman's S/R in tests was around 58 .....

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

The * indicates that the S/R was extrapolated from the no of minutes at the crease for a few innings and it is not exact .....

I am not sure what Karan is on about ....

 

[Furball]

Bradman's strike rate is 29.7 in tests. He would have easily adapted to the shorter formats with such a good strike rate

There is absolutely no way that's remotely close to being true.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Batsmen generally increase their strike rates in the shorter format. I am sure it wouldn't have been that difficult for Bradman to do the same.

 

[abmk]

This is Bradman's record in matches where S/R was recorded

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

69 innings, avg 95.71, S/R 58.61

 

[ankitj]

Turns out that the number of balls faced were recorded for most of the innings (69 out of 80) - Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

Based on that, Bradman's SR is 58.6%

EDIT: Beaten

 

[stephen]

To put that strike rate into perspective, Bradman scored around as quickly as Ponting in tests. So extrapolating from that, he'd probably average around 80 in ODIs and strike around 100 (given his batting average was twice his contemporaries and his strike rate was around 50% higher than his contemporaries).

 

[Howe_zat]

Bradman's strike rate is 29.7 in tests. He would have easily adapted to the shorter formats with such a good strike rate

Seriously, where did you get this from?