If you'd done this 24 hours ago (or if Babar Azam hadn't made that strange declaration) NZ would only have 1, with Devon Conway playing his 20th (and qualifying) innings. If Daryl Mitchell gets two bats against Pakistan in the 2nd test he'll also join the 50+ group even if he gets a pair.
Don't mind me. I was thinking you listed 43 players over 50 while Cricinfo was listing 63. Compounded by think everyone above was stating everyone in the above list totalled 48 players rather than the qualification of everyone with an average more than 48.
The funniest thing would be if a no 10/11 had 20 innings with 19 not outs and had an average better than/close to Bradman.
Otherwise known as going full Bill Johnston.
I've never thought of that, it is pretty silly. Barnes was robbed of immortality
There are some committed and should be committed Bradman haters who would reckon the Don somehow arranged it like that.
I heard he gave Archie tuberculosis.
too soon
Nah it was Adam Voges' grandfather.
Not just conspiracy theories. He is undoubtedly the best bat the world has seen but there are enough anecdotes from various sources that would suggest he wasn't so great as a person.
Like? I have heard he was a bit of a puritan but how was he not a good person?
Azharuddin scored 102 in his 99th (and final) Test, which is as close as anyone has got to scoring 99 (jointly with Steve Waugh, who scored 96).
John Wright also had two 99s.
But he ended up with more than five Test hundreds.