Batting average (cricket) are usually subject to a minimum qualification of 20 innings played or completed, in order to exclude batsmen who have not played enough games for their skill to be reliably assessed. Under this qualification, the highest Test batting average belongs to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, with 99.94. Given that a career batting average over 50 is exceptional, and that only five other players have averages over 60, this is an outstanding statistic. The fact that Bradman's average is so far above that of "any" other cricketer has led several statisticians to argue that, statistically at least, he was the greatest
English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29 not out and 177 at Adelaide, scored a then-record series aggregate of 905 runs at an average of 113.12; the record has only been surpassed once, by Donald Bradman in the 1930 Ashes. The MCC touring party was: This Test match still holds the record for the highest match aggregate (1497) without a no-ball extra. The English team had a stopover in Colombo "en route" to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29 The England cricket team toured