Throwback to Don Bradman’s debut, where he made only 18 and 1 in his first Test appearance, against England in Brisbane

On this day in 1928, Don Bradman made his Test debut. Arguably the greatest batter the sport has ever seen, the legendary cricketer did not have a great start to his career, as he managed to register scores of 18 and 1 in the first and second innings of the Brisbane Test respectively. It was just a minor blip in Bradman’s illustrious career.

It was a sticky wicket in Brisbane and England came as a better prepared side. Batting first, the visiting side posted 521 runs on the board. Given the nature of the surface, it was a huge total. Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe batted well in the difficult conditions and helped others to have better conditions to bat on. England’s middle order batted well. 

Wally Hammond, Douglas Jardine, and Percy Chapman made good use of the good conditions and gave useful contributions for their side. Lower down the order, Harold Larwood took the Australian bowlers to cleaners with his batting. But it was Patsy Hendren who was the pick of the batters. The English scored 169 runs in 314 balls which included 15 boundaries and a lot of running between the wickets.

Trailing by 521, Australia was under pressure. On a sticky wicket, they had no answer to the visiting bowlers. Australia was bundled out for just 122 runs in 50.4 overs. Coming in at number 7, Bradman managed to score 18(40) before getting dismissed LBW by Maurice Tate. Harold Larwood was the pick of the bowlers who claimed 6/32 in his 14.4 overs.

In the second innings, England scored 342/8 before declaring their innings. Clarrie Grimmett bowled a long spell of 44.1 overs and claimed 6 wickets. Australia was given a target of 742 runs in their own backyard. It was out of reach and the batters did not put up a fight. The home side was bundled out for a paltry 66. Bradman was dismissed for 1(5). Australia lost the Test by a whopping 675 runs.

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