Top 5 captains and their lucky charm in Test Cricket
Here we look at top five lucky charms of Test cricket with whom their captains never lost a match.
2. Sir Donald Bradman and Keith Miller – 15 matches:
Sir Donald Bradman played a total of 15 Test matches until his retirement post the 2nd World War; all of them as a captain only (1946 – 1948). Australia remained unbeaten across those 15 Tests by winning 11 while another four ended in a draw. Bradman’s consistent run was one of the major reasons for the streak as he amassed 1903 runs at an average of 105.72 with help of eight centuries. Only one player barring Bradman himself featured in all those 15 Test matches – Keith Miller.
The all-rounder made his Test debut during this period only. Coincidently, this 15-match streak were the first 15 games of Miller’s 55-match Test career. Miller amassed 753 runs at an average of 44.29 in those 15 Tests with help of a century and also claimed 38 wickets at 22.57 average with a 5-wicket haul. It could be a bit too much to call Miller as a lucky charm in Bradman’s case as Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, Arthur Morris and Don Tallon played 14 Tests apiece in that 15-match unbeaten streak.
Morris nearly matched Bradman with the bat scoring 1408 runs at 74.1 with help of seven tons. Hassett also averaged 57.29 in those 15 games where he amassed 974 runs with three hundreds. Lindwall bagged 63 wickets at an average under 20 alongside scoring 421 runs at 26.31 including a century. Wicketkeeper Tallon affected 46 dismissals (39 catches and 7 stumpings) in those 14 Tests going along with the 335 runs.
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