5 legendary cricketers who had forgettable Test debuts

#1 – Don Bradman

Bradman failed to live up to his lofty standards on debut

Bradman’s final innings is more discussed than any one else’s in the game’s history. Needing only four runs to take his career average to 100, he could not pick a googly thus proving the fallibility of human nature.

The ‘Don’ might not have required the solitary boundary to achieve batting perfection had he begun his career with a more productive debut. At the obscure Exhibition Ground in Brisbane, Bradman was trapped in front by Maurice Tate for 18 in the first innings.

Chasing an improbable 742, the run-machine was halted again, this time for only a single. Australia were routed for 66 by their fiercest rivals in what remains the worst Test defeat of all time (by runs).

Dropped for the ensuing match, Bradman returned to the eleven at the MCG and the rest as we know continues to defy logic.