The great Australian cricketer Sir Donald George Bradman, nicknamed “The Don”, is still regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. He was often referred to as a “run-machine” as his Test batting average was 99.94. His brilliant innings are often cited by cricket commentators during live matches. However, he was dismissed in two consecutive innings without scoring a single run. It happened on this day in 1936.
In 1936, Don Bradman became the captain of the Australian team for the first time in the Ashes series. However, his experience in the first match as captain was poor. Under his captaincy, the Australian team lost the first two Tests of the series against England in Brisbane and Sydney. In two innings of both these Tests, Bradman got out on zero.
Bradman was dismissed without a run for the first time in the second innings of the first Test at Brisbane. This Test was played in 1936 from 4 to 9 December. Australia lost the first Test to England by 322 runs.
The second Test of this series was played in Sydney from 18 to 22 December. Even in the first innings of this Test, the burden of captaincy was heavy on Bradman. Batting in the first innings on this day on December 21, he was dismissed on the very first ball. Australia lost the Sydney Test by an innings and 22 runs.
Hence, Australia suffered consecutive defeats in the opening two Tests as Bradman scored two ducks in his four innings in the first two Tests of the 5-match series against England.
In the next two matches, Bradman scored 270 in Melbourne and then backed it up with another double century – 212 – in Adelaide. The last match of the series was also played in Melbourne and he scored 169 runs. After losing the first two games, Australia won the next three matches under Bradman’s captaincy and won the series.
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