Top 10: Most Runs After First 15 Test Matches

Test cricket throws a lot of challenges towards the batters. They can be in the form of fierce bowling attacks, tough pitches, and different playing conditions.

But many batters overcame these obstacles with ease in the initial stages of their careers and amassed a significant number of runs.

Here, we’ll glance at the top 10 batters with the most runs after the first 15 Test matches.

Most Runs After First 15 Tests

Key Stats

2115: Don Bradman holds the record for scoring the most runs in the first 15 Tests. The former Australian batter amassed 2115 runs in 22 innings. 

1: Bradman, who also holds the record for the post-ten-Tests cycle, crossed the 2000-run mark in 15 matches and 22 innings, making him the fastest to the milestone in Tests. And he is the only one with 2000+ runs in the first 15 matches.

100.71: Bradman’s runs came at an astonishing average of 100.71, the highest by any batter in that set of matches. No other batter averaged above 90!

9: Centuries hammered by ‘The Don’ along with his 2115 runs in his first 15 Tests, the most by any batter. Herbert Sutcliffe and George Headley brought up 7 triple-digit figures each.

To know more about Don Bradman’s insanity in Test cricket record board, reach over here.

1: On the contrary, Rahul Dravid scored only 1 hundred in those many matches, the lowest among the batters with 1000+ runs. He did amass 10 fifty-plus scores, but he converted only one of them into a century (148 vs. South Africa) in his 9th Test.

1000: Over 45 batters accumulated 1000 or more runs in their first 15 matches in Test cricket.

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