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Don Bradman's Test batting average was 99.94

He needed just four runs in his final innings to average 100

Australian cricketer Don Bradman scored 6,996 runs in 52 Tests at an average of 99.94, far above any other player with a substantial career. In his last Test innings in 1948 at The Oval he needed four runs to finish on an average of exactly 100, but was bowled for a duck.

Len Hutton and Don Bradman 1953 — Unknown author Unknown author (Argus, Melbourne, Vic.) · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: He needed just four runs in his final innings to average 100. The figure is taken from Cricinfo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.