Sir Don Bradman Birthday: Don Bradman has been one of the greatest batsmen not only in Australia but also in world cricket. He has played many great innings in his career. He scored the fastest century in just 3 overs.

If you want to see one of the most ruthless beatings of bowlers in cricket, then you can watch that innings of Australian legend Don Bradman anytime. You can guess the sharpness of Bradman's batting in that innings from the fact that he completed his century in the match within just 3 overs. But the story does not end there. After that, the power of Bradman's uncontrollable bat was seen further in the match. Bradman, who scored a century in just 3 overs, scored 256 runs in the entire match. Now the question is why are we suddenly mentioning Sir Don Bradman and his innings. So that is because 27 August is the 117th anniversary of the birthday of Bradman, who was born in 1908.

14 sixes, 29 fours… Bradman scored 256 runs alone in the match

Now the question is when and against which team did Sir Don Bradman complete his century in 3 overs? So that explosion from Bradman's bat was seen in the year 1931. That means when there was no trace of T20 cricket. And an over in cricket used to be of 8 balls. Bradman had then shown the world how to bat aggressively.

In the match played between Blackheath XI and Lithgow XI, Bradman had beaten the bowlers mercilessly. He was a part of the Blackheath team in that match, which scored 357 runs while batting first and 256 runs in that were of Bradman alone. Bradman had hit 14 sixes and 29 fours during this innings. Now when Lithgow XI came out to chase the target of 358 runs, they could only score 228 runs and lost the match by 129 runs.

This is how he scored a century in 3 overs

Bradman completed his century in just 22 balls i.e. within 3 overs. He did this feat by scoring 33 runs in the first over, 40 runs in the second over and 27 runs in the third over. In the first over, Bradman took 2 runs once and a single apart from hitting 3 sixes, 3 fours. After this, he hit 4 sixes and 4 fours in the second over. While in the third over, he took a single apart from hitting 3 sixes and 2 fours.

First over: (Bowler-Will Black) 6, 6, 4, 2, 4, 4, 6, 1: Total 33 runs

Second over: (Bowler- Horry Baker) 6, 4, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 4: Total 40 runs

Third over: (Bowler-Will Black) 6, 6, 1, 4, 4, 6: Total 27 runs