Sir Donald Bradman Would Not Have Averaged 99.94 In 2017: Rodney Hogg 1

Former Australia fast-bowler Rodney Hogg has caused stir in the country while stating batting great Sir Donald Bradman would not have turned out to be a successful player had he been playing in the current era.

Hogg, in his interview, reiterated it was easy for batters to go for their shots during Bradman’s time.

“It’s disrespectful. I know to say that, but those stats jumped at me that it was easier to bat between 1920 and 1950, than what it is now,” Hogg told SEN Radio.

Hogg further stated the celebrated cricketer Bradman would also not have averaged a shy away from hundred in the Test format.

“Sir Donald Bradman was a freak, but I don’t think he would have averaged 99 now.” Hogg added.

Hogg, who made international debut for Australia in 1978, analyzed the averages of pre-modern era cricketers and modern era cricketers before making a statement which did not sit well with social media users.

“(It’s) just very interesting the batting averages England have had in current times, Graham Gooch has got 42, (David) Gower has got about 43, (Allan) Lamb is mid to low 40s, Geoffrey Boycott’s 47, (Kevin) Pietersen 47,” Hogg said.

Bradman, who made his Test debut in 1928, played 52 Tests for Australia in which he scored 6,996 runs at a staggering average of 99.94.

“I’m saying now that I don’t think Sir Donald Bradman in this current era would’ve averaged anywhere near 99.94, I’m saying it based on that (those averages),” Hogg clarified.

Bradman smashed 29 centuries and 13 fifties in his illustrious Test career.

“I’ll go back between 1920 and 1950, (Walter) Hammond averaged 58, (Herbert) Sutcliffe 60, (Len) Hutton 56 and (Jack) Hobbs 56, so there’s four names I’ve just come up with, who’ve all got averages 10 above all the current-time players,” Hogg concluded.

The New South Wales-born Bradman played his last Test against England at The Oval in 1948.

Hogg played 38 Tests for Australia while bagging 123 wickets at an average of 28.47

Here are the tweets after Rodney Hogg’s comment on batting great Donald Bradman:

Tahir Ibn Manzoor

Tahir Ibn Manzoor, who tweets @TahirIbnManzoor (https://twitter.com/TahirIbnManzoor) - works as an editor for Sportzwiki.com. He has a great affection for longform feature writing. He completed his masters...