Following a thrilling second Test at Lord’s, England and Australia will meet in the third Ashes Test from Thursday, July 6, to July 10.
Headingley Cricket Ground is the ground where the match takes place. Australia leads the series 2-0 and has won nine and lost nine Tests at Headingley. The contest is set to take place from July 6 to July 10.
3. Neil Harvey – 427runs
Neil Harvey, Australia’s third-highest run-getter in Tests in Leeds is the senior-most name on the list. In four Tests at the venue, the top left-handed batsman scored 427 runs at an average of 61.00.
Harvey was an exciting hitter with excellent strokeplay, scoring almost 6,000 Test runs in 79 matches, including 24 half-centuries and 21 tonnes. It’s worth noting that he scored six hundred in his first 13 Test innings.
2. Ricky Ponting – 493 runs
Ricky Ponting, perhaps Australia’s best-ever captain, always led by example. Ricky Ponting led his squad to two consecutive ICC One-Day International World Cup championships, two ICC Champions Trophy titles and the No. 1 Test rating.
He hit runs at will as a batsman and liked batting against England. He best scored 2,476 runs at nowhere of 44.76 against his archrivals in 35 Tests.
At Leeds, the right-hander was a whole different beast, scoring 493 runs in only six innings. Ponting only failed to reach a half-century once in six innings at the venue.
1. Sir Don Bradman – 963runs
Another name that comes to mind when discussing the best Australian cricketers of all time is Sir Don Bradman. He, like many others on that distinguished list, dominated against England. Bradman will be recognized as one of the greatest hitters of all time because of his jaw-dropping Test figures.
He has the greatest Test batting average of 99.94, which is unlikely to be broken any time soon. In Test cricket, Bradman hit 29 hundred and 13 half-centuries, with a best score of 334. He played most of his games against England, accumulating 5,028 runs in 63 innings at an average of 89.78.
Unlike many foreign hitters, Bradman used to perform at his peak when playing in England. He ran a total of 2,674 runs throughout the nation at an absurd average of 102.84.
At Headingley Cricket Ground, the great batsman hit 963 runs. At the site, no other hitter has scored more runs than him. Bradman’s last three innings at the stadium were remarkable, with scores of 334,304, and 103.
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