10 most iconic numbers in cricket

Numbers are important. For some, they are everything. Almost everything in life is defined by numbers. Words could be factual or rumours, but numbers are almost always definite.In fact, the whole of this cyber world is a grand representation of 1s and 0s. What we read, listen and watch have 1s and 0s at the hardware level to thank for. Anyways, this article’s intention isn’t to teach binary numbers, this is about the important numbers in the world of cricket.In sports, numbers often define everything. More often than not, the higher the numbers, the better. Cricket is no different in this regard and has some unique numbers that instantly bring to mind the figures affiliated with them.And here are 10 such unique figures:

#1 99.94 - Sir Don Bradman

Anyone who calls himself or herself a cricket fan must already know what this figure means. Sir Don Bradman needed just four runs in his final innings to end his career with an average of 100, but he was out for a duck.

Although fans at the time wished that he had scored those four runs to finish with a three-figure average, an average like that after 52 Tests speaks more than volumes about the type of player our generation missed out on watching.

With an average like that, one could hardly argue the case that he was the greatest batsman Test cricket has ever seen and it is impossible to imagine that anyone will finish their career with an average like that after playing more than 50 games.