04-09-2018 14:22 via theguardian.com

Virat Kohli and the greatest batting performances in a losing cause | The Spin

It’s not unusual for a batsman to sit astride a series, atop a pile of runs, but it is unusual for them to do so from a losing positionOf all the records that Don Bradman holds, his dominance of the 1930 Ashes series is up there with the most unbreakable. That year Bradman scored 974 runs in five Tests, at an average of 139.14. That’s more than double the total of the next highest scorer, Herbert Sutcliffe, who got a piffling 436 at 87.2. And who knows how many runs Bradman would hav
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