LONDON, (Reuters) – Justin Langer became the highest scoring Australian in first-class cricket yesterday when he overtook the great Don Bradman.
The gritty left-hander passed Bradman’s record of 28,067 runs during an innings of 107 for English county Somerset against Worcestershire at New Road.
The 38-year-old Langer retired from international cricket after helping Australia crush England 5-0 in the 2006-07 Ashes series.
He made 7,696 runs in 105 tests, averaging 45.27 and making 23 centuries, and formed a prolific opening partnership with Matthew Hayden.
“It is very fitting that a man of Justin’s calibre takes this honour because when you break a record of one of the greatest individuals, that being Sir Donald Bradman, it has to be by a person of quality,” Hayden told Australian Associated Press.
