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Trott second to Bradman in Test averages

12:39 pm on 29 May 2011

Jonathan Trott's 125 not out on the third day of England's cricket series opener against Sri Lanka left him with a Test average second only to that of Australia great Sir Donald Bradman.

England reached 287 for 2 at the close of day three at Cardiff, they still trail Sri Lanka by 113 runs.

Trott, whose century was his sixth in his 19 Tests, now averages 66.34 - ahead of such all-time greats as South Africa's Graeme Pollock, West Indies' George Headley and England's Herbert Sutcliffe.

But he is still some way short of Bradman's astonishing mark of 99.94 among batsmen who have played at least 20 Test innings.