Don Bradman's 1948 Australian side went through the entire England tour — 34 matches including 5 Tests — without losing a single game, becoming the only team in Ashes history to complete a full tour unbeaten.
Don Bradman's final tour of England was conceived as his farewell. The 1948 Australian side included Neil Harvey, Arthur Morris, Sid Barnes, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, and Bill Johnston — arguably the strongest touring party ever assembled.
Australia won the series 4-0 with one draw — a rain-affected match at Manchester. They also won every county match on the tour. 34 matches played, none lost. This achievement has never been replicated — no subsequent touring side has completed a full England tour without a defeat.
Bradman himself averaged 72.57 across the Tests (held back by his duck in the final innings). Morris made 696 Test runs at 87. Lindsay Hassett made 310. Lindwall took 27 wickets.
The 'Invincibles' label was coined during the tour by the English press, who ran out of ways to describe Australia's dominance.
Australia win the first Test — the tone set
Completing the entire tour without defeat — 34 matches, 0 losses
Bradman's final Test innings — the duck at The Oval that ended 99.94
April 1948
Australia arrive in England — first county matches
June 1948
First Test — Australia win comfortably
August 1948
5th Test, The Oval — series 4-0, Bradman's duck
August 1948
Final tour match — 34th without defeat
Bradman retired after the tour. Australia continued to dominate Test cricket for another decade under Lindsay Hassett. The 1948 Invincibles are still referenced by Australian cricket as the standard.
The greatest touring performance in cricket history — a team so complete that no county side, no Test side in England that summer, could find a way past them. The Invincibles are the benchmark against which all subsequent dominant teams are measured.
No touring side has gone through a full England tour unbeaten since 1948. The Invincibles hold the record that every subsequent Australian touring party aspires to match — none has come close.
Australia vs West Indies
1960-12-14
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India vs Australia
1986-09-22
Twenty-six years after Brisbane, cricket produced only its second tied Test — Dean Jones's heroic 210 through crippling heat and Dean Jones's fever, Ravi Shastri's unbeaten 48 and India needing 2 off the last over, only for Maninder Singh to be out lbw off the final ball.
Australia vs South Africa
1999-06-17
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