London, July 24: : Justin Langer shrugged off surpassing Don Bradman as Australia`s highest scoring batsman in first-class cricket on Thursday.
The 38-year-old Somerset captain went past Bradman`s total of 28,067 runs when making 107 – his 86th first-class century and 100th hundred in all competitions – in his side`s 428 for six against Worcestershire in the English county championship.
The New Road venue was the ground where Bradman scored three double centuries – 236 in 1930, 206 in 1934 and 258 in 1938 – and then signed off with 107 on his final visit in 1948.
Langer, who has now scored 28,080 runs, said: “I`m thrilled to beat the record.”
“Not so much to go past him because Bradman is in a league of his own. But just scoring this many runs is a tribute to having played for such a long time and having worked so hard to score lots of runs.”
—-Agencies