Adam Voges retires from Tests with batting average of 61.87

Adam Voges, the veteran Australian batsman, announced his retirement from international cricket Wednesday, per reports. Voges will finish his career with a Test batting average second only to the great Sir Donald Bradman.

After earning the Baggy Green during Australia’s tour of West Indies in 2015, Voges developed into a consistent middle-order batsman who registered nine scores of 50+ in just 31 Test innings from 20 matches. He finished with two double-hundreds, an unbeaten knock of 269 against the West Indies at Hobart, and another double ton against New Zealand at Wellington in Feb. 2016. Voges also played a key role in Australia's innings and 46 runs victory over England in the fifth and final Ashes Test in the summer of 2015. The rest of his three Test centuries also came against New Zealand and West Indies, the two opponents he feasted against.

Adam Voges Test batting average: 61.87

Besides emerging as the oldest player (35) to score a century on Test debut, Voges will sign off with a total of 1,485 runs at an average of 61.87, eclipsing the likes of Graeme Pollock (60.97), George Headley (60.83) and Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73) for the second-greatest batting average in history. Of course, Bradman's average of 99.94 has stood the test of time.