Back Donald Bradman Afrikaans دونالد برادمان Arabic دونالد برادمان ARZ Don Bradman AST ডোনাল্ড ব্র্যাডম্যান Bengali/Bangla Donald Bradman Catalan دۆن برادمان CKB Don Bradman Czech Don Bradman Danish Donald Bradman German
 Bradman in 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Donald George Bradman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1908 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 February 2001 (aged 92) Kensington Park, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Don, The Boy from Bowral, Braddles, the White Headley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 124) | 30 November 1928 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 August 1948 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927–1934 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1949 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 December 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Donald George Bradman AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001) was an Australian cricketer. Often called "The Don", he was a batsman. He is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He scored 6,996 runs in his Test match career, at an average of 99.94 runs. If he had scored four runs in his last Test match, he would have scored an average of 100 runs. However, he scored no runs (a duck) in his last innings from just two balls. This is the highest average in Test cricket, the second-highest average being 61.87. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport. Bradman also gained a degree in mathematics from the University of Victoria achieving the highest mark in his year.
Bradman command over the game showed as a batsman, as a captain, as a selector, as a writer and as an administrator. Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson said that bowling to Bradman was one of his "greatest moments". This happened in 1977–78 in Adelaide during India's tour to Australia. Thompson said: "Sir Don was batting in a suit, no pads, no gloves, just a bat. He must've been around 70 and hadn't batted [much] for almost 30 years and he was still so good. It was turf wicket, and I bowled within myself, but there were a couple of young blokes who were bowling at full speed and he was carting them all over the place. Along with meeting George Best, bowling to Bradman is the greatest moment of my life."