SIR DON BRADMAN

Full name Donald George Bradman

Born August 27, 1908, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Died February 25, 2001, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia (aged 92 years 182 days)
Major teams Australia, New South Wales, South Australia
Nickname The Don
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height 5 ft 7 in

Donald Bradman was the best cricket and batsmen Australia has ever had.
He played for the Australian cricket team and help won the World Cup.

Born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Donald Bradman was known for a story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore.

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CURRENT TEST RECORDS STILL HELD BY Don Bradman

• Highest Individual Test Batting Average (minimum 15 innings) 99.94 Highest Test Batting Average for a 5-Test Series 201.50 (v South Africa, Australia, 1931-32) Equal top-scorer of triple centuries (with Lara) 2 5th wicket partnership (with Sid Barnes 1946-47) 405 Only Test batsman to score more than 5,000 runs v an opponent (5,028 v England) 7 times scored 500 or more runs in a Test series (Equal with Lara) Six times scored centuries in an interval (once pre lunch, twice lunch-tea, three times tea-stumps) Scored the most runs in a single day’s play 309 v England, Leeds, 1930

In 1987 – the year Australia won the World Cup for the first time – Sir Donald observed:
Inevitably the face of cricket changes with the passage of time. The game must adapt to the social era in which people live. Nobody, fifty years ago, could have foreshadowed night cricket, coloured clothing, white balls and so on, but I do not resile from such happenings providing we are able we are able to preserve the underlying character-building edifice upon which the game was founded.
This responsibility must be shouldered with care and foresight by contemporary players and administrators because they are now the custodians of a valued trust for future generations.
In support of his legacy the Bradman Foundation urges the public to #SalutetheDon and tip your hat to assist keeping his legacy at the forefront of the game.

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