Don Bradman, also known as Sir Donald George Bradman, was an Australian cricketer who was born on August 27, 1908, in Cootamundra, New South Wales and died on February 25, 2001, in Adelaide, South Australia. He was one of the greatest run scorers in the game's history and was widely regarded as the greatest player of the twentieth century.
Bradman scored 6,996 runs for Australia in Test matches, and his average of 99.94 runs per match was high. Between 1928 and 1948, he scored 19 centuries (100 runs in a single inning) in Test matches against England. In 1930, on his first visit to England, he set a Test record by scoring 334 runs in one inning, and in 1934, still in England, he had 304-run innings.
He was the captain of the Australian team that won four matches to none in England in 1948. In 1949, he retired from first-class cricket and was knighted the following year.
Bradman honed his timing as a kid by smashing a golf ball into a water tank. He built a fast vision, deft footwork, and uncanny bowling judgement, as well as being a fantastic outfielder. Farewell to Cricket (1950), a set of reminiscences, and The Art of Cricket, a coaching manual (1958).
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