The
name of Donald Bradman is
mentioned with great respect in the cricket world. His name still lives
on the
lips of cricket lovers. He is regarded the greatest batsman ever of the
world.
Donald
Bradman was born in
1908 in
Australia. He had an inborn talent for the game of cricket. From his
childhood,
he showed interest in games and sports. He was considered an excellent
batsman
even as a young boy. As he grew up, he started hitting centuries and
became
synonymous with cricket. He hit 29 centuries in the test matches. This
record
was broken by Sunil Gavaskar.
At
one time in the history of Australian cricket, he was called 'run
machine' for
his extraordinary rate of scoring runs. Bradman's life is the story of
cricket.
In fifty two test matches, he collected 5,996 runs. It gives an average
of
99.94 runs per innings. Once while playing against England in 1930,
Donald
scored 334 runs which was then a record. Nobody in test cricket has
been able
to touch the heights of Bradman's batting till now.