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This is who Don Bradman was:
He made and holds so many wickets it is amazing, with a batting average of 99.94 that spans over twenty years (with a break for WW2). In baseball terms he average would equate to 99.94 home runs out of every 100 times he faced the plate!
?-?Don Bradman played Test cricket against 4 countries - England, India, South Africa and West Indies. He did not play a Test against New Zealand (the only Australia v New Zealand test match during his career was in 1946)
?-?In 1932, Don Bradman played 3 Test innings with scores of 299 not out (v South Africa), 0 and 103 not out (v England) for an average of 402
?-?Bradman captained Australia 24 times, winning 15 matches and losing 3
?-?Don Bradman and Sid Barnes still hold the record 5th wicket partnership for any country - 405 v England at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1946-47
?-?Don Bradman scored 28,067 runs in First-class cricket at an average of 95.15, with a top score of 452 not out
?-?Don Bradman was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1931
?-?Don Bradman played for New South Wales from 1927-28 to 1933-34, then moved to Adelaide and played for South Australia from 1935-36 to 1948-49
?-?The record for the highest partnership for any wicket by Australia against all countries was established by Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford at The Oval in 1934 (451 for the second wicket)
?-?Bradman still holds the record wicket partnerships for Tests against all countries for the second, fourth, fifth and sixth wickets
?-?Bradman batted in 80 test innings, being not out 10 times. Of his 70 dismissals, 39 were caught (59%) including 10 by the wicketkeeper and 23 bowled (33%). He was LBW 6 times, run out once and hit wicket once
?-?Don Bradman scored 4 centuries in 5 innings against South Africa, including a top score of 299 not out
?-?Tribute from Indian fan on Sir Donald's death in February 2001: "God could have made a better strawberry, but he did not. He could have put it into his mind to create a better cricketer than Sir Don, but he did not". (Tribute from Lucknow, India, when Sir Donald died in February 2001)
?-?Don Bradman took 32 catches in his 52 Test matches, and took 2 wickets bowling leg spin (one against England, the other against West Indies
?-?Against India, Don Bradman averaged 178.75 in 6 innings. His average against all countries in 80 innings was 99.94
?-?Don Bradman averaged 201.50 in 5 Tests against South Africa compared with his overall average of 99.94 in 52 Tests against all countries
?-?Against India, Bradman scored 4 centuries and 1 half century in 6 innings
?-?In his Test career, Don Bradman scored 26% of the team's total runs
?-?Although he made his highest Test score (334) in the 3rd Test of the 1930 series in England, Bradman considered his 254 in the second Test of the series to be his best innings technically
?-?Don Bradman described himself as "predominately a back foot player"
?-?When he first saw the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1921, Don Bradman said to his father "I shall never be happy until I play at this ground" - in 1930, he scored a record 452 not out at that ground
?-?Bradman scores 517 runs in 3 innings without losing his wicket during December and January 1933/34. His scores are 187 n.o. and 77 n.o. against Victoria and 253 against Queensland
?-?Bradman's average in Test matches reached 50 with his 3rd innings, and stayed above 50 for the rest of his career
?-?Don Bradman's batting average over his career in Test matches against all countries was 99.94 - if he had scored 4 more runs, he would have averaged 100 per innings
?-?Don Bradman's family lived at Yeo Yeo near Cootamundra until they moved to Bowral when he was aged 2
?-?Don Bradman scored his first century (115 not out) for Bowral High School against Mittagong when he was 12 years old
?-?Don Bradman bowled 26 overs in Test cricket, taking 2 wickets for 72 runs at an average of 36.0 and an economy rate of 2.70
?-?Don Bradman was originally considered for selection by NSW as a leg spinner
?-?Emily Bradman, Don's mother, writing to a family friend on 4th July, 1930 said "I am very proud of Don, he is not only a good cricketer but he has always been a good living boy"
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