Sir Don Bradman is the greatest batsman in the history of world cricket. His Test batting average of 99.94 is said to be statistically the greatest record in any popular sport. His Test batting average established over a Test career of twenty years and 52 Tests. This has become a world record unlikely to ever be surpassed. Tomorrow the whole cricket community will celebrate his 100th birthday. During a 20-year playing career, Bradman consistently scored runs at each and every form of cricket. Australian captain Bill Woodfull used to consider him almost equivalent to 3 batsmen to Australia. Throughout the 1930s and ’40s Bradman was the world’s number one cricketer. In 1930, he scored 974 runs in the series, 309 of them in one amazing day at Headingley. He made his team invincible. During his times, Australia lost the Ashes only once, in 1932-33, when English team used the trick of body line bowling. He still manage to make runs at the average of 56. He scored 29 centuries in Test cricket. During his last Test match, he needed only four runs at The Oval in 1948, to ensure an average of 100 but was out on very second ball for 0.

When Bradman died, Time magazine allocated a space in its “Milestones” column for an obituary:

… Australian icon considered by many to be the pre-eminent sportsman of all time … One of Australia’s most beloved heroes, he was revered abroad as well. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, his first question to an Australian visitor was, “Is Sir Donald Bradman still alive?”

Bradman retained a many eminent positions in the game of Cricket like administrator, selector and writer for three decades. Even after more than 50 years after his retirement as a Test player, in 2001, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard called him the “greatest living Australian”. Bradman’s image has appeared on postage stamps and coins, and he was the first living Australian to have a museum dedicated to his achievements.  Sir Bradman passed away late in 2001 at the age of 93.