Don Bradman, byname of Sir Donald George Bradman, (born August 27, 1908, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia—died February 25, 2001, Adelaide, South Australia), Australian cricketer, one of many best run scorers within the historical past of the sport and sometimes judged the best participant of the twentieth century.
In Test (worldwide) matches Bradman scored 6,996 runs for Australia and set a document together with his common of 99.94 runs per contest. He scored 19 centuries (100 runs in a single innings) in Test matches in opposition to England between 1928 and 1948. On his first go to to England, in 1930, he established a Test document (ultimately damaged) by scoring 334 runs in a single innings; in 1934, additionally in England, he had an innings of 304 runs. In 1948 he was captain of the Australian workforce that was victorious in England, 4 matches to none. He retired from first-class cricket in 1949 and was knighted in the identical yr.
Bradman, as a youth, perfected his timing by hitting a golf ball in opposition to a water tank. He developed a fast eye, deft footwork, and an uncanny judgment of bowling and likewise turned a superb outfieldsman. He wrote a quantity of reminiscences, Farewell to Cricket (1950), and a training guide, The Art of Cricket (1958).