Editing Don Bradman (section)

==Statistical summary==

===Test match performance===
[[File:Don Bradman Complete Test Career Record.png|center|thumb|640px|This is the complete graphical representation of the test cricket record of Don Bradman. Individual innings are represented by the blue and red (not out) bars; the green line is his career batting average.<ref>{{cite web|author = Howstat|url = http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerProgressBat.asp?PlayerID=0225|title = Don Bradman – Test Cricket|access-date = 8 January 2019|publisher = Howstat Computing Services|archive-date = 8 January 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190108145508/http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerProgressBat.asp?PlayerID=0225|url-status = live}}</ref>]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; width:80%;"
|-
!colspan=2| &nbsp;
!colspan=4| Batting<ref name="batsum">{{cite web |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/4188.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting |title=Statsguru&nbsp;– DG Bradman&nbsp;– Test matches&nbsp;– Batting analysis |access-date=20 June 2008 |work=[[Cricinfo]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102090944/http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/4188.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting |archive-date=2 January 2013 }}</ref>
!colspan=4| Bowling<ref name="bowlsum">{{cite web |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/4188.html?class=1;template=results;type=bowling |access-date=20 June 2008 |title=Statsguru&nbsp;– DG Bradman&nbsp;– Test Bowling&nbsp;– Bowling analysis |work=[[Cricinfo]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102065927/http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/4188.html?class=1;template=results;type=bowling |archive-date=2 January 2013 }}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | Opposition
!| Matches
!| Runs
!| Average
!| High Score
!| 100 / 50
!| Runs
!| Wickets
!| Average
!| Best (Inns)
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{cr|ENG}}
|| 37
|| 5,028
|| 89.78
|| 334
|| 19/12
|| 51
|| 1
|| 51.00
|| 1/23
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{cr|India}}
|| 5
|| 715
|| 178.75
|| 201
|| 4/1
|| 4
|| 0
||&nbsp;–
||&nbsp;–
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{cr|RSA|1928}}
|| 5
|| 806
|| 201.50
|| 299[[not out|*]]
|| 4/0
|| 2
|| 0
||&nbsp;–
||&nbsp;–
|- style="text-align:right;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{cr|WIN}}
|| 5
|| 447
|| 74.50
|| 223
|| 2/0
|| 15
|| 1
|| 15.00
|| 1/8
|- style="text-align:right; border-top:solid 2px gray;"
| style="text-align:left;" | Overall
|| 52
|| 6,996
|| 99.94
|| 334
|| 29/13
|| 72
|| 2
|| 36.00
|| 1/8
|}

===First-class performance===
[[File:Don Bradman's First Class batting record.png|center|thumb|640px|This is the complete graphical representation of the first-class cricket record of Don Bradman. Individual innings are represented by the blue and red (not out) bars; the black line is his career batting average.]]
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{| class="wikitable"
!
!Innings
!Not Out
!Highest
!Aggregate
!Average
!100s
!100s/inns
|-
| Ashes Tests
| align=center|63
| align=center|7
| align=center|334
| align=center|5,028
| align=center|89.78
| align=center|19
| align=center|30.2%
|-
| All Tests
| align=center|80
| align=center|10
| align=center|334
| align=center|6,996
| align=center|99.94
| align=center|29
| align=center|36.3%
|-
| Sheffield Shield
| align=center|96
| align=center|15
| align=center|452[[not out|*]]
| align=center|8,926
| align=center|110.19
| align=center|36
| align=center|37.5%
|-
| All First Class
| align=center|338
| align=center|43
| align=center|452[[not out|*]]
| align=center|28,067
| align=center|95.14
| align=center|117
| align=center|34.6%
|-
| Grade
| align=center|93
| align=center|17
| align=center|303
| align=center|6,598
| align=center|86.80
| align=center|28
| align=center|30.1%
|-
| All Second Class
| align=center|331
| align=center|64
| align=center|320[[not out|*]]
| align=center|22,664
| align=center|84.80
| align=center|94
| align=center|28.4%
|-
| '''Grand Total'''
| align=center|'''669'''
| align=center|'''107'''
| align=center|'''452[[not out|*]]'''
| align=center|'''50,731'''
| align=center|'''90.27'''
| align=center|'''211'''
| align=center|'''31.5%'''
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|<small>Statistics from Bradman Museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradman.org.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=122&nav_cat_id=135&nav_top_id=56|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901164408/http://www.bradman.org.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=122&nav_cat_id=135&nav_top_id=56|archive-date=1 September 2007|title=Bradman's Career Statistics|work=Bradman Museum|access-date=23 August 2008}}</ref></small>
|}

===Test records===
{{See also|List of international cricket centuries by Don Bradman}}
Bradman still holds the following significant records for Test match cricket:

==== Batting average ====
* Highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings):&nbsp;99.94<ref name="avg">{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html|title=Test matches: Highest career batting average|work=Cricinfo|access-date=19 May 2008|archive-date=17 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017013339/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest series batting average (minimum 4-Test&nbsp;series): 201.50 (1931–32); also second-highest: 178.75 (1947–48)<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmax1=8;qualmin1=4;qualval1=matches;template=results;type=batting;view=series 
 |title=Test matches&nbsp;– Batting records 
 |work=Cricinfo 
 |access-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326190331/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dbatting_average%3Bqualmax1%3D8%3Bqualmin1%3D4%3Bqualval1%3Dmatches%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dseries 
 |archive-date=26 March 2014 }}</ref>

==== Conversion rate ====

*Highest percentage of centuries per innings played:&nbsp;36.25% (29&nbsp;centuries from 80&nbsp;innings)<ref>{{cite web|title=Players Batting 30 Innings with 10% Centuries|url=http://howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingHundreds7.asp|access-date=29 May 2008|work=Howstat|archive-date=22 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722002950/http://howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingHundreds7.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Highest percentage of double centuries per innings played:&nbsp;15% (12&nbsp;double centuries from 80&nbsp;innings)<ref name="doubhun" />
*Highest 50/100 conversion rate (minimum 2000 runs): 69.05% (29 centuries converted from 42 innings of ≥ 50 runs)<ref>{{Cite web|title=HowSTAT! Test Cricket – Highest 50/100 Conversion Rate|url=http://howstat.com/cricket/statistics/batting/BattingConvRate.asp|access-date=31 December 2021|website=howstat.com|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231061016/http://howstat.com/cricket/statistics/batting/BattingConvRate.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Highest 100/200 conversion rate (minimum 2000 runs): 41.38%  (12 double centuries converted from 29 innings of ≥ 100 runs)<ref name=doubhun>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/230344.html|title=Most double hundreds in a career|work=Cricinfo|access-date=15 January 2012|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218173658/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/230344.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Multiples of 100 runs ====

*Most double centuries:&nbsp;12<ref name="doubhun" />
* Most double centuries in a series:&nbsp;3 (1930); also 2 (1931–32, 1934, 1936–37)<ref>{{cite web|title=Test matches: Most double hundreds in a series|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282953.html|access-date=15 January 2012|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=20 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420043821/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282953.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=HowSTAT! Test Cricket – Players Scoring Most Double Centuries in a Series|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingHundreds2.asp?Stat=2|access-date=1 January 2022|website=www.howstat.com|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101234108/http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingHundreds2.asp?Stat=2|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Most triple centuries:&nbsp;2 (equal with [[Chris Gayle]], [[Brian Lara]] and [[Virender Sehwag]])<ref>
{{cite web|title=Test matches&nbsp;– Batting records&nbsp;- 300 runs in an innings|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;runsmin1=300;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619035935/http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Druns%3Brunsmin1%3D300%3Brunsval1%3Druns%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting|archive-date=19 June 2008|access-date=17 November 2010|work=Cricinfo}}</ref> Note: Bradman was stranded on 299* in the 4th Test against South Africa in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of South Africa vs Australia 4th Test 1931/32 – Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-tour-of-australia-1931-32-61828/australia-vs-south-africa-4th-test-62601/full-scorecard|access-date=31 December 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228014822/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-tour-of-australia-1931-32-61828/australia-vs-south-africa-4th-test-62601/full-scorecard|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Not out on 99,199 and 299|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284122.html|work=cricinfo|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330020120/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284122.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Scoring rate ====

*Most centuries accumulated within single [[session (cricket)|sessions of play]]:&nbsp;6 (1&nbsp;pre lunch, 2&nbsp;lunch-tea, 3&nbsp;tea-stumps)<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Test Records still held by D.G. Bradman|url=http://www.bradman.org.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=246&nav_cat_id=194&nav_top_id=56|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901164042/http://www.bradman.org.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=246&nav_cat_id=194&nav_top_id=56|archive-date=1 September 2007|access-date=23 August 2008|work=Bradman Museum}}</ref>
* Most runs in one day's play:&nbsp;309 (1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=Records&nbsp;– Test matches&nbsp;– Most runs in a day|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284225.html|access-date=17 May 2008|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=21 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621101219/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284225.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Fastest to multiples of 1000 runs ====

* Fewest matches required to reach 1000 (7 matches),<ref name="stats.cricinfo">{{cite web|title=Fastest to 1000 Runs|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283173.html|access-date=12 July 2013|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=3 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803080917/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283173.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 2000 (15 matches),<ref name="stats.cricinfo_a">{{cite web|title=Fastest to 2000 Runs|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283152.html|access-date=1 January 2010|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=12 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212092616/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283152.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 3000 (23 matches),<ref name="stats.cricinfo_b">{{cite web|title=Fastest to 3000 Runs|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283177.html|access-date=1 January 2010|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=12 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212083005/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283177.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 4000 (31 matches),<ref name="stats.cricinfo_c">{{cite web|title=Fastest to 4000 Runs|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283179.html|access-date=1 January 2010|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=15 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215011606/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283179.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 5000 (36 matches)<ref name="stats.cricinfo_d">{{cite web|title=Fastest to 5000 Runs|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283181.html|access-date=1 January 2010|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=16 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216021858/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283181.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and 6000 (45 matches)<ref name="stats.cricinfo_e">{{cite web|title=Fastest to 6000 Runs|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283183.html|access-date=1 January 2010|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=10 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110024933/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283183.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Test runs.
* Fewest innings required to reach 2000 (22 innings),<ref name="stats.cricinfo_a" /> 3000 (33 innings),<ref name="stats.cricinfo_b" /> 4000 (48 innings),<ref name="stats.cricinfo_c" /> 5000 (56 innings)<ref name="stats.cricinfo_d" /> and 6000 (68 innings)<ref name="stats.cricinfo_e" /> Test runs.

==== Other ====

*Highest peak [[ICC Player Rankings|Test batting rating]]: 961<ref>{{cite web|title=Reliance ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating|url=http://www.relianceiccrankings.com/alltime/test/|access-date=8 August 2015|website=Reliance ICC Rankings|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630035758/http://www.relianceiccrankings.com/alltime/test/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Highest percentage of team runs over career: 24.28%<ref>{{Cite web|title=Test Highest Percentage of Team's Runs over Career|url=https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/Test/Overall/Batting/Highest_Career_Percentage_Runs.html|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2022|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080734/http://stats.acscricket.com:80/Records/Test/Overall/Batting/Highest_Career_Percentage_Runs.html |archive-date=1 December 2017 }}</ref>
*Highest 5th wicket partnership:&nbsp;405 (with Sid Barnes, 1946–47)<ref>{{cite web|title=Records&nbsp;– Test matches&nbsp;– Highest partnership for the fifth wicket|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283583.html|access-date=17 May 2008|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=15 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215183434/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283583.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Highest score by a number&nbsp;7 batsman:&nbsp;270 (1936–37)<ref name="batpos">{{cite web|title=Records&nbsp;– Test matches&nbsp;– Most runs in an innings (by batting position)|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282860.html|access-date=15 January 2012|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=30 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330194136/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282860.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most runs against one opponent:&nbsp;5,028 (England)<ref>{{cite web|date=15 January 2008|title=Most runs against West Indies, and most wickets against anyone|url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/330744.html|access-date=17 May 2008|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=31 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131062240/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/330744.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most hundreds against one opponent: 19 (England)<ref>{{Cite web|title=HowSTAT! Test Cricket – Most Centuries against One Country|url=http://howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingMostHundredsVsOneCountry.asp|access-date=2 January 2022|website=howstat.com|archive-date=2 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102002700/http://howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingMostHundredsVsOneCountry.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Most runs in one series:&nbsp;974 (1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=Records&nbsp;– Test matches&nbsp;– Most runs in a series|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282849.html|access-date=15 January 2012|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=30 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330161333/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282849.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Most consecutive matches in which he made a century:&nbsp;6 (the last three Tests in 1936–37, and the first three Tests in 1938)<ref>{{cite web|title=Records&nbsp;– Test matches&nbsp;– Hundreds in consecutive matches|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282976.html|access-date=17 May 2008|work=Cricinfo|archive-date=17 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917202628/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282976.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cricket context===
{{Test cricket batting averages}}
Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 has become one of cricket's most famous, iconic statistics.<ref name=CricinfoLords/> No other player who has played more than 20&nbsp;Test match innings has finished their career with a Test average of more than 62.<ref name=avg/> Bradman scored [[century (cricket)|centuries]] at a rate better than one every three innings{{snd}}in 80&nbsp;Test innings, Bradman scored 29&nbsp;centuries.<ref name="Freq">{{cite web| url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/296259.html| work = Cricinfo| title = Highest frequency of hundreds and fiver-fors| access-date = 23 August 2008| date = 30 May 2007| archive-date = 12 October 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012213628/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/296259.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Only [[List of Test cricket records#Centuries|11 players]] have since surpassed his total, all at a much slower rate: the next fastest player to reach 29 centuries, [[Sachin Tendulkar]], required nearly twice as long (148&nbsp;innings) to do so.<ref name="Freq"/>

In addition, Bradman's total of 12&nbsp;Test double hundreds{{snd}}constituting 15% of his innings{{snd}}remains the most achieved by any Test batsman and was accumulated faster than any other player's total.<ref name="doubhun" />
For comparison, the next-highest totals of Test double hundreds are [[Kumar Sangakkara]]'s 11 in 223&nbsp;innings (4.9%), [[Brian Lara]]'s 9 in 232&nbsp;innings (3.9%), and [[Wally Hammond]]'s 7 in 140&nbsp;innings (5%); the next-highest rate of scoring Test double centuries was achieved by [[Vinod Kambli]], whose 21 innings included 2 double centuries (9.5%).<ref name="doubhun"/>

===World sport context===
''Wisden'' hailed Bradman as "the greatest phenomenon in the history of cricket, indeed in the history of all ball games".<ref name=Cricinfo1/> Statistician Charles Davis analysed the statistics for several prominent sportsmen by comparing the number of [[standard deviation]]s that they stand above the [[Arithmetic mean|mean]] for their sport.<ref name="davis">{{Cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/sep/16/comment.news1 | title = Ali? Laver? Best? No, the Williams sisters | last = Buckley | first = Will | work = [[The Observer]] | access-date = 23 August 2008 | date = 16 September 2007 | location = London | archive-date = 5 October 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141005191857/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/sep/16/comment.news1 | url-status = live }}</ref> The top performers in his selected sports are:<ref name=NYT/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Athlete
!Sport
!Statistic
!Standard<br />deviations
|-
| Bradman
| [[Cricket]]
| [[Batting average (cricket)|Batting average]]
| align=center|4.4
|-
| [[Pelé]]
| Association football
| Goals per game
| align=center|3.7
|-
| [[Ty Cobb]]
| Baseball
| [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| align=center|3.6
|-
| [[Jack Nicklaus]]
| Golf
| [[List of men's major championships winning golfers|Major titles]]
| align=center|3.5
|-
| [[Michael Jordan]]
| Basketball
| Points per game
| align=center|3.4
|}

The statistics show that "no other athlete dominates an international sport to the extent that Bradman does cricket".<ref name="Bigclaim">{{Cite book |last=Hutchins |first=Brett |title=Don Bradman: Challenging the Myth |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-521-82384-5 |page=21}}</ref> In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0&nbsp;points per game over their career.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/27/sports/sir-donald-bradman-92-cricket-legend-dies.html|title=Sir Donald Bradman, 92, Cricket Legend, Dies|last=Shaw|first=John|date=27 February 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=23 August 2008|archive-date=16 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716023327/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/27/sports/sir-donald-bradman-92-cricket-legend-dies.html?|url-status=live}}</ref> The respective records are .366 and 30.1.<ref name="NYT"/>

When Bradman died, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' allocated a space in its "Milestones" column for an [[obituary]]:<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,101355,00.html|title=Milestones|last=Adams|first=Kathleen|date=4 March 2001|magazine=Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218032345/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,101355,00.html|access-date=23 August 2008|archive-date=18 December 2010|url-status=dead|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

{{blockquote|...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&nbsp;years in prison, his first question to an Australian visitor was, "Is Sir Donald Bradman still alive?"}}