Sir Donald Bradman dies
CricInfo - 26 February 2001
Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest Australian cricketer of all time, has died at his home in Adelaide at the age of 92. Media reports this morning Australian time say that the Bradman Foundation has confirmed his passing.
Sir Donald, who has reportedly been in failing health for some time, died on Sunday February 25 after a short illness.
Sir Donald played 52 Test matches for Australia between 1928 and 1948, scoring 6996 runs at the phenomenal batting average of 99.94. He was also a highly successful captain and later enjoyed similar success as an administrator.
We will have further reports and tributes to the life of Sir Donald as the day progresses.
Bradman was surely the best Test cricketer !!! He’s done a lot for Cricket !!! AliBeta: yeh !!! True.. he’ll always be remembered.. in a way he was one of the creators of the game… n he also holds lotsa records in TEST !!!