Google is celebrating the 110th birth anniversary of Sir Donald Bradman, widely considered the most prolific batsman in the history of Test cricket, with a doodle.
Born in Cootamundra in rural New South Wales on August 27, 1908, Bradman moved as a child to Bowral, near Sydney.
Nicknamed “The Don’’, Bradman compiled runs — 6,996 in 52 Tests, at an average of 99.94 — with an unerring and relentless precision that has remained unequalled. In a career that spanned 21 years, he scored 29 hundreds.
One failure in his last Test innings before retirement at The Oval in 1948 denied Bradman a magical Test average of 100. Needing to score only four runs to achieve the landmark figure, Bradman was dismissed for a duck.
In all, Bradman played 338 first-class innings, scoring 28,067 runs at an average of 95.14.
Bradman’s achievements would have been even more daunting but for an enforced break in his career when he served in the Royal Australian Air Force and Army during World War II.