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Which fellow cricketer commented "Don sees the ball about two yards sooner than the rest of us"?

William Harold Ponsford (Bill Ponsford). Sir Don was born in Cootamundra, 200 miles from Sydney in Australia.

What is Sir Don's average in first class cricket?

95.14. Sir Don played in a total of 338 innings for an aggregate of 28,067 runs and had 117 centuries.

What did Sir Don say he preferred to be when he was knighted in 1949?

Mister. The exact words were "I would have preferred to remain just a Mister and not a Sir ..."

"They said I was a killer with the ball without taking into account that Bradman with the bat was the greatest killer of all." Who spoke these lines?

Harold Larwood. Larwood was the "Executioner" in Douglas Jardine's team (during the bodyline series). Sir Don and Douglas Jardine shared a table in the press box at Headingly in 1953, when they reported on the Australian tour of England. (Indian Cricket, 2001).

Everyone knows Sir Don got out for a duck in his last Test innings (maybe a way of showing he's mortal). The ball that got him was a _____ ?

Googly. The bowler was Eric Hollies. An apochrypal story has it that Sir Don was in tears at having to play his last innings and didn't sight the ball well. When Bradman was asked whether he was overwhelmed by the occasion, he replied in the negative. (Indian Cricket, 2001)

A flipper question - what was Sir Don Bradman' average BEFORE that last Test innings?

101.39. Sir Don scored a total of 6996 runs in Tests at an average of 99.94.

Sir Don pursued another profession for some time (after he retired). He was a __________?

Stockbroker. He was a stockbroker for some time after his playing days were over -he was told to end it by his doctor.

Sir Don played only 52 tests - what was the major reason for this figure to be so low (if you consider the fact that he made his debut in the 1928-29 Test series against England and played his last match 20 years later.)

None of these. Well the most important reason was the Second World War, which didn't allow him (and all cricketers) to play for 8 seasons.

Bradman has taken 36 wickets at first class level: how many did he take in Tests?

2. His best bowling figures were 1 for 8 runs against the Windies. He took his two wickets at an average of 36.00

What type of a bowler was he?

Right arm leg-break bowler. "He is best loved by people who don't know him"