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Article: Bradman, a Legend In Test Cricket, DiesAustralian Batsman Averaged 99.94 Runs
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- International Herald Tribune
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- February 27, 2001
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Huw Richards
International Herald Tribune
02-27-2001
Sir Donald Bradman's impact on cricket was best demonstrated last year when Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, the game's annual reference work, asked 100 experts drawn from every test cricket-playing country to name the five greatest players of the 20th century.The judges came up with a wide range of nominations. Forty-nine players received votes, and only two received more than 30. Bradman, who died Sunday in Adelaide, Australia at the age of 92, was chosen by every single one of them.That 100 percent endorsement was tribute to a career closer to infallibility than that of any other cricketer, perhaps any other sportsman. Bradman's numbers, ...