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Bradman rated the team that won the series 2 – 1 as England's best ever.
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Bradman and rated
Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes Test match of 1937.
Later in life, Bradman rated this the best innings of his career as, " practically without exception every ball went where it was intended to go ".
In the First Test, England amassed a big first innings score and looked likely to win, but Stan McCabe made 232 for Australia, a performance Bradman rated as the best he had ever seen.
Bradman and team
This Australian team, led by Bradman, who turned 40 during his final tour of England, has gone down in history as The Invincibles.
Bradman was succeeded as Australian captain by Lindsay Hassett, who led the team to 4 – 1 victory in 1950 – 51.
* Lara has scored an 20 % of his team runs, a feat surpassed only by Bradman ( 23 %) and George Headley ( 21 %).
Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932 – 33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman.
He had intended the comments to be private, and ill feeling grew in the Australian camp as speculation about who leaked the incident to the press grew and many of the team privately pointed the finger at Bradman.
In 1920 – 21, Bradman acted as scorer for the local Bowral team, captained by his uncle George Whatman.
Bradman became a regular selection for the Bowral team ; several outstanding performances earned him the attention of the Sydney daily press.
Against Wingello, a team that included the future Test bowler Bill O ' Reilly, Bradman made 234.
Selected to replace the unfit Archie Jackson in the NSW team, Bradman made his first-class debut at the Adelaide Oval, aged 19.
Despite his potential, Bradman was not chosen for the Australian second team to tour New Zealand.
Bradman reached 58 in the second innings and appeared set to guide the team to victory when he was run out.
As his team followed on, the skipper Bill Woodfull asked Bradman to keep the pads on and open the second innings.
Bradman ( second from the right, middle row ) with the 1930 team
Commenting on Australia's victory, the team's vice-captain Vic Richardson said, "... we could have played any team without Bradman, but we could not have played the blind school without Clarrie Grimmett ".
Just weeks later, Bradman joined a private team organised by Arthur Mailey to tour the United States and Canada.
That evening, Bradman declined an invitation to dinner from Neville Cardus, telling the journalist that he wanted an early night because the team needed him to make a double century the next day.
The Board of Control wanted Bradman to lead the team, yet, on 8 August, the Board announced Bradman's withdrawal from the team due to a lack of fitness.
Surprisingly, in the light of this announcement, Bradman led the South Australian team in a full programme of matches that season.
To start the new season, the Test side played a " Rest of Australia " team, captained by Bradman, at Sydney in early October 1936.
Bradman let the members of the Test team know that despite their recent success, the team still required improvement.
Bradman's role in Grimmett's omission from the team was controversial and it became a theme that dogged Bradman as Grimmett continued to be prolific in domestic cricket while his successors were ineffective — he was regarded as having finished the veteran bowler's Test career in a political purge.
Unfit to complete the tour, Bradman left the team in the hands of vice-captain Stan McCabe.
Bradman and won
However, the Australians fought back and Bradman won his first series in charge 3 – 2.
Australia won the five-Test series 2 – 1, with Don Bradman scoring 974 runs at a batting average of 139. 14, an aggregate record that still stands.
In his first Test appearance in England, Bradman hit 131 in the second innings but England won the match.
Bradman won the toss on New Year's Day 1937, but again failed with the bat, scoring just 13.
In the series-deciding Fifth Test, Bradman returned to a more aggressive style in top-scoring with 169 ( off 191 balls ) in Australia's 604 and Australia won by an innings.
In the remainder of the series, Bradman made three half-centuries in six innings, but was unable to make another century ; nevertheless, his team won handsomely, 3 – 0.
In partnership with Arthur Morris ( 182 ), Bradman reeled off 173 not out and the match was won with 15 minutes to spare.
Bradman went on to score 187 and Australia won the match and, ultimately, the series.
Woodfull then won the toss for the first time and contributed 50 to a stand of 192 with Bradman in the third Test at Headingley ( the match in which Bradman scored 309 in a day ).
Lee won the inaugural Donald Bradman Young Player of the Year Award at the Allan Border Medal award ceremony in 2000 soon after his debut.
His average in matches won is second only to Donald Bradman and Kumar Sangakkara.
As a result of his outstanding season he was rewarded with a place in the Australian squad for the 2001 Ashes tour, a Cricket Australia contract and won the 2001 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award.
He took one wicket in the game ; after 16 wicketless overs in the first innings, Verity dismissed Bradman in the second, his first Test wicket against Australia, and England won the match by 338 runs.
Although Chapman held a difficult catch from Bradman which was praised by commentators, Australia won comfortably.
" Bradman went on to make 270, Australia won the match by 365 runs and took the series 3: 2.
With both Don Bradman and Jack Fingleton injured and unable to bat, Australia struggled – England won by an innings and 579 runs – still the largest winning margin in Test cricket history ; but Barnes played innings of 41 and 33 and, according to Wisden, " well justified his choice ".
With Bradman absent due to illness, it was the happiest time of Fingleton's career, and he scored centuries in three consecutive innings as Australia won each of the last three Tests by an innings.
Australia, with Bradman back in their team, won the Second Test at Melbourne by 111 runs.
In the second innings, Bradman effectively won the match for Australia by scoring a resilient 103 not out even though his team was dismissed for just 191.
Sir Donald Bradman XI won by 6 wickets
During the 1929 – 30 season, McCabe totalled 844 runs at 56. 27, making him the second-highest runscorer behind Bradman, as New South Wales won the Sheffield Shield.
McCabe totalled 385 runs at 42. 78 for the series and was the only Australian batsman other than Bradman to score a century, as the English decisively won the series 4 – 1.
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