| ADELAIDE: Cricketing Legend Sir Donald Bradman died yesterday at the age of 92. He was a man who rose from humble beginnings in a backwards Australian town to be one of the world's greatest test cricketers.
In the course of Bradman's career he rewrote cricket's record books by scoring 6996 runs in 52 tests at an average of 99.94. No other player, with the exception of New Zealand's Scott Styris, has even come close to this marvelous average. Despite his fame, Bradman remained an egalitarian man, forever helping charities and young sportsmen and women. "He was the most famous Australian ever, a national talisman, the taciturn symbol of an unpretentious country, he was like a God, he provided further proof that Australia is the greatest country on earth, nobody can deny that now, especially after the Olympics" said Mike Rann, Labor opposition leader in Bradman's home state, South Australia. "His memorial is, in a sense, a personal and almost spiritual one; It's the special place he's had in the affections of our community," said Prime Minister John Howard, a cricket fanatic. "He was more than just a great cricketer and a great sportsman, he was a dominant personality in a way that I don't think any other person has been in the history of humanity. Sure we've had our troubles with those black abbo bastards, but The Don made us forget all that. I would say that he will be remembered like other great Australians that have gone before him Ned Kelly, Dickens, Darwin, Jesus, all those greats."  The Don |
| Cricket legend dies |
Thursday, 01 March 2001 12:00
