The Don! Greatest to ever do it! Amazing story towards the end with Jeff Thomson! The photo @ 9:40 is exactly how i had pictured him belting those lads around at 70 years of age fully suited 😂 Fantastic!
He would have been something else in this modern era imagine he didn't have any protected gear in those days if he had protected gear I think he would have averaged 200 right now in our era just simply unbelievable
I wrote to The Don (care of the South Australian Cricket Association) when I was a kid, asking for an autograph. That was mid 90s. He sent me back a photo and autograph. Also happy I kept the envelope, as it was his handwriting on it. He did it all. In cricket and in retirement. One of the few genuine heroes of the world. He’ll always be remembered and revered.
Bradman lost 6 years through his prime to the war. If he'd played through those years he would have averaged well over 100 for his career. If he'd played in our modern times with better pitches he would have averaged around 110. He wasn't a god of cricket, he was just a man. A man that was twice as good at batting than everyone else. He is statistically the greatest sportsman there ever was, or ever will be.
@@kerrymattrobertsharris6707 even with a curtailed career, he has 12 x 200+ scores. A feat yet to be surpassed. Sachin played 200 tests, couldn’t top him.
@@vedprakashshrivastava5642huh? They were still bowling close to 150kmph and were bowling close to off stump at a good length and also had much scarier bouncers because there were no helmets. The pitches would have been way harder to bat on too. With no covers the amount of cracks and moisture would move the ball of the pitch like crazy.
@@ayushjoshi8667 No need to get carried away in emotions... There was not a single bowler who had pace of even close to 145... Yes circumstances were much difficult.. Pitches were not so easy to score free runs...
You read and hear everyday GOAT this and GOAT that. Then, when you are really really serious and want to find the real GOAT of any sport, you bring out the name Sir Donald Bradman. He dominates statistically his sport by such a margin, that there is no one that that is within any reasonable distance from him. A genius. A phenomenon. A once in several lifetimes champion.
In speedway at the moment we have the Actual GOAT of our sport operating at the moment, he might get somewhere near the Don by the time he's finished. Bartosz Smaerlik. 5 world titles and hes not even 28 yet. He's got 5 more in him and that would put him nearly up there with the Don. As the next best is 6, he's does 5 in a row.
2.4 lb bat likely. I reckon the power of his shots would have easily matched any modern power hitter, he relied purely on handspeed and timing. 7000 runs almost with only six 6's is proof!
backin the day bats were very thin you needed that kinda speed . controlled/compact power hitting form wrists at the last moment combined with precise timing. SHoulders/arms were less used unlike modern aussie technique much of the power hitting came from forearms and wrists.
@@Pid75 The bowling he faced was mostly nothing like it would be in ensuing decades, bar bodyline, one bowler basically, Larwood, and Bradman proved himself a coward. Pitches were roads and tests were timeless. Almost all of the matches he made his colossal sized tons in would have been pointless high/mammoth scoring draws any time post 1970ish.
Growing up a Windies fan - With Sachin & Lara as my 2 all time Favs..... If they both say Bradman is the greatest with the respect - awe & admiration they have for him is MORE than enough for me to agree! Greatest Cricketer Bar None!!!!
greatest sportsman of any sport, of all time. one of the greatest human beings ever to exist. i would have paid anything to watch the greatest bowler of all time (warne) duel with him.
Of all the GOATs of every sport, this man is the GOAT of GOATs. Nobody else is statistically TWICE as better than the other greats. No easy runs, postage stamp grounds, no covered pitches, no Zimbabwe, Bangladesh or other less established teams to plunder.
Man 😂😂 India, West Indies, and NZ were at the same level as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Nonetheless, Don Bradman was the greatest cricketer, and I am not a fan of downgrading Don Bradman's records just because he played most of his matches in only two places. However, you are degrading great cricketers now.
Phil Taylor of Darts is worth a mention but Don Bradman is definitely the GOAT of team sports. In football (Soccer) there are so many, that it’s completely subjective, there are 5 genuine contenders in; Messi, Maradona, Pele, Cruyff and Ronaldo but not one that stands above all the others with all context and factors considered. Basketball it’s almost universal that Michael Jordan is the greatest though I don’t watch basketball and American/ Australian rules football I have no idea probably meaning there’s no definitive GOAT that stands out as much. Though that might be my ignorance.
Even his running between wickets was elite. Not only did he always run the first run hard, but, in any video I ever saw of him, he NEVER turned blind - he would transfer the bat to his other hand so as to face the fielder when touching the bat on the ground to turn for the next run. These are things that were drummed into us as junior cricketers. But it shows that the greats also do the 'little things' - what we call the 'one percenters' - well. This 'real time' footage also shows how fast he really was between wickets, which fascinated me. My late father must have been a fan of the Don, because I vividly remember him telling me when I played junior cricket that 'if you don't hit the ball in the air, you can't get out 'caught''.
@@FoobasSports Thank you, he did. He played District cricket in his youth and opened the batting once playing for Collingwood 2nds with a very young Keith Stackpole, and later played VJCA top grade cricket at Highett where he opened the batting with 16yo Davenell Whatmore. I was the scorer at Highett (I was 11 or 12 years of age) and loved watching Dav destroy any short ball he received. Great days.
The 3 he ran at 4:40 or so is incredible. He ran the first pretty quick probably thinking an easy 2. But realised 3 was on and turned and hammered the 2nd to turn safely for the 3rd also knowing the ball would come to the bowlers end so his batting partner was safe at the other end. Brilliant!
Modern coaches would probably coach his "technical flaws" out of him. The way he held his bat, lifted it, played across the line - the very things that made him a genius should be the standard in batting. The Bradman Way should be how they coach young players. I remember watching a doco on him where he was asked why he played the cross wicket slog to cow corner so often and his answer was something along the lines of "well there are no fielders there so how else am I going to hit the ball there"
@@kouta43210 how baseless...cant you see the level of bowling by yourself...such small runup...such less flex action....how can that ball have speed....sachin faced much deadly bowlers and that too in bowler friendly conditions...!!!
I remember in the 1990s that he [ Jeff Thomson ] gave an audio account on radio of his own last-wicket stand in a Test versus England, and that apparently was a winner with the radio audience, going by feedback at the time.
@@AmitKumar-nq7wkDon Bradman is from Bowral just south of Sydney and at that time many Australians sounded half British. We’ve lost some of our British accent as time has gone on.
Truly mythical! The greatest of all time who also replied to every fan letter that was ever sent to him. Super human bat speed and footwork. One of the reasons i've always been proud to be an Australian is because of the Don!
When I was a student at the Sydney Conservatorium of music, the bassoon professor (Gordon Skinner ) mentioned he met the Don at the Adelaide Oval. When the Don discovered that Gordon was at that time, principal bassoonist in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, he asked him why the opening bassoon solo of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" was considered difficult. Not many people know that)
My grandad watched him at Headingley in 1948, he said he was brilliant, a very small man, but batted super aggressively, and hit the ball in the air a lot…he did in the video if you watch it
Look at the power through the forearms. THats some unbelievable handspeed, all while keeping his shape. He would have absolutely demolished any attack today. He played on uncovered pitches, with no helmet. Uncovered pitches mean sticky wickets that seam and have unpredictable bounce. He averaged mid 50's during the Bodyline series, facing Harold Larwood who was measured at 155 kph, with NO helmet, and facing bowling that was trying to injure him. This man was the closest thing to having a supernatural ability. My guess is, he would have averaged easily 150+ had he played today. Easy peasy.
He would have struggled against the Windies of the 70s and 80s. His short stature would have weighed against him versus Holding, Garner, Walsh and Ambrose. And besides he had a weakness against accurate right hand leg spin and left hand orthodox spin.
As the game has moved forward, more test cricket was played…. He’d have played more cricket and properly evolved and adapted to being peppered with short pitched bowling
The fast bowling and it's variations evolved. Late swing, reverse swing evolved after his retirement. He is greatest but would have had 60+ average in modern cricket.
@@networks24x73 that would be believable if the red ball has changed since when he played. I believe they used the Duke’s ball during his time. This ball has not changed at all for the 200 odd years of the companies history . So given that the ball is the same I don’t see how swing is going to be any different in the modern era in terms of difficulty to play . I would in fact argue in the opposite , he played on sticky uncovered wickets. This means excessive seam movement and unpredictable bounce. If a modern test match was to be played on such a surface, I doubt if it last two days.
If someone had have taught Sir Don to carry his bat when he ran, he would have avergaed 200. And if Sachin calls you the 'God of Cricket', you're something else and more. Thank you for remastering this brilliant footage. Blessed to be able to watch this, more so in such good quality.
People might think his test record is an anomaly, a bit like the man who owns the second best test average of all time Adam Voges (test avg 61, first class avg 46) but he wasn't. In cricket, a player who has played a good amount of test cricket will usually end up with a career average +/- 5 runs from his first class average. Bradman averaged 99.94 in tests but he also averaged 95.14 in his entire first class career, scoring over 28k runs with 117 centuries. It was no fluke, he was truly that good. But also, in the nearly 100 innings he played during his Sheffield Shield career (Australian domestic first class competition) he averaged an astonishing 110. During the final calendar year of his test career in 1948, aged nearly 40 years, newspapers wrote about watching a player who was a shadow of a once great batsman. He had scored over 1000 runs that calendar year, the most of his entire career, at an average of more than 113. It makes you believe every word of that Thommo story towards the end of this video 😯
Bradman played on uncovered pitches, there were no helmets, there were no ropes within the broader boundary, and most importantly, the bats back then were way less powerful compared to now. I doubt the bowling was any easier back then compared to now. Bradman was a freakish batsman in the most positive way.
Hearing Thommo about the Don No gear, not played for 30 years but still whacked the ball. Look at their gloves, pads, outfield, the uncovered pitch. You have to doff your hat to all those who played in that Era. But amongst them all was one "Untouchable". Till date, he is just that. A sporting genius. Once a Don always the Don.
Great footage. Really shows his lightning wrists and footwork. Thommo’s anecdote underscores just how good the Don must have been - he wasn’t quick to praise anybody.
Watching these clips in colour, two things thst stand out are his bat speed and running between wickets, turning 1s into 2s by rinning hard and not turning blind. His grip meant he didnt play with an open face, so rarely nicked it and kept the ball along the ground. There's the argument that most bowlers (with exceptions like Larwood) were pedestrian, but the uncovered pitches etc sort of negates that. I was always fascinated by the Eddie Gilbert story though.
By watching glimpse of this video it looks like he was special. It was like he was showing ball coming in slow motion. Even in slow motion you could be confused or hesitate what shot and area would be better. But he was playing fearless and with full confidence and clarity. His records itself says he wasn’t normal but special god gifted.
I was interested in Bradman since the mid 70s. Form what I understand it was his mind more than anything. Other players have averaged a hundred over a year, but he did it over 20 years and 95 in first class cricket, that is the important figure.
That's what a lot of people forget, they compare modern batsmen and the shots they play with how Bradman batted. Even bats of the 1990's are vasty different to modern bats. I remember my first oiled bat in the 70s and let me tell you, there wasn't much of a sweet spot.
The Don's son John had polio as a youth, walking with calipers on his legs, but recovered to be State champion in track and field for the mens 400m. Good genes. The Don's diminutive figure somewhat concealed his superb athleticism.
Brilliant video with the colourization breathing fresh life into the Don's technique. The hand-eye co-ordination and power from his timing is amazing. And then you have those deft back cuts and glances. The thing we forget about Bradman is that he was a quick scorer, without having to resort to Bazball-like tactics - he always kept the scoreboard ticking over. And he did that not just at Test level, but even moreso in the Sheffield Shield and first-class tour games. He wouldn't have succeeded in the modern game not because of quicker fast-bowling, different rules, etc, but more to do with the quantity of cricket. He suffered from a muscle-bone condition called fibrositis through much of his career, which restricted his effectiveness at times. The shorter seasons and reduced itineraries compared to these days prolonged his career. That said, with modern medical treatment and technology, maybe his ailment would not have been such a hindrance and could have been even a more prolific batsman. That's a scary thing to consider.
But don't forget, modern days have modern medicine, there are far better treatments available for fibromyalgia (as it's known today) and he could have potentially played for a longer period and more frequently. And as I said to someone else, he adapted to the game better thatn anyone and that's what made him great and it would have translated to the modern game.
Sir Don, blessed with innate talent, was a hard task master. Single minded, tunnel visioned focus (intense concentration), highly competitive and a clever individual as he was very calculative in accumulating the runs and decimating the bowling attacks of the day. His body was in tune with the 'Flow state of the Mind'. A clear case of Mind over matter!! Cricket is lucky to have him right at the top. 🙏🇮🇳
Steve Waugh might have one of the the closest techniques to bradman of more recent great players. His stance, the quick hands and the way he cuts and breaks his wrists when driving.
His technique looks to be a lot closer to Sehwag's (with a much better footwork, of course) than S. Waugh. I'm just blown away by the incredible bat-speed, use of wrists and his willingness to hit across the line. Just wow!
It was more than having the physique and the eye for being a great batsman. Bradman also played the correct shots even on dot balls which saved his energy and allowed him to play massive innings.
A player with this dedication and concentration at the time when some countries didn't even play cricket. That was a magical time and would never come back. No one can ever be like him. The GREATEST ever.
that late cut off larwood at 6:58 for his ton is pure class, wen u r playing that shot off pace ur seeing the ball v clearly almost taking the piss tbh, best player of all time no question no debate.. bradman an unbelievable talent.
Incase people weren't believers after seeing the footage alone, Tommo's story just leaves no doubt that Sir Donald Bradman is the greatest Batsmen in history. I learnt he was a great fieldsman too, I perhaps could've added some footage of his fielding too.
80 innings from 52 Tests, including 10 not-outs, for 70 times dismissed for 6,996 runs. So that he was 4 runs lacking to close on an average of 100. So, actually, had he not come out to bat for his last innings then he'd have averaged a tick over 100. So, actually, he did average 100, but only for as much as at least 69 innings, but not also for 70 innings.
This footage is great. I don't know much about cricket technique, but his balance and footwork look amazing. He is able to attack the ball like a snake.
My coach , Mr Horsely advice to all the batters was keep your head as still as possible , concentrate on the Ball and Practice the Don's " Clock Face " , that is the Bowler is at 12 , the Wicketkeeper is at 6 , now place a Dot on every Number on The Clock Face where the Fielders are standing , and thats where you can be caught, if you hit it in the air so play your shots accordingly.
Thanx for the vid! He is the greatest, by far! A very interesting technique, able to whip the ball to all parts, looks like he didnt play with a straight bat too often, and hit the ball with power, fast hands, impeccable footwork and extremely fast between the wickets
Actually this diminutive genius brandishes the willow cricket bat like a tennis racquet, which is much lighter. He wields his bat like a sword. Incredible! His record will never be broken.
He must have been able to assess a pitch extremely quickly and with great accuracy to be so consistent, and the level of concentration is almost unbelievable.
Bradman compared to modern players stands out for his conversion rate. While conversion from 0 to 50 is fairly consistent across top players, but converting 50 to 100 tends to be less than 50pct. Kohli has a good record but converts was around 1 in 2 in Tests. Bradman did 2 in 3. Conversion of 100 to 200 was just short of half, i.e. (2/3)^2. Conversion 200s to 300s was half. So ... if you take a Sachin Tendulkar and for every innings above 50 you multiply his total runs by 1.5, so a 50 becomes 75, a 100 becomes 150 etc. then the overall batting average gets up to 100. That is not to belittle the modern great Tendulkar but to recognise that Bradman not only had a great game but he was relentless and ruthless. Once he was on top of you there was no mercy, and that is how his average got so high. And as video said he didnt tire either, fit enough to go hard first ball or last.
Its awesome and at the same time terrifying for people of our generation to see how he is playing without a helmet, playing hook shots and pull shots on bouncers
Facing bowlers just as fast as todays, on dodgy pitches, with no helmet, no chest pads, virtually unpadded, gloves, and it looks like no thigh pads. And the boxes were completely inadequate. Those boys had some courage.
Supernatural cricketer.how did he do it ?.no doubt an amazing cricketer who would have been effective today as well as then.why?.he only hit 6x6’s in his whole test career,he always played shots down so no chance of catching him out,about 57% of all wickets are caught out so eliminating going for 6’s and a rock solid technique in attack and defence made him the consummate all round batting cricketer ,TOTAL LEGEND ❤
A lot of commenters speculating he would have struggled against high pace have clearly never faced such pacce themselves. If they had, they would know that 130 - 145 kph when it doesnt swing or seam isnt really that much harder to face, let alone score off. 130 kph with excessive seam movement would be nigh impossible to score off, than 150 kph with no swing or seam(ie most IPL matches). Some much needed context here. So yes, The Don would have had no problems against modern bowlers ;-) Anyone with even passing knowledge of the game from playing it, will know this.
He scored a Century against Bodyline Bowling against Harold Larwood and co on tricky wickets.... Look how modern day batsman collapse 36/10 or recent one against NZ . And since bodyline has been banned , the question is ....could modern day batsman play Bodyline on those wickets?
The GOAT of all goats. Statistically he surpasses everyone in any sport!!! He used to train himself by hitting a golf ball against a corrugated water tank standing like a metre or two away...WTF... Just amazing!
Just some observations. Look how slim these men are. How loose their clothing is. How devoid of pads, helmets and other safety gear. How elegant they appear.
Very few sports where there is a clear, unequivocal, difficult to argue with answer to the question “who is / was the best to ever do it?” Usain Bolt. Wayne Gretzky. Eddy Merckx. Teddy Riner. I struggle to think of many more. For cricket, it’s Bradman. And anybody who argues otherwise is misguided. Cricket is a game of statistics and measurables. His FC batting average is 24% higher than the next best. His Test batting average is 37% higher than the next best. He scored a Test Match hundred in 36% of his innings (e.g. Kallis 16%, Sangakkara 16%, Tendulkar 15%). You can argue all you like about fielding standards, bowling speeds, computer analysis, and comparisons across eras. In the entire 136 year history of Test cricket, approximately 3200 men have played Test Matches, against all types of bowling, with varying standards of fielding, on covered pitches and uncovered pitches, with DRS, without DRS, front foot no balls, back foot no balls, different LBW laws, short boundaries, long boundaries, and Bradman (excluding single innings anomalies like Andy Guanteaume) is the only batsman in all that time, across all of those matches, to average over 62. Put it this way: For his Test career, Bradman’s average innings score was higher than the combined Test averages of Sachin Tendulkar and Alastair Cook.
Absolute phenomenon. Would have been far and away the best ever in any era. I would guess a average of around 80 ish in current era. Leagues above everyone, best ever by far.
He would have cooked today's bowlers. No helmet, same old ball being used for 5 straight days, such thinner willow as compared to today's bigger ones, and no dumbass rules such as power plays or free hits, still managed to outperform entire world. Truly a legend.
" this kid plays the shots as same as I used to play" ..... Yes, Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to come close to the legendary Sir. Donald Bradman
I've sometimes thought to myself, he played 52 tests, if he played 100 or more as many players do these days, would he still have maintained such a high average? Then you look at his entire first class career - 234 matches, just over 28,000 runs, averaging 95. Simply phenomenal.
His batting average in the Australian domestic first-class competition, the Sheffield Shield, was in the high 90s, maybe something like 97 or 98 [ without looking it up ], that being, not dissimilar to his Test average. I thus do not know that anyone has ever challenged his batting average at State level, never mind at Test level.
@@jonglewongle3438 Bradman: 110.19 (96 innings) Barry Richards: 100.09 (12 innings) The third-highest average belongs to Bill Ponsford at 83.27 over 70 innings
Crazy to think he missed his prime years due to the war. His current records are insurmountable as they are now but imagine him playing those years he missed and how many runs he would of had
Can you beleive that Southend Council demolished the changing room where this genius prepared to play when the Aussies played in Southchurch Park back in the day. It should have been renovated with a huge plaque honouring the great man. Can you imagine how wonderful that would have been for the local cricketers?
The speed of his hands and footwork was simply astonishing. He had very quick hands but also very deft,the stroke at 7:00 off Larwood so indicative.Almost like playing a spinner. Like a top guitar player,the tone is in the fingers,the touch that these top batsmen have is on another level. Such small bats ,big outfields as well.
He was an absolute phenomenon, no doubt about that. No helmet and uncovered pitches, 99.94 average. Phew! The only thing is that he never played in the subcontinent. Probably would have dominated there too.
just the footage is pure gold to see all those playing early days of cricket , current generation can laugh about it as I can see in the comments but there will be a day when our future generations will laugh at us
And he never held his bat upright near to his waist level during his batting stance while facing delivery....that was a true cricket batsmanship and not baseball batting...
He honed his skills batting with a stump (much narrower than a bat) - hitting a golf ball which rebounded off a waterbutt made of corrugated iron - so inconsistent bounce. You do that day in, day out for a few years, then batting on pitches - uncovered or otherwise, with a bat and cricket ball will seem easy.
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Would Sir Donald Bradman still be the God of Cricket in the modern day?
The Don! Greatest to ever do it! Amazing story towards the end with Jeff Thomson!
The photo @ 9:40 is exactly how i had pictured him belting those lads around at 70 years of age fully suited 😂 Fantastic!
Can you make a same video on sir George headley?
YES
Of course
He would have been something else in this modern era imagine he didn't have any protected gear in those days if he had protected gear I think he would have averaged 200 right now in our era just simply unbelievable
To be able to watch this footage with such ease is truly a privilege of the modern era.
I wrote to The Don (care of the South Australian Cricket Association) when I was a kid, asking for an autograph. That was mid 90s. He sent me back a photo and autograph. Also happy I kept the envelope, as it was his handwriting on it. He did it all. In cricket and in retirement. One of the few genuine heroes of the world. He’ll always be remembered and revered.
@@andrewmackinnon8252 Amazing!
Worlds greatest batsmen sir don Bradman no body could match his charisma sir Gary sobers came close
Bradman lost 6 years through his prime to the war. If he'd played through those years he would have averaged well over 100 for his career. If he'd played in our modern times with better pitches he would have averaged around 110. He wasn't a god of cricket, he was just a man. A man that was twice as good at batting than everyone else. He is statistically the greatest sportsman there ever was, or ever will be.
@@kerrymattrobertsharris6707 even with a curtailed career, he has 12 x 200+ scores. A feat yet to be surpassed. Sachin played 200 tests, couldn’t top him.
@@mukundr1204that was the era of bowling without skills
@@vedprakashshrivastava5642 stupid comment, by that logic every batter in that era would have a record like Bradman, yet none of them even came close
@@vedprakashshrivastava5642huh? They were still bowling close to 150kmph and were bowling close to off stump at a good length and also had much scarier bouncers because there were no helmets. The pitches would have been way harder to bat on too. With no covers the amount of cracks and moisture would move the ball of the pitch like crazy.
@@ayushjoshi8667 No need to get carried away in emotions... There was not a single bowler who had pace of even close to 145... Yes circumstances were much difficult.. Pitches were not so easy to score free runs...
You read and hear everyday GOAT this and GOAT that. Then, when you are really really serious and want to find the real GOAT of any sport, you bring out the name Sir Donald Bradman. He dominates statistically his sport by such a margin, that there is no one that that is within any reasonable distance from him. A genius. A phenomenon. A once in several lifetimes champion.
If you consider cue games as actual sports (which is a contentious proposition), Walter Lindrum dominated Billiards to a similar degree.
And Eddie Merckx (until Tadej Pogacar).
In speedway at the moment we have the Actual GOAT of our sport operating at the moment, he might get somewhere near the Don by the time he's finished. Bartosz Smaerlik. 5 world titles and hes not even 28 yet. He's got 5 more in him and that would put him nearly up there with the Don. As the next best is 6, he's does 5 in a row.
Only against a few teams on a few pitches.
The GOAT is greatest of ALL time
His bat speed to play the shots is phenomenal.
2.4 lb bat likely. I reckon the power of his shots would have easily matched any modern power hitter, he relied purely on handspeed and timing. 7000 runs almost with only six 6's is proof!
backin the day bats were very thin you needed that kinda speed . controlled/compact power hitting form wrists at the last moment combined with precise timing. SHoulders/arms were less used unlike modern aussie technique much of the power hitting came from forearms and wrists.
Indeed. And it comes when you have ample time to play the stroke. All about timing.
Thanks all, very informative replies and I am aware of such things as lightweight bats of the era, more direct wrist-controlled power etc.
@@mukundr1204 He scored a few 6's in a match against England.
To be that far ahead of the next best person in elite sport is unfathomable.
Only, he isn't.
@ Please explain?? He averages 99, the next best is just over 60.
@@Pid75 It doesn't go on average. Averages are bloated by not outs and superfluous colossal scores in meaningless situations. Consider it explained.
@ ok, so what are you basing it on? I don’t have the stats but I suspect his centuries/innings ratio is much better than everyone else too.
@@Pid75 The bowling he faced was mostly nothing like it would be in ensuing decades, bar bodyline, one bowler basically, Larwood, and Bradman proved himself a coward. Pitches were roads and tests were timeless. Almost all of the matches he made his colossal sized tons in would have been pointless high/mammoth scoring draws any time post 1970ish.
Growing up a Windies fan - With Sachin & Lara as my 2 all time Favs.....
If they both say Bradman is the greatest with the respect - awe & admiration they have for him is MORE than enough for me to agree!
Greatest Cricketer Bar None!!!!
Amen.
@@onztufan828 no one cares trolll
@@onztufan828 because they give respect to their senior batsman. That's all. But broadman is not the best
@@nonamewillbegiven1217 you cared enough to comment, clown
@@ajinsal9697 nope, they say it because they understand cricket. Bradman is an undisputed GOAT of test cricket batting.
greatest sportsman of any sport, of all time. one of the greatest human beings ever to exist. i would have paid anything to watch the greatest bowler of all time (warne) duel with him.
Of all the GOATs of every sport, this man is the GOAT of GOATs. Nobody else is statistically TWICE as better than the other greats.
No easy runs, postage stamp grounds, no covered pitches, no Zimbabwe, Bangladesh or other less established teams to plunder.
Man 😂😂 India, West Indies, and NZ were at the same level as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Nonetheless, Don Bradman was the greatest cricketer, and I am not a fan of downgrading Don Bradman's records just because he played most of his matches in only two places. However, you are degrading great cricketers now.
Phil Taylor of Darts is worth a mention but Don Bradman is definitely the GOAT of team sports. In football (Soccer) there are so many, that it’s completely subjective, there are 5 genuine contenders in; Messi, Maradona, Pele, Cruyff and Ronaldo but not one that stands above all the others with all context and factors considered. Basketball it’s almost universal that Michael Jordan is the greatest though I don’t watch basketball and American/ Australian rules football I have no idea probably meaning there’s no definitive GOAT that stands out as much. Though that might be my ignorance.
Nothing special, if he was playing now ,would have a average about 40
Even his running between wickets was elite. Not only did he always run the first run hard, but, in any video I ever saw of him, he NEVER turned blind - he would transfer the bat to his other hand so as to face the fielder when touching the bat on the ground to turn for the next run. These are things that were drummed into us as junior cricketers. But it shows that the greats also do the 'little things' - what we call the 'one percenters' - well. This 'real time' footage also shows how fast he really was between wickets, which fascinated me. My late father must have been a fan of the Don, because I vividly remember him telling me when I played junior cricket that 'if you don't hit the ball in the air, you can't get out 'caught''.
@@aussierhino471 Absolutely. It's amazing advice, isn't it? So profound. Your old man must've had a great cricket mind.
@@FoobasSports Thank you, he did. He played District cricket in his youth and opened the batting once playing for Collingwood 2nds with a very young Keith Stackpole, and later played VJCA top grade cricket at Highett where he opened the batting with 16yo Davenell Whatmore. I was the scorer at Highett (I was 11 or 12 years of age) and loved watching Dav destroy any short ball he received. Great days.
The 3 he ran at 4:40 or so is incredible. He ran the first pretty quick probably thinking an easy 2. But realised 3 was on and turned and hammered the 2nd to turn safely for the 3rd also knowing the ball would come to the bowlers end so his batting partner was safe at the other end. Brilliant!
@@jsmr451he never got padded by the ball and his strike rate I calculated 68 even now in test it is outstanding
Modern coaches would probably coach his "technical flaws" out of him. The way he held his bat, lifted it, played across the line - the very things that made him a genius should be the standard in batting. The Bradman Way should be how they coach young players. I remember watching a doco on him where he was asked why he played the cross wicket slog to cow corner so often and his answer was something along the lines of "well there are no fielders there so how else am I going to hit the ball there"
I thinking the exact same thing. Some of his batting actually would not look out of place in modern T20s, especially that shot that you refer to.
I lot of people tried to correct his technique back then as well but he understood his game so would listen politely then continue on as he had.
South africans style of batting is very similar to his style
Bradman noted that both he and his wife saw close similarities between his batting and that of Tendulkar.
My Dad saw Bradman play in 1948, he said the only batsman who was comparable in the modern era was Tendulkar.
Still not really a fair comparison. Bradman had twice his average.
@@kouta43210 can you see the level of bowling and lack of competition too....sachin played against more deadly bowlers
@@erichbryson235 Absolute nonsense. What a ridiculous and baseless claim.
@@kouta43210 how baseless...cant you see the level of bowling by yourself...such small runup...such less flex action....how can that ball have speed....sachin faced much deadly bowlers and that too in bowler friendly conditions...!!!
@@erichbryson235 Just more ridiculous baseless and biased speculation. You sound like the majority of Indian cricket supporters.
How can u not listen to Jeff Thomason’s recollections and not smile! 😊👌
I remember in the 1990s that he [ Jeff Thomson ] gave an audio account on radio of his own last-wicket stand in a Test versus England, and that apparently was a winner with the radio audience, going by feedback at the time.
Any interview with Thommo is good value
Aussie accent is hard to pick sometimes. Couldn't understand what he was saying. Must have been a fun story
@@AmitKumar-nq7wkDon Bradman is from Bowral just south of Sydney and at that time many Australians sounded half British. We’ve lost some of our British accent as time has gone on.
Truly mythical! The greatest of all time who also replied to every fan letter that was ever sent to him. Super human bat speed and footwork. One of the reasons i've always been proud to be an Australian is because of the Don!
When I was a student at the Sydney Conservatorium of music, the bassoon professor (Gordon Skinner ) mentioned he met the Don at the Adelaide Oval. When the Don discovered that Gordon was at that time, principal bassoonist in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, he asked him why the opening bassoon solo of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" was considered difficult. Not many people know that)
Simply phenomenal! 🤔
My grandfather watched him bat a few times. He fondly remembered how Bradman would always hit the ball along the ground.
My grandad watched him at Headingley in 1948, he said he was brilliant, a very small man, but batted super aggressively, and hit the ball in the air a lot…he did in the video if you watch it
my old man- saw him once Bradman was in his last year of cricket he was out for a rare duck🤦
Look at the power through the forearms. THats some unbelievable handspeed, all while keeping his shape. He would have absolutely demolished any attack today. He played on uncovered pitches, with no helmet. Uncovered pitches mean sticky wickets that seam and have unpredictable bounce. He averaged mid 50's during the Bodyline series, facing Harold Larwood who was measured at 155 kph, with NO helmet, and facing bowling that was trying to injure him.
This man was the closest thing to having a supernatural ability. My guess is, he would have averaged easily 150+ had he played today. Easy peasy.
He would have struggled against the Windies of the 70s and 80s. His short stature would have weighed against him versus Holding, Garner, Walsh and Ambrose. And besides he had a weakness against accurate right hand leg spin and left hand orthodox spin.
@@Steve-u7uSunil Gavaskar did just fine against said bowlers and he was shorter than Bradman, on the basis of that, I disagree sir.
As the game has moved forward, more test cricket was played…. He’d have played more cricket and properly evolved and adapted to being peppered with short pitched bowling
The fast bowling and it's variations evolved. Late swing, reverse swing evolved after his retirement. He is greatest but would have had 60+ average in modern cricket.
@@networks24x73 that would be believable if the red ball has changed since when he played. I believe they used the Duke’s ball during his time.
This ball has not changed at all for the 200 odd years of the companies history .
So given that the ball is the same I don’t see how swing is going to be any different in the modern era in terms of difficulty to play .
I would in fact argue in the opposite , he played on sticky uncovered wickets. This means excessive seam movement and unpredictable bounce.
If a modern test match was to be played on such a surface, I doubt if it last two days.
If someone had have taught Sir Don to carry his bat when he ran, he would have avergaed 200.
And if Sachin calls you the 'God of Cricket', you're something else and more.
Thank you for remastering this brilliant footage.
Blessed to be able to watch this, more so in such good quality.
@@midslam Thank you! Much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
People might think his test record is an anomaly, a bit like the man who owns the second best test average of all time Adam Voges (test avg 61, first class avg 46) but he wasn't. In cricket, a player who has played a good amount of test cricket will usually end up with a career average +/- 5 runs from his first class average. Bradman averaged 99.94 in tests but he also averaged 95.14 in his entire first class career, scoring over 28k runs with 117 centuries. It was no fluke, he was truly that good. But also, in the nearly 100 innings he played during his Sheffield Shield career (Australian domestic first class competition) he averaged an astonishing 110. During the final calendar year of his test career in 1948, aged nearly 40 years, newspapers wrote about watching a player who was a shadow of a once great batsman. He had scored over 1000 runs that calendar year, the most of his entire career, at an average of more than 113.
It makes you believe every word of that Thommo story towards the end of this video 😯
Bradman played on uncovered pitches, there were no helmets, there were no ropes within the broader boundary, and most importantly, the bats back then were way less powerful compared to now. I doubt the bowling was any easier back then compared to now. Bradman was a freakish batsman in the most positive way.
This old Cricket footage is Gold.
Hearing Thommo about the Don
No gear, not played for 30 years but still whacked the ball.
Look at their gloves, pads, outfield, the uncovered pitch.
You have to doff your hat to all those who played in that Era. But amongst them all was one "Untouchable". Till date, he is just that.
A sporting genius.
Once a Don always the Don.
Exactly...the last of the classic batman was Sunil Gavaskar (i think). Remember, who faced the four pacer of West Indies in 1970-80, without helmet.
@@potvalor1Richie Richardson was batting in the 1990s with a floppy hat. Batting without a helmet teaches you proper technique.
@@almac9203 correct. I 👍correct
Great footage. Really shows his lightning wrists and footwork. Thommo’s anecdote underscores just how good the Don must have been - he wasn’t quick to praise anybody.
It's probably the best anecdote of any athlete I've ever heard.
Watching these clips in colour, two things thst stand out are his bat speed and running between wickets, turning 1s into 2s by rinning hard and not turning blind. His grip meant he didnt play with an open face, so rarely nicked it and kept the ball along the ground. There's the argument that most bowlers (with exceptions like Larwood) were pedestrian, but the uncovered pitches etc sort of negates that. I was always fascinated by the Eddie Gilbert story though.
Apparently he was faster than Larwood according to the Don.. so much for not being good bowlers around.
I think Larwood was the only bowler who bothered Bradman
If I had to time travel to watch cricket i would go to the don bradman's era and 1970's west indies era just to experience the aura around them.
His technique looks a little clumsy by modern standards, but his balance, bat-speed and stillness at the point of contact are truly impeccable
Simply the Best, never bettered and will never be equalled........Sir Donald Bradman.
Its the best picture quality I have seen of Bradman
By watching glimpse of this video it looks like he was special. It was like he was showing ball coming in slow motion. Even in slow motion you could be confused or hesitate what shot and area would be better. But he was playing fearless and with full confidence and clarity. His records itself says he wasn’t normal but special god gifted.
I was interested in Bradman since the mid 70s. Form what I understand it was his mind more than anything. Other players have averaged a hundred over a year, but he did it over 20 years and 95 in first class cricket, that is the important figure.
It was also the insane hand eye coordination.
Uncovered pictures, narrow bats and un roped boundaries yet he still managed to average nearly 100 .amazing!
Averaged 99 with a fence pailing as a bat too… nothing like the bats that resemble bazookas today!
That's what a lot of people forget, they compare modern batsmen and the shots they play with how Bradman batted. Even bats of the 1990's are vasty different to modern bats. I remember my first oiled bat in the 70s and let me tell you, there wasn't much of a sweet spot.
Imagine this man with one of those tree trunk of a modern bat. The carnage wouldve been unreal
If we are going to round numbers up or down he averaged 100. (99.96). If he averaged 65.96 we’d say he averaged 66 every time.
@@jonrichardson8461 It was 99.94, but point taken, it's a smidge off 100, it should be rounded up, lol.
@@hasuramapa4639everyone played with thin bats still avged higher on avg
The Don's son John had polio as a youth, walking with calipers on his legs, but recovered to be State champion in track and field for the mens 400m. Good genes. The Don's diminutive figure somewhat concealed his superb athleticism.
What GREAT Picture quality and Background Music and Commentary and that aura !!! Instantly transported me to Bradman's time
Love the enhanced video. Hopefully technology will only get better and we'll get a real sense of what it was like watching some of past legends play
Brilliant video with the colourization breathing fresh life into the Don's technique. The hand-eye co-ordination and power from his timing is amazing. And then you have those deft back cuts and glances. The thing we forget about Bradman is that he was a quick scorer, without having to resort to Bazball-like tactics - he always kept the scoreboard ticking over. And he did that not just at Test level, but even moreso in the Sheffield Shield and first-class tour games. He wouldn't have succeeded in the modern game not because of quicker fast-bowling, different rules, etc, but more to do with the quantity of cricket. He suffered from a muscle-bone condition called fibrositis through much of his career, which restricted his effectiveness at times. The shorter seasons and reduced itineraries compared to these days prolonged his career. That said, with modern medical treatment and technology, maybe his ailment would not have been such a hindrance and could have been even a more prolific batsman. That's a scary thing to consider.
But don't forget, modern days have modern medicine, there are far better treatments available for fibromyalgia (as it's known today) and he could have potentially played for a longer period and more frequently. And as I said to someone else, he adapted to the game better thatn anyone and that's what made him great and it would have translated to the modern game.
Sir Don, blessed with innate talent, was a hard task master. Single minded, tunnel visioned focus (intense concentration), highly competitive and a clever individual as he was very calculative in accumulating the runs and decimating the bowling attacks of the day. His body was in tune with the 'Flow state of the Mind'. A clear case of Mind over matter!! Cricket is lucky to have him right at the top. 🙏🇮🇳
Thank you for making this…gave me a novel way of appreciating DB even more!
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The greatest batsman of all time.
The most dominant player any sport has ever seen. Sir Donald Bradman.
Steve Waugh might have one of the the closest techniques to bradman of more recent great players. His stance, the quick hands and the way he cuts and breaks his wrists when driving.
His technique looks to be a lot closer to Sehwag's (with a much better footwork, of course) than S. Waugh. I'm just blown away by the incredible bat-speed, use of wrists and his willingness to hit across the line. Just wow!
It was more than having the physique and the eye for being a great batsman. Bradman also played the correct shots even on dot balls which saved his energy and allowed him to play massive innings.
Look at the trigger movement, vertical bat speed and high bat swing... Such a joy to watch
Great, fantastic footage.
Thank you
@@sanjaymitra9997 Much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
A player with this dedication and concentration at the time when some countries didn't even play cricket. That was a magical time and would never come back. No one can ever be like him. The GREATEST ever.
That was actually amazing to watch this clear footage of Sir Don!
that late cut off larwood at 6:58 for his ton is pure class, wen u r playing that shot off pace ur seeing the ball v clearly almost taking the piss tbh, best player of all time no question no debate.. bradman an unbelievable talent.
That’s a great point
The way Larwood is just feeling like he's a B grade school boy being used for the first 11's batting practice too...
Brilliant video of the greatest, great story from Tommo to finish.
Incase people weren't believers after seeing the footage alone, Tommo's story just leaves no doubt that Sir Donald Bradman is the greatest Batsmen in history. I learnt he was a great fieldsman too, I perhaps could've added some footage of his fielding too.
@@FoobasSports Greatest batsman.....nonsense, no such thing!
@@Steve-u7u The data would suggest otherwise. Everything else is just opinion.
Thank you for this video. Absolutely magnificent and befitting of the greatest there’ll ever be himself.
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
80 innings from 52 Tests, including 10 not-outs, for 70 times dismissed for 6,996 runs. So that he was 4 runs lacking to close on an average of 100. So, actually, had he not come out to bat for his last innings then he'd have averaged a tick over 100. So, actually, he did average 100, but only for as much as at least 69 innings, but not also for 70 innings.
This footage is great. I don't know much about cricket technique, but his balance and footwork look amazing. He is able to attack the ball like a snake.
My coach , Mr Horsely advice to all the batters was keep your head as still as possible , concentrate on the Ball and Practice the Don's " Clock Face " , that is the Bowler is at 12 , the Wicketkeeper is at 6 , now place a Dot on every Number on The Clock Face where the Fielders are standing , and thats where you can be caught, if you hit it in the air so play your shots accordingly.
Thanx for the vid! He is the greatest, by far! A very interesting technique, able to whip the ball to all parts, looks like he didnt play with a straight bat too often, and hit the ball with power, fast hands, impeccable footwork and extremely fast between the wickets
@@swiftay12 🙏🙏🙏
Two categories of cricketer: Bradman, and the rest.
Actually this diminutive genius brandishes the willow cricket bat like a tennis racquet, which is much lighter. He wields his bat like a sword. Incredible! His record will never be broken.
Seldom, if ever, in any sport, is there anyone so completely undisputed as the greatest ever, as is Sir Donald in cricket.
That late cut is something you don't see at all in modern cricket, such a sublime player.
Looking at him ,I am mesmerised by his footwork,no half measures.Today’s players so often just seem half committed,no footwork
He must have been able to assess a pitch extremely quickly and with great accuracy to be so consistent, and the level of concentration is almost unbelievable.
3rd Test at Leeds Australia-556/all out
Overs-174
1:-DG Bradman 334 Runs in 448 Balls 46 Fours
2:-Bill Woodfull (c) 50 Runs in 191 Balls
3:-Alan Falconer Kippax 77 Runs in 182 Balls
4:-Stanley Joseph McCabe 30 Runs in 50 Balls
English Bowling:-
1-Harold Robert Larwood Overs-34 Runs-139 Wickets-1
2-Maurice William Fred Tate Overs-40 Runs-124 Wickets-6
3-George Arthur Geary Overs-35 Runs-95 Wickets-1
4-Richard Knowles Dickson Tyldesley Overs-33 Runs-104 Wickets-1
5-Maurice Edward Leyland Overs-11 Runs-44 Wickets-0
6-Walter Reginald Hammond Overs-17 Runs-46 Wickets-1
7-John Berry Hobbs Overs-04 Runs-14 Wickets:-0
Simply a legend forever, no other words.
Ladies and gentlemen, arguably the greatest sports person of all time.
Bradman compared to modern players stands out for his conversion rate. While conversion from 0 to 50 is fairly consistent across top players, but converting 50 to 100 tends to be less than 50pct. Kohli has a good record but converts was around 1 in 2 in Tests. Bradman did 2 in 3. Conversion of 100 to 200 was just short of half, i.e. (2/3)^2. Conversion 200s to 300s was half.
So ... if you take a Sachin Tendulkar and for every innings above 50 you multiply his total runs by 1.5, so a 50 becomes 75, a 100 becomes 150 etc. then the overall batting average gets up to 100.
That is not to belittle the modern great Tendulkar but to recognise that Bradman not only had a great game but he was relentless and ruthless. Once he was on top of you there was no mercy, and that is how his average got so high. And as video said he didnt tire either, fit enough to go hard first ball or last.
The shot at 6:57 is one of my favourite Bradman shots. The most wonderfully powerful wrist flick for the late cut.
Its awesome and at the same time terrifying for people of our generation to see how he is playing without a helmet, playing hook shots and pull shots on bouncers
Facing bowlers just as fast as todays, on dodgy pitches, with no helmet, no chest pads, virtually unpadded, gloves, and it looks like no thigh pads.
And the boxes were completely inadequate.
Those boys had some courage.
Supernatural cricketer.how did he do it ?.no doubt an amazing cricketer who would have been effective today as well as then.why?.he only hit 6x6’s in his whole test career,he always played shots down so no chance of catching him out,about 57% of all wickets are caught out so eliminating going for 6’s and a rock solid technique in attack and defence made him the consummate all round batting cricketer ,TOTAL LEGEND ❤
A lot of commenters speculating he would have struggled against high pace have clearly never faced such pacce themselves. If they had, they would know that 130 - 145 kph when it doesnt swing or seam isnt really that much harder to face, let alone score off. 130 kph with excessive seam movement would be nigh impossible to score off, than 150 kph with no swing or seam(ie most IPL matches). Some much needed context here. So yes, The Don would have had no problems against modern bowlers ;-) Anyone with even passing knowledge of the game from playing it, will know this.
He scored a Century against Bodyline Bowling against Harold Larwood and co on tricky wickets.... Look how modern day batsman collapse 36/10 or recent one against NZ . And since bodyline has been banned , the question is ....could modern day batsman play Bodyline on those wickets?
Most importantly look at bat... nowadays with thick edges you can score even if you mistime back in that time it was quite difficult to middle it too
How about playing without helmet etc..i think most of the cricketers would die in the field.
@@aniket385 Stan McCabe made 180 or so in the Bodyline series. Higher than any innings score Bradman made.
The GOAT of all goats. Statistically he surpasses everyone in any sport!!! He used to train himself by hitting a golf ball against a corrugated water tank standing like a metre or two away...WTF... Just amazing!
Just some observations. Look how slim these men are. How loose their clothing is. How devoid of pads, helmets and other safety gear. How elegant they appear.
Sachin Tendulkar: Sir Donald Bradman God of Cricket ❤️🏏🙏
Very few sports where there is a clear, unequivocal, difficult to argue with answer to the question “who is / was the best to ever do it?”
Usain Bolt. Wayne Gretzky. Eddy Merckx. Teddy Riner. I struggle to think of many more.
For cricket, it’s Bradman. And anybody who argues otherwise is misguided.
Cricket is a game of statistics and measurables. His FC batting average is 24% higher than the next best. His Test batting average is 37% higher than the next best. He scored a Test Match hundred in 36% of his innings (e.g. Kallis 16%, Sangakkara 16%, Tendulkar 15%).
You can argue all you like about fielding standards, bowling speeds, computer analysis, and comparisons across eras. In the entire 136 year history of Test cricket, approximately 3200 men have played Test Matches, against all types of bowling, with varying standards of fielding, on covered pitches and uncovered pitches, with DRS, without DRS, front foot no balls, back foot no balls, different LBW laws, short boundaries, long boundaries, and Bradman (excluding single innings anomalies like Andy Guanteaume) is the only batsman in all that time, across all of those matches, to average over 62.
Put it this way: For his Test career, Bradman’s average innings score was higher than the combined Test averages of Sachin Tendulkar and Alastair Cook.
What really impressed me is the scampering for singles and doubles in an era of laidback batting. That truly shows his hunger for runs
Great piece about truly the greatest
@@chriseyles204 Much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
No one cant compare to him in the history of cricket .he is the greatest batsman of alltime.
Some really unseen videos of Don seen here . thanks for the upload!
You're welcome 🙏
I like how the Don would hook and pull the ball from well outside off stump. That was a no no when I was learning the game.
Who is the bowler at 2:53 , his action resembles with Waqar younus
Absolute phenomenon. Would have been far and away the best ever in any era. I would guess a average of around 80 ish in current era. Leagues above everyone, best ever by far.
Fantastic vlog. Has anyone dominated their chosen sport as much as The Don? Won't be another one like him.
thanks for the wonderful work you have done on this video...
@@sagirparkar4115 Thank you🙏🙏🙏
My grandfather’s favourite player, grandad said he was devastated whenever the Don got out
He would have cooked today's bowlers. No helmet, same old ball being used for 5 straight days, such thinner willow as compared to today's bigger ones, and no dumbass rules such as power plays or free hits, still managed to outperform entire world. Truly a legend.
" this kid plays the shots as same as I used to play" ..... Yes, Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to come close to the legendary Sir. Donald Bradman
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I've sometimes thought to myself, he played 52 tests, if he played 100 or more as many players do these days, would he still have maintained such a high average? Then you look at his entire first class career - 234 matches, just over 28,000 runs, averaging 95. Simply phenomenal.
His batting average in the Australian domestic first-class competition, the Sheffield Shield, was in the high 90s, maybe something like 97 or 98 [ without looking it up ], that being, not dissimilar to his Test average. I thus do not know that anyone has ever challenged his batting average at State level, never mind at Test level.
@@jonglewongle3438 Without looking it up I believe it was 110.12 for Sheffield Shield. Actually higher than his test batting average.
@@jonglewongle3438 Sorry, slightly wrong 110.19 run average in Sheffield Shield
@@jonglewongle3438 Bradman: 110.19 (96 innings)
Barry Richards: 100.09 (12 innings) The third-highest average belongs to Bill Ponsford at 83.27 over 70 innings
Crazy to think he missed his prime years due to the war. His current records are insurmountable as they are now but imagine him playing those years he missed and how many runs he would of had
Can you beleive that Southend Council demolished the changing room where this genius prepared to play when the Aussies played in Southchurch Park back in the day. It should have been renovated with a huge plaque honouring the great man. Can you imagine how wonderful that would have been for the local cricketers?
Absolutely. What a terrible thing to do.
The speed of his hands and footwork was simply astonishing. He had very quick hands but also very deft,the stroke at 7:00 off Larwood so indicative.Almost like playing a spinner. Like a top guitar player,the tone is in the fingers,the touch that these top batsmen have is on another level. Such small bats ,big outfields as well.
He wasn't the only great player in that Australian test team but he was the master.
He was an absolute phenomenon, no doubt about that. No helmet and uncovered pitches, 99.94 average. Phew! The only thing is that he never played in the subcontinent. Probably would have dominated there too.
i think he averaged 180 or so against india.
@@mitch-r7v yes, India travelled to Australia for those matches.
Looks great, thanks for putting this together. Nice choice of music too
Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏
Very impressed with this footage
just the footage is pure gold to see all those playing early days of cricket , current generation can laugh about it as I can see in the comments but there will be a day when our future generations will laugh at us
Bradman had great temperament and concentration making him the best ever 💯
The bowlers in those days were very accurate. They very rarely missed the middle of Bradman's bat.
In this video, Sachin himself called Sir Donald Brandman, the God of Cricket.
No he did not. Stop making stories😂😂
@@spawn11 what was so funny in that??
The story lies in the video, so if u commented without watching the video, that's not my fault
@@syedhammadahmedzaidi3089 there's no video. Stop making stories
@@spawn11 go and hear you moron 2:21
@@spawn11 There's no spawn11. Stop pretending to exist
Amazing to Watch, Thankyou.
@@vibhuvikramaditya4576 Much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
And he never held his bat upright near to his waist level during his batting stance while facing delivery....that was a true cricket batsmanship and not baseball batting...
The last time there was human athletes this good they had names like Achilles and Hercules. He was a once in a few thousand years phenomenon.
He honed his skills batting with a stump (much narrower than a bat) - hitting a golf ball which rebounded off a waterbutt made of corrugated iron - so inconsistent bounce. You do that day in, day out for a few years, then batting on pitches - uncovered or otherwise, with a bat and cricket ball will seem easy.