VV RITING SKILL
2002
• Write in about 150 words a paragraph on 'Sir Donald Bradman', the greatest
cricketer of the century, on the basis of the points given below:
[Points : Born in New South Wales (August 27, 1908) — first played against New South Wales,
scored a century (118) — highest innings in Australia : 452 not out against South Australia in 1927/28 -
started career as a leading cricketer, captained Australia in 1936 — the only Australian cricketer who
got Knighthood - published autobiography. "Farewell to Cricket in 1950—became chairman of
Australian Cricket Board in 1960 - scored 29 centuries, 13 half centuries, 6996 runs in Test Cricket -
died Feb, 2001.]
2001
Answers
Sir Donald 'Don' Bradman AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often called The Don, was an Australian cricketer. He was a batsman. When he played his last Test match, he only needed to score four runs to have a batting average of 100 runs over the whole of his Test Match career. But he was "out for a duck" (out before he scored any runs) after facing only two balls so his average was 99.94, which was still much higher than any other batsman's average. Most cricket experts think he was the best batsman of all time. He was a great hero in Australia, and he was voted the greatest Australian of the 20th century.
The Don's command over the game showed as a batsman, as a captain, as a selector, as a writer and as an administrator. Jeff Thomson remarked that bowling to Don was one of his "greatest moments". This happened in 1977–78 in Adelaide during India's tour to Australia. In Thomson's words
"Sir Don was batting in a suit, no pads, no gloves, just a bat. He must've been around 70 and hadn't batted for almost 30 years and he was still so good. It was turf wicket, and I bowled within myself, but there were a couple of young blokes who were bowling at full speed and he was carting them all over the place. Along with meeting George Best, bowling to Bradman is the greatest moment of my life." [Source:Hindustan Times, Kolkata edition: 1 February 2012]