Sir Donald George Bradman‚ AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001)‚ often referred to as "The Don"‚ was an Australian cricketer‚ widely acknowledged as the greatest Test batsman of all time.[1] Bradman’s career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as statistically the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.[2] The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore.[3] Bradman’s meteoric rise from bush cricket
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How Did Life Change in the 1920’s in Western Countries After World War I (The Great War) the 1920’s was a decade of dramatic changes and modifications to society all raised from the idea to just have fun. Known as the “Roaring 20’s” the society of the Western Countries made significant changes to their lifestyle with hugely impacted civilians. Such changes included more money and more leisure time to family’s‚ the entertainment industry boomed‚ jazz became a much more popular genre of music and
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Theres Something About Sachin The Tendulkar saga is about genius‚dedication and an unquenchable love of the game Ayaz Memon When Miranda sees Fernando for the first time in Shakespeares Tempest‚she is drawn to say: I might call him a thing divine;for nothing natural i ever saw so noble.At a fanciful stretch‚the cricket lover might say that about Sachin Tendulkar. The milestone of 100 international centuries does not add substantially to the game or indeed Tendulkars greatness as a batsman
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As I do every Sunday morning‚ I awake to read the Tonys - Tony Becca and Tony Cozier - before I prepare for church and the upcoming week. Each Sunday‚ my four-year-old daughter’s hair needs to be washed‚ she needs to get a bath‚ her clothes pressed‚ and her breakfast prepared before she’s off to Sunday School. Oftentimes‚ I’ll catch Becca’s article in the wee hours of the morning before the world awakes and disrupts my peace and quiet with its crazed rush after dawn. For Cozier’s piece‚ I’d have
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Indian Cricket player who is considered to be one of the all time greatest batsmen to have ever played the game of Cricket. The renowned Cricket magazine Wisden ranked Sachin Tendulkar the 2nd all time greatest Test Cricket batsman‚ only after Sir Donald Bradman at the 1st place in the year 2002. Also‚ the magazine ranked him the 2nd all time greatest ODI batsman after Viv Richards at the first spot. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 to a middle class family in Mumbai. His father Ramesh
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remembered for more than any other is his dismissal of the legendary Don Bradman for no score in a match at Brisbane in November 1931. It was an achievement that awarded Gilbert national fame. “Only one bowler has ever knocked the bat out of the hands of Don Bradman‚ cricket’s greatest batter: Eddie Gilbert. Only 15 bowlers have ever dismissed Bradman without a run to his name. Eddie Gilbert was one of them. Yet‚ whilst Bradman played test cricket for Australia for two decades‚
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English Amateurs. The reality of England being dominated by Australia in a game that was a national pastime was absurd to Jardine‚ thus he came up with the bodyline tactic to deliberately injure and intimidate the Australian batsmen- particularly Don Bradman. Jardine completely disregarded England’s concept of strengthening bonds of the Empire as his greatest ambition was to regain the Ashes in 1932‚ at
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If only the West Indies team was picked to optimize their players’ strengths By Zaheer E. Clarke A tall‚ lissome and athletic 17-year-old young man from Chelsea Road in Bay Land‚ Barbados was once picked as a fast bowler to represent the West Indies Test team. By today’s standards‚ he would have been thought too young to have a glass of red wine much less be handed a red ball to pelt at batsmen in international cricket. Unsurprisingly‚ in his first match at Sabina Park‚ like most fast bowlers‚
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HEALTHRELATIONSHIPSFASHIONGROOMINGPOWER & MONEYTECHNOLOGYENTERTAINMENT SearchUser Login HOMEWORK LIFELEADERSHIPSACHIN TENDULKAR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES Sachin Tendulkar Leadership Qualities By MensXP Team Tuesday‚ 06 Dec 2011 0 inShare “If Cricket is a religion‚ then Sachin is God” is a cliché. However‚ every cricket fanatic will endorse this dictum. There are several great cricketers‚ but few have earned the title of a legend. Sachin ’s unadulterated leadership qualities
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Cricket‚ one of the best sports any can play‚ where eleven fielders and two batsmen stand on a field trying to show how they are better than the other. This was definitely not the case at one of the best cricket matches I have ever been to. The Asian XI VS The Rest of the World XI match which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2005. This match was played for the reasons of Charity for the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster in 2004. The match was very different to a normal cricket match
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