Legendary Sachin Tendulkar

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Friday, December 01, 2006

Sachin Tendulkar Profile & Biography

Place of birth
Mumbai, MaharashtraFamily
Dad :Ramesh Tendulkar
Sister:Savita Tendulkar
Brothers :Nitin Tendulkar & Ajit Tendulkar
Grandmother:LakshmiBai
Wife :Anjali
Daughter:Sarah
Son :Arjun
Height5'4"
FirendsVinod Kambli,
Salil Ankola
Ramesh

Wedding Day
25,May
CoachRamakant Achrekar

Major teams he has played for
India, Yorkshire, Mumbai
Batting Style Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style
Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium

Bat weight
3 pounds 2 ounces
Test DebutIndia v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
ODI DebutIndia v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Special Shotsstraight drive, the cover drive, the square cut,
the pull shot over midwicket/square leg, the delicate leg glance,
the late cut, the lofted shots over mid-on and mid-off

Cricket Heroes
Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Sandeep Patil

Current players admired
Vinod Kambli, Brian Lara, Jonty Rhodes

Memorable Day
Beating Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup

Worst Day
Losing the first ODI in South Africa in 1992

Favorite Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground

Least Favorite ground
Bangalore

Other Sports Followed
Tennis

Other favorite stars
Maradona, Borris Becker

Greatest Influence
His family

Dream woman
His wife Anjali
AmbitionTo be number one in the world
Favorite food/drink/ restaurant/hotel/ holiday resort
Food:Steak, Thai food, sea food, Indian food
Drink:Orange / Apple Juice and Water
Restaurant:Bukhara, Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi
Hotel:Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney
Holiday resort:Yorkshire, Headingley
Favorite magazine/NewspaperMagazine:
Sportstar
Newspaper:Times of India, Mid-day, Afternoon Dispatch
HobbiesCollecting CDs,listening to music with friends
Favorite CarMaruti

Favorite music
Ghazals, film music, music by Dire Straita, Michael Learns to Rock, Michael Jackson and Eagles

Favorite artistes
Actors:Amitabh Bacchan, Nana Patekar
Actress:Madhuri Dixit

Favorite film
Coming To America
Funniest momentWhen batting with Vinod Kambli in a school game.
Vinod dropped his bat and started to fly a kite.
Embarrassing momentPeople asking for autograph and then asking the name!

Achievements in cricket
With Vinod Kambli put on a record 664* runs partnership in the Harris Shield Competition
The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket
Scored 30 test centuries in 99 test matches
AwardsMaharashtra Bhushan Award-2000-01
Padma Shri Award-1999
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-1998
Cricketer of the Year by the Wisden Almanack-1997
Arjuna Award-1994
Other interesting factsTendulkar wanted to play tennis.
When his brother turned him to cricket he wanted to become a fast bowler.
But because of his height he became a batsman.Knows to cook certain dishes.
Have cooked the dish Baigan-bartha once for all the team mates.

Regarded As
World's best batsman
Motto in lifeBe true to yourself

Quote by BRADMAN on Tendulkar"Tendulkar is the only person who reminds me of myself"

Trivia
Captain of the Indian cricket team (1996-97).
Considered the best cricket batsman of his generation - and according to his fans, the best batsman of all time.
Member of India's cricket team (1989 - present).

Achievements:

Most runs and most centuries in ODIs; highest number of Test centuries; first cricketer to make 10,000 runs in ODIs; most runs in World Cup history; highest individual score by an Indian (186 not out); most Man of the Man awards in ODIs; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997; Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 1997-98

More than his cricketing genius, the greatness of Sachin Tendulkar lies in his approach towards the game of cricket and the commitment he shows while playing for his country. In terms of his mind-boggling cricketing achievements and the mass adoration he commands all over the world, Sachin is an once-in-a-lifetime cricketer.

Since his debut against Pakistan in 1989-90 as a precocious talent, Sachin has metamorphosed into a cricketing phenomenon by dint of his skills and an uncompromising work ethic. In his illustrious career spanning 16 years and counting, Tendulkar has amassed 24,000 international runs made with the aid of more than 70 centuries.

A statistician's delight, the Tendulkar juggernaut has broken cricketing records of all hues, while consistently setting new benchmarks of excellence. Till date, Sachin is the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut. He has scored the highest number of runs and most centuries in One Day cricket. With at least five years of cricket still left in him, Tendulkar is sure to scale greater heights in both forms of cricket.

But impressive as his statistics are, they cannot represent the true essence of his genius. Apart from his sublime skills, Tendulkar is blessed with a shrewd cricketing brain that helps him achieve a better understanding of the game and come up with his own set of innovations.

Rahul Dravid

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Monday, December 04, 2006

Personal info Rahul Sharad DravidFull NameRahul Sharad Dravid

BornJanuary 11, 1973

Birth Place
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
ProfessionCricketer

Nick Name
THE WALL
Family infoDad's Name :Sharad Dravid
Mom's Name :Pushpa Dravid
Brother's Name :Vijay Dravid

Name of his house
"Srishti"

EducationSchool St. Joseph's, Bangalore
College St. Joseph's, Bangalore

SingersChris de Burgh,
Kishore Kumar,
Lata Mangeshkar, Sting

MoviesBraveheart, Ghost

Books

Thrillers and Philosophical

Cars
Maruti 800, BMW

Actors
Tom Cruise, Aamir Khan

ActressesDemi Moore, Michelle Pfieffer
DrinksMango Milkshake
Past Time
Listening to old Hindi songs
TV ChannelDiscovery

ColorBlue
Cartoon

Character
Superman

Hangouts
Shezan, Paradise Island

TV Ads"Any one that figures me!!"

Greatest Asset
Concentration

Memorable MomentDebut at Lord's
148 at Johannesburg

Inspiration
Family

Hobbies
Reading,
Listening to music

GoalsLikes to keep them to himself

DreamWoman Doesn't remember what I dreams
CoachKeki Tarapore

Free Time
With family and friends
HatesNothing in particular

Cricket Career of Rahul Dravid

1973 - born January 11, 1973 in Indore
1984 - attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA's Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore.
scores his first century in an unofficial match for his school team St.Joseph's against St.Anthony's.
scores a double hundred for the Karnataka schools team which he smashed against Kerala.
selected for the under-15 Karnataka team.
senior cricketers and administrators like G.R.Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore felt that it would suit Rahul better if he bid good-bye to the wicket keeping gloves for ever.So Dravid concentrated on his batting from then on.
1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.
1996 - scores double century in the finals of the Ranji Trophy in 1996 against Tamil Nadu.
1996 - selected for India.
1996 - test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar is injured and Navjot Sidhu descides to stay back after fracas with Captain Azharuddin.Scores a brilliant 95.
1997 - Scores his maiden test hundred(148) Vs South Africa, third test, Johannesburg.
1997 - Scores his maiden one day hundred(107) in a losing cause Vs Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai.
1999 - Scores a hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.
1999 - Great World Cup, scores 3 fifties and 2 hundreds scoring 461 runs which was the highest by any batsman from any team.
1999 - In october he signs a deal with English county Kent for the 2000 season.
2001 - Scores 180 while Vangipurappu Laxman makes 281 in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia after following on to end Australia's 16-Test winning streak.
2004 - Scores career best 270 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.India wins the series.
2005 - Appointed captain of Team India.
2005 - Dravid's Biography "The Nice Guy Who Finished First" authored by Devendra Prabhudesai released by coach Greg Chappell.
2006 - Dravid scores his first century as the Test captain of the Indian Cricket team in the first test against Pakistan in Lahore.

Centurion Justin Langer

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Name
Justin Langer

Major Teams:

Australia, Western Australia.

Batting Style:Left Hand Bat

Bowling Style:
Right Arm Medium

Other:
Wicketkeeper

Test Debut:
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, 4th Test, 1992/93

ODI Debut:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Australasia Cup, 1993/94

First-Class Debut:
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, 1991/92

Cricketing Profile:

Justin Langer is perhaps the first Test opener in history to average in the mid-forties yet still be forever scrabbling for his spot in the side. Or at least that’s the perception: in a land of dashers and crashers Langer is seen as a grafter, a battler, only ever a couple of failures away from oblivion.
The reality is somewhat different. Yesteryear’s ugly duckling is now a strokeplaying swan, racking up more Test hundreds than those national treasures Doug Walters, Ian Chappell, Mark Waugh and Bill Lawry, and scoring an eye-popping 1481 runs in 2004. Always an effective cutter and driver, he now indulges in unseemly crossbat hoicks from the first over. Together with his bludgeoning comrade Matthew Hayden, they have screwed up textbooks and record-books alike, making Greenidge and Haynes look like strokeless stonewallers. It is a miraculous reinvention.
Clanged on the helmet by Ian Bishop on debut, Langer fought on to make 54, but played only eight Tests in six years. He returned at No. 3, as the selectors sought to mould him into the next David Boon - and for a while he exceeded even those lofty ambitions. After rescuing the unrescuable Hobart Test of 1999-2000 with Adam Gilchrist, then slaughtering a blistering 122 in Auckland, Steve Waugh called him the world’s best batsman. The feeling was mutual; Langer’s devotion to Waugh saw him nicknamed 'Mini-Tugga'.
His bond with Hayden is even closer. The pair miss each other when they’re apart, exchange bearhugs in the middle, and give the impression always of two boys living out a dream. Still the knockers persist, but they should watch out: Langer may be short of stature but he is tall in enthusiasm (he's already written two books) and boasts a black belt in taekwondo. He has played only eight one-day internationals, something that bugs him no end, despite a Gilchristian strike rate of 88.88. With Langer, you see, perception is everything.

Biography

He is the oldest of four children - his siblings being brothers, Adam and Jonathan; and sister, Jemma. His father is a car-dealer and his mother is a theatre-nurse.Coming from a devout Catholic family, he attended Liwara Catholic School, before going to Aquinas College. Both schools had a strong Catholic ethos. After graduating from high school, Justin then moved on to the University of Western Australia where he majored in English Literature, Economics and Human Biology. He has also done a lot of research on methodologies that bring success, and is considered 'success specialist' in the Australian Cricket Team.

He married his highschool sweetheart, Sue, on April 13, 1996, and they have four beautiful daughters - Jessica (born in March, 1997), Ali-Rose (November, 1998), Sophie (April, 2001) and Grace (November, 2005).

In his pursuit of success and personality development Justin obtained a black belt in karate. "The martial arts have boosted my self-confidence," said Justin, who was attracted to Buddhism during the Australian tour of Sri Lanka in 1997. "I met many Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka and was very impressed by their philosophy," he says. "Buddhism teaches you self-discipline which is very important in life as well as in cricket."

Defeat is one word Justin has hated right through his life. According to his father Colin Langer, kid Justin was as combative a character as he is now. "Justin always believed in giving of his best at whatever he does," said Colin Langer. "He was good in his studies as well as in sports. He could never take defeat."

A product of the Australian Cricket Academy (ACA), Justin had his grounding in the basics along with Shane Warne, Greg Blewett and Damien Martyn. Justin's only regret is that he could not complete graduation in arts from the University of Western Australia because of his getting selected to the ACA. A keen lover of literature, Justin is considered the best cricketer-writer in Australia now. "Writing allows me express myself fully," he says. "Right from my school days I had an inclination to writing. I am in love with literature. I prefer descriptive style of writing, and I do research on different styles of writing. As far as cricket writers are concerned, I like Peter Roebuck and Mike Coward for their flair."

Justin, who has a column called 'Langer's Postcards' on the Baggy Green website, says he was first recognised as a poet when a few members of the Australian team in Zimbabwe took a train from Bulawayo to Harare for picking up some silly hats. When the train was moving through green outbacks, Justin took out his pen and scribbled a few motivational poems for his teammates. He has written a book, From Outback to Outfield, based on his experiences as a county cricketer for Middlesex, which has appointed him captain for the 2000 season. His second book, The Power of Passion, has been read and used as a motivational tool for some cricketers and athletes from other sporting codes.

Justin's initiation into cricket was through his uncle Robbie Langer, who played for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and in Kerry Packer's World Series. Both Robbie and Colin wanted Justin to get into the big league. "Dad built a pitch for me in the backyard. He and uncle Robby motivated me. Dad had played cricket at the club level in Western Australia. He played for the state baseball team, too."

Justin's heroes are Kim Hughes, Allan Border, David Boon and Steve Waugh. "I played a lot of backyard Test cricket with Hughes in my mind," says Langer. "He gave me the taste for this game."
That taste is total. Justin even took the lead in writing the motivational mottos on the scribbling board of the team's dressing room, a practice introduced by the new team coach John Buchanan. "The mottos I write there are from different philosophies of life," says Justin. "I lay a lot of emphasis to discipline."

The Langers are a close-knit family. Colin makes it a point to watch all the matches his son plays in Australia. Brothers Adam and Jonathan and sister Jemma, too, are cricket buffs.
The senior Justin is a successful entrepreneur. The son, too, loves the smell of money, Justin had worked with a stockbroking firm. Another love of his is gardening, on the pitch as well as in the kitchen backyard.

Justin is a member of the Australia Day Council and patron of the Childrens’ Leukaemia & Cancer Research in Western Australia.

Adam Gilchrist

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NAME
Adam Gilchrist
Australia1999-

ROLELeft Hand Bat, Wicket Keeper

BORNSunday, 14th November 1971.
New South Wales, Western Australia, Australia

TEST DEBUT
Friday, 5th November 1999
1st Test v. Pakistan at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Aged: 27)

TEST CAREER

Matches:87

Runs:
5188

Ave:
48.48

Wkts:0 Ave: n/a

Catches:
328

Stumpings:36

Last Test:2006 2nd Test v. England at Adelaide

Adam Gilchrist Profile

Adam Gilchrist entered the international cricketing scene as a wicket keeper/batsman with the Australian One Day International side in 1996/97. In 1998, Steve Waugh elevated Adam to the pivotal position of opening batsman. In his second game, Adam scored 100 against South Africa and since then, has played a significant part in redefining the role of an opening batsman in One Day Internationals.
Adam was crucial in the team's winning performance in the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. Adam has taken a world record 300+ dismissals in one day internationals and scored over 6000 runs at a phenomenal strike rate of 93 runs per 100 balls faced.

In November 1999, Adam replaced Ian Healy as wicketkeeper in the Australian test side. Since that time, Adam has taken over 200 dismissals in test matches and scored over 3000 runs at an incredible strike of nearly 84 runs per 100 balls faced. Adam reached the 100 and 200 dismissal milestones faster than any other wicket keeper in test history and he is one of only two players to have averaged greater than 60 going through 3000 test runs.

Adam is the only wicketkeeper in Australia to have captained the Australian Test and One Day teams and is acknowledged for his leadership and outstanding contribution to the Australian team in both forms of the game.

Many critics believe that Adam is the greatest wicketkeeper/batsman to have played the game. But more than his statistics, it is the manner and spirit in which Adam plays the game that makes him one of the world's most exciting and popular cricketers.

Ajantha Mendis

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Full name Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis
Born March 11, 1985, Moratuwa
Current age 23 years 137 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sri Lanka Army, Wayamba
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak




Career statistics
ODI debut West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008

Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008
First-class debut Lankan Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army at Welisara, Nov 17-19, 2006
Last First-class Sri Lanka Army v Moratuwa Sports Club at Panagoda, Mar 21-23, 2008
List A debut Sri Lanka Army v Lankan Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Nov 8, 2006
Last List A India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008

Twenty20 debut Sri Lanka Army v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Feb 28, 2007
Last Twenty20 Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008

Profile
Although classified as a right-arm, slow-medium bowler, Ajantha Mendis is a spinner who bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is. Mendis was a prolific wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Army in the 2007-08 season and had taken 46 wickets at an average of 10.56 and strike-rate of 31 from six matches. His performances did not go unnoticed for Mendis was called up to the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies in April 2008. After impressing on debut in the Caribbean, Mendis only grew in stature - in particular, because of his 'flicker', which he releases with an unusual snap of his fingers. In a short span Mendis has flummoxed some international batsmen who've played spin pretty well in their careers. Just ask the Indians, who were clueless against him in the Asia Cup final, where Mendis netted 6 for 13 in his eighth one-day international. His 17 wickets in the tournament duly earned him the Man-of-the-Series award and soon after earned a call-up to the Test squad to face India at home.

Centorian Player Brain Lara

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Full nameBrian Charles Lara

CountryWest Indies

Born
May 2, 1969, Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad

Current age
37 years 230 days

Major teams
West Indies, ICC World XI, Northern Transvaal, Trinidad & Tobago, Warwickshire

Batting styleLeft-hand bat

Bowling styleLegbreak googly

Brain Lara Profile

Lara holds several world records for high scoring. He has the highest individual score in both first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994) and Test cricket (400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004). He also holds the record for the highest total number of runs in a Test career, after overtaking Allan Border in November 2005. He is the only man to have reclaimed the Test record score, having scored 375 against England in 1994, a record that stood until Matthew Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. His 400 not out also made him the second player after Don Bradman to score two Test triple-centuries, and the second after Bill Ponsford to score two first-class quadruple-centuries. He has scored nine double centuries in Test cricket, second only to Bradman's twelve.Lara captained the West Indies from 1997 to 1999. He was reappointed as captain against the touring Australians in 2003, and struck 110 in his first Test match back in charge, showing signs of him returning to his best. In September 2004, West Indies won the ICC Champions Trophy in England under his captaincy.

In March 2005, Lara declined selection for the West Indies team because of a dispute over his personal Cable & Wireless sponsorship deal, which clashed with the Cricket Board's main sponsor, Digicel. Six other players were involved in this dispute, including stars Christopher Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, and Dwayne Bravo. Lara says[citation needed] he declined selection in a stand of solidarity, when these players were dropped because of their sponsorship deals. The issue was resolved after the first Test of the series against the touring South African team.
Lara returned to the team for the second Test (and scored a huge first innings score of 196), but in the process lost his captaincy indefinitely to the newly-appointed Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In the next Test, against the same opponents, he scored a 176 in the first innings. After a one day series against South Africa, he scored his first Test century against the visiting Pakistanis in the first Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

On April 26, 2006 Lara was reappointed the captain of the West Indies cricket team for the third time. This followed the resignation of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who had been captain for thirteen months - in which the West Indies won just one of the 14 Test matches they had competed. In May 2006, Lara led the West Indies to successful One-Day series victories against Zimbabwe and India. Lara's team played Australia in the final for the ICC Champions Trophy and lost.

On 16 December 2006 he became the first player for the West Indies to pass 10000 One Day International runs and along with Sachin Tendulkar one of only two players to do so in both forms of the game

Trivia

In a 1994 Bradman Foundation charity match, Lara was dismissed by Australian women's cricket team all-rounder,

At the time that Lara made his historic 501 not out against Durham, he was sponsored by one of Levis' rivals.

Lara loves carnivals, Chinese and Italian food, and is known to be a practical joker

Leg spinner shane Warne

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Full nameShane Keith Warne
BornSeptember 13, 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria

Current age
37 years 107 days
Major teamsAustralia, Hampshire, ICC World XI, Victoria
NicknameWarney
Playing roleBowler
Batting styleRight-hand bat

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Test debut :Australia v India at Sydney - Jan 2-6, 1992
Last Test :Australia v England at Melbourne - Dec 26-28, 2006
First-class span :1990/91 - 2006/07
List A span :1991/92 - 2006
Twenty20 span :2004 - 2005

Awards

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1994
One-Day International Player of the Year - 2000
Selected as one of five Wisden cricketers of the century, 2000
Test Player of the Year - 2006

Shane Warne profile

At first there were nerves and chubbiness. Then came wild soaring legbreaks, followed by fame and flippers. For a long while there were women, then a bookmaker, then diet pills, then more women - and headlines, always headlines. Now he has come out the other end, his bluff and bluster and mischief and innocence somehow intact. The man who in 2000 was rated among the five greatest cricketers of the 20th century was, in 2005, bowling better than ever. When Warne likened his life to a soap opera he was selling himself short. His story is part fairytale, part pantomime, part hospital drama, part adult's-only romp, part glittering awards ceremony. He has taken a Test hat-trick, won the Man-of-the-Match prize in a World Cup final and been the subject of seven books. He was the first cricketer to reach 650 Test wickets. He has swatted more runs than any other Test player without making a hundred, and is probably the wiliest captain Australia never had. His ball that gazoodled Mike Gatting in 1993, bouncing outside leg stump and cuffing off, is unanimously esteemed the most famous in history. He revived legspin, thought to be extinct, and is now pre-eminent in a game so transformed that we sometimes wonder where the next champion fast bowlers will come from.
For all that, Warne's greatest feats are perhaps those of the last couple of years. Returning from a 12-month hiatus for swallowing forbidden diuretics, he swept aside 26 Sri Lankan batsmen in three Tests, and the following year scalped a world record 96 victims - a stunning 24 more than in his show-stopping 1993 - and still missed out on the Allan Border Medal. Forty of those were Englishmen in what sometimes appeared to be a lone stand in a thrilling Ashes series. Nowadays he is helped by his stockpile of straight balls: a zooter, slider, toppie and back-spinner, one that drifts in, one that slopes out, and another that doesn't budge. Yet he seldom gets his wrong'un right and rarely lands his flipper. More than ever he relies on his two oldest friends: excruciating accuracy and an exquisite legbreak. Except that he now controls the degree of spin - and mixes it - at will. Like the great classical painters, he has stumbled upon the art of simplicity. His bowling has never been simpler, nor more effective, nor lovelier to look at.
Maybe, as with Posh Spice or Kylie Minogue, Warne is more famous than he is loved. Maybe we don't fully appreciate his genius; maybe, like Bradman's, it will become ever more apparent with the passing of decades. One thing's for sure, though. We'll weep when he's gone.