Don Bradman, a 21-year-old Australian cricket super-batsman, is 105 at lunch, 220 at tea, and 309 at stumps on the first day of the third Test against England at Leeds in 1930; he goes on to 334.
Sir Donald George Bradman, the greatest Test batsman of all time, was an Australian cricketer. He ranks among the greatest sportsmen to have ever played any major sport, with a career Test batting average of 99.94. From a young age, he was enamoured with cricket, and it's no surprise that he went on to become one of the game's all-time greats. 11th of July, 1930. On the first morning at Leeds, Don Bradman walked out to bat after 11 balls and returned with an unbeaten score of 309. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the day when the entire cricketing world was stunned by his relentless run-scoring.
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