He joined New South Wales Cricket Association, played for St.George and practised at SCG (Sydney cricket ground).

After a successfull season with St.George , he was selected to play for NSW state team. And in his very first shield game, his brilliance shown through, as he made a delightfull 118 at Adelaide.

Soon enough he was drafted into national test team, for home series against England. In his eight innings he scored 468 runs, with two centuries and two half centuries.

From hereon his career just soared like a bird with wings, as far as human mind can imagine. Bradman, is only one to hold maximum number of records, although most of them have been surprassed as years went on.

He went on to become greatest Test Batsmen world has ever seen. With an almost unbreakable Batting average of 99.94 (means he score 99 runs everytime he went to bat), while today 50 is considered an excellent batting average.

The most historic moment in Don`s life as well as game of cricket in itself, was 1932 Bodyline series. England captain Douglas Jardine devised a method of bowling, so that ball used to fly aound batsmen's head.The bowler pitched ball at a particular length so that ball would rise upto batsmen's head.

Australian batsmen were geting badly injured, and were unable to break shackles. Jardine positioned upto seven players on legside, close to batsmen, to take catch if batsmen tried to fend off ball.

Jardine did manage to keep Don down for series. But as series drew to an end, Don devised a plan to counter attack.

He would quickly move off to leg side and hit ball on empty off side. When Jardine put fielders on off side, Don hit ball over bowlers head with a horizontal bat.

A TV series called "Bodyline" was made on this infamous cricket tour.

Australia lost series.

Don would have his revenge a couple of years later, when Aussies went to England in 1930 for a 4 test series. This time Don was captain, he called shots.

He proved to be a nightmare for English bowlers, as he scored 974 runs in 8 innings.He mesmerised English fans with his mastery with willow, and returned to Australia as a super-star, a demi-god.

A strature that he will maintain till today. Sir Donald Bradman is only Australian to be knighted for his contribution to cricket.

Don Bradman is a legend, one whose name with Test cricket will be synonymous. His legend has been etched in annals of cricket history in gold, forever.

Sir Donald Bradman, still continues his off field innings, living a quiet life. He was always known for his gentlemanly behaviour, and courteous diposition.

He is one of a kind, and very few will ever match up to his talent. Thank you,sir, for your gift to cricket.

*** Sir Donald Bradman died on night of February 25'th in his residence at Keningston, Adelaide. He was 92, unfortunately this great Batsman missed another century. But he has scored with fans, and will be remembered for centuries to come.

Sir Don, may you rest in peace.

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It has been my experience, while working with hundreds of athletes, that it is soleus that will cause you greatest amount of trouble. This may happen because everyone stretches gastroc, and not soleus. Stretching properly can help you to prevent painful experience of a cramp while you are running...but here you are, on side of road, ready to scream out in pain. What to do now!

To begin with, DO NOT try to stretch it out until you help muscle complete it's severe contraction. This may seem like exact opposite thing to do, but let's talk about logic of body.

When your muscle goes into a severe crapm, sometimes called a "charlie horse", muscle is trying to contract violently. Muscles will never stop a contraction in middle, it has an "all or nothing" system. A muscle fiber contracts fully, or not at all. If you try to stretch it out, while muscle is trying to contract, you will tear fibers. You need to assist muscle in its contraction BEFORE you can stretch it without injury.

When muscle goes into this cramp, tightly grab your calf with your hands: one hand at top of calf, just below knee; and other hand at bottom of muscle, at top of achilles tendon just above ankle. Now, help muscle complete it's contraction by pushing your hands together. This will be extremely painful, but only for a few seconds. Next, just release your hands, and then replace them in same positions. Now, again push your hands together, this time it won't hurt nearly as much. You are now assisting any last fibers to finish their contraction. Take a few breathes, get back your oxygen that was lost while you were breathing heavily during pain.

Now you can safely stretch muscle. Begin by rubbing muscle with arnica gel and then squeezing your calf, like you were squeezing bread dough. I always recommend to my athletes that they have a tube of arnica gel in their pouches. Arnica gel can be bought in any good health food store, and is a homeopathic remedy for bruised muscles. It is amazing how quickly arnica gel will help muscle heal.

After you have put on arnica gel, and quickly squeezed muscle (which brings blood into area and also helps to heal muscle), go into gastroc and soleus stretches. I've had runners tell me that since they have begun using arnica gel during, and after, race that they have a much faster healing process than ever before.

A muscle cramp, which is a severe spasm, can certainly stop you in your tracks, and not treating it properly at time will mean you will limp for remainder of race, not only having a negative impact on your time, but on your muscles health. The few minutes you will lose in your training time, or in race, to do these treatments will be rewarded by minimal damage that has been done to muscle fibers.