Q 01/05

Which modern batsman did Bradman say batted most like he himself had?

A) Brian Lara

B) Sachin Tendulkar

C) Steve Waugh

D) Ricky Ponting

Answer · why

B) Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar: struck by his compact technique, Bradman asked his wife to take a look and she agreed they batted alike; on his 90th birthday he had...

Q 02/05

How many runs did Bradman need in his final Test innings to finish with an average of exactly 100?

A) One

B) Four

C) Ten

D) Fifty

Answer · why

B) Four

Four: he made a duck instead and finished on 99.94, and because England then lost by an innings he never got a second chance to bat.

Q 03/05

Which England bowler dismissed Bradman for a duck in his final Test innings, at The Oval in 1948?

A) Alec Bedser

B) Jim Laker

C) Eric Hollies

D) Norman Yardley

Answer · why

C) Eric Hollies

Eric Hollies bowled him second ball with a googly, moments after the crowd had stood to applaud him all the way to the crease and England's players ha...

Q 04/05

Bradman is known as the Boy from Bowral, but in which New South Wales town was he actually born?

A) Wagga Wagga

B) Goulburn

C) Mittagong

D) Cootamundra

Answer · why

D) Cootamundra

Cootamundra: his family left the district for Bowral when he was two, so the town where he learned the game, not the one where he was born, gave him h...

Q 05/05

What did the young Bradman practise with against a water tank?

A) A golf ball and a cricket stump

B) A rubber ball and a broomstick

C) A cork ball and a plank

D) A cricket ball and a paling

Answer · why

A) A golf ball and a cricket stump

A golf ball and a cricket stump: the ball flew back off the tank's brick stand fast and at odd angles, and hitting it with so thin a bat is credited w...