Cricket’s Most Famous Duck [August 14, 1948]: Donald Bradman needed just four runs in his final Test innings to finish with a batting average of exactly a hundred. He walked out to bat at the Oval to one of the loudest receptions in cricket history. England captain Norman Yardley gathered his team around the great man and gave him three cheers.
Facing leg-spinner Eric Hollies, Bradman defended the first ball off his backfoot. The ball stayed low. Next ball, Bradman got forward but was bowled off an inside edge. Some say his sight was affected by the tears from the emotionally-charged occasion.
Bradman denied this. Saying this belittles the bowler’s effort, he said. Bradman finished with an average of 99.94, and this remains the most famous duck in cricket history.
Facing leg-spinner Eric Hollies, Bradman defended the first ball off his backfoot. The ball stayed low. Next ball, Bradman got forward but was bowled off an inside edge. Some say his sight was affected by the tears from the emotionally-charged occasion.
Bradman denied this. Saying this belittles the bowler’s effort, he said. Bradman finished with an average of 99.94, and this remains the most famous duck in cricket history.
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