Australian cricket team in Australia in 1946–47 in his final Test innings when he was 4 runs short of a batting average of 100.00, he had to settle for 99.94. "Don Bradman went into a huddle and refused to male any statement concerning his cricket future; it was not until this sagacious colossus had obtained first-hand reports from Perth, and had sampled the bowling at Adelaide and Melbourne then he told the Board of Control he would be available for the opening Test...Bradman is justifiably proud of his marvellous record, and one suggestion is that only consented to play because of his supreme confidence of being able
Donald Weekes Donald Weekes Donald James Weekes (born 8 May 1930) is a former English cricketer. Weekes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Horsham, Sussex. Weekes made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in 1952. In a drawn match, he bowled a total of fourteen wicketless overs, while in his only batting innings he was dismissed for a duck by Henry Joynt. This was his only major appearance for Sussex. His uncle is the West Indian Test cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, while his father-in-law, Leonard Bates, played first-class cricket