Don Bradman Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport. The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore. Bradman's meteoric rise from bush cricket to the Australian Test team took just over two years. Before his 22nd birthday, he had set many
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