Don Bradman 1948 team. For Bradman, it was the most personally fulfilling period of his playing days, as the divisiveness of the 1930s had passed. He wrote: With Bradman now retired from professional cricket, RC Robertson-Glasgow wrote of the English reaction "... a miracle has been removed from among us. So must ancient Italy have felt when she heard of the death of Hannibal". Bradman still holds the following significant records for Test match cricket: Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 has become one of cricket's most famous, iconic statistics. No other player who has played more than 20 Test match innings
Batting (cricket) team principally because of their batting skill is referred to as a specialist batsman, or simply "batsman", regardless of whether they are currently batting. (A specialist bowler, on the other hand, would be referred to as a "batsman" only while actually engaged in batting.) In women's cricket, the term "bats woman" is sometimes encountered, as is "batter", but 'batsman' is widely used in both men's and women's cricket. The batsman's act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke. Over time a standard batting technique has been developed which is used by most batsmen. Technique refers to the