10 Cricketers who played other sport

7. Sir Don Bradman- Squash and Golf

The number 99.94, relates to only one man – The greatest. The best. The Don.  Nobody is anywhere near to Sir Donald Bradman’s cosmic career average of a 99.94 and the next best is Steve Smith with an average of almost 65. In those days the frequency of cricket matches played was much less than today. Bradman made sure the fans count every moment of his career. He notched up 29 centuries which included 12 double centuries and 2 triple tons in 52 Test matches.

The paramount cricketer also found comforts in different sports. After moving to Adelaide in 1934, Bradman was engaged in Squash which was the flavour in the city. The don of cricket became South Australian state champion squash player in 1939. Besides that, he also played Billiards and Golf. In golf, he won the Mount Osmond Golf Club Championship in 1935 and 1949. He kept playing the sport until his late 80s.

In the 1930 Ashes in England, Bradman broke all hell. He scored a mammoth 974 runs in 7 innings of 5 matches; a record which hasn’t been broken till date. In his last innings, Bradman required 4 runs to maintain an average of 100 but was dismissed for a duck on his second ball. Bradman’s name has been etched on stamps, coins, roads, ICC Hall of Fame, a Bradman museum, besides the cricket’s folklore.