Ashes Flashback- End of a Legend
Posted in: Cricket NostalgiaYear- 1948
Tour- Australia in England post World War II
Led by- 39-year-old Donald Bradman
Test- 5th Test at The Oval
Status- Last innings & appearance for Australia, needs to score only 4 runs to maintain a career batting average of 100
Bowler- Eric Hollies bowls ‘The Don’ with his second ball for a duck with a ‘googly’
Result- Bradman denied those 4 runs and sends him into retirement with a career average of 99.94.