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Worcestershire v Somerset, County Championship

Langer breaks Bradman runs record

Jul 23, 2009: Justin Langer has surpassed the legendary Sir Don Bradman and become Australia's leading run-scorer in first-class cricket

The XI

Australia's finest

Jul 20, 2009: Three legends from the 2000s feature in the jury's XI, which has a mostly even spread across the decades of Australian cricket

1959

Hanif betters Bradman

Jan 10, 2009: When the Little Master went past The Don's record for the highest first-class score

Australia news

Bradman's cap sold to undisclosed buyer

Dec 16, 2008: The baggy green cap worn by Sir Donald Bradman during the 1948 Invincibles Tour has been sold to an undisclosed buyer for between $A400,000 and $A420,000

Sir Donald Bradman: A Biography

The first word

Nov 24, 2008: Rosenwater's books lacks Bradman's input - maybe that's why it's the best of the biographies of the great man

Bradman in Wisden

Slowly fades the Don

Nov 9, 2008: A century after his birth the debate about Bradman and Australian identity rumbles on

Auction news

Bradman's first Test bat stays in Australia

Sep 24, 2008: The bat used by Sir Donald Bradman in his first Test match will stay in Australia after being bought by an Australian bidder for A$145,000 at an auction in Melbourne

A quiet goodbye

Sep 21, 2008: Perhaps Bradman's farewell was all the more memorable for being unspectacular

The Bradman centenary

'Bradman remains unassailable'

Aug 27, 2008: Ricky Ponting has rated the achievements of Don Bradman above those of the Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz and sprinter Usain Bolt

Men behaving badly

Aug 27, 2008: The standards of player conduct have slipped in the county game, and umpires and captains are content to turn a blind eye

Forever superstar

Aug 27, 2008: Modern fame is perishable; Bradman's wasn't. And his feats are just about half of what his legend survives on

Centenary of The Don's birth offers another occasion for respect

Family in awe of modern love for Bradman

Aug 26, 2008: The son of Don Bradman says he continues to be "astounded" by the amount of affection directed towards his late father

Custodian in chief

Aug 26, 2008: Bradman's image may be that of a stodgy, almost puritanical man, but his grand love and care for the game's well-being were undeniable and would be useful now

The Don and I

Aug 25, 2008: Bradman was supposed to be cold and aloof, but that's not how he came across to a pilgrim from India 15 years ago

Memories of a mentor and a mate

Aug 24, 2008: The Invincible Sam Loxton talks to Peter English a few days ahead of Don Bradman's centenary and tells him about the childhood hero who became his captain and great friend

Australian cricket

Bradman's 'official' letters discovered

Aug 17, 2008: Private letters written by Don Bradman, mostly to former Australian board chairman Bob Parish, on a variety of subjects have been discovered by Cricket Australia just days before his birth centenary

1948

God's own blob

Aug 16, 2008: The story of the most famous duck in the game

Target acquired

Aug 7, 2008: Eleven impressive efforts that have helped a team home

The Wisden Cricketer - May 2008

From Grace to Hick

Aug 2, 2008: How the other 24 beat Mark Ramprakash to the landmark

Alec Bedser at 90

The endurance of the 'Big Fella'

Jul 4, 2008: He was England's inexhaustible colossus in the lean post-war years - both wicket-taker and stock bowler. A salute to Alec Bedser on his 90th birthday