Donald Bradman

THE BAT USED BY THE LEGENDARY DONALD BRADMAN in the 1934 Ashes series, with which he scored two triple-centuries, is up for auction.

Bradman had also used the bat to score his highest ever Test partnership of 451 runs with opening batter Bill Ponsford, PTI notes.

The bat has been on display at the Bradman Museum in Bowral in the NSW Southern Highlands since 1999, on loan from a private owner.

The William Sykes and Son bat was used in all the five Test matches of the Ashes in England where Bradman amassed a total of 758 runs.

Dec 22, 2020 18:12
SYDNEY: An Australian businessman has purchased the baggy green cap that the late Australian all-time cricketing great Donald Bradman wore on his Test debut against England in 1928 for A$450,000 ($340,000) at auction, the second-highest price paid for a piece of cricket memorabilia.
Dec 08, 2020 11:12
THE 'BAGGY GREEN' CAP THAT the late Australian all-time cricketing great Donald Bradman wore on his his Test debut against England in 1928 is being put up for auction on Thursday, December 10. In its description of the cap, Pickles Auctions stated: "Sir Donald Bradman was presented with his first Baggy Green In November 1928 for his first Test "Debut" against England, In Brisbane, QLD.