Sporting Links Forthcoming Book on Don Bradman to Commemorate His Birth Centenary
Summary
The book entitled Dons century, being published by Sporting Links, is not only a celebration of the life and magic of the willow of the greatest there has ever been, but also of the art of batting and indeed the game of cricket.The main segment brings forth Bradmans days at the crease from Bowral to Sydney, on to Lords and Leeds, back to Adelaide, and finishing at The Oval sixty years ago.The book carries a handwritten letter from The Don received by the author Indra Vikram Singh in 1999, along with an article based on it that he wrote at the time of Bradmans demise in 2001.The book by Indra Vikram Singh, the only Indian biographer of Bradman, is not only a celebration of the life and magic of the willow of The Don, but also of the art of batting and indeed the game of cricket.The 11-chapter book, interspersed with stories and comments from pressmen and cricketers alike, and painstakingly researched from scores of old publications has three sections.The main segment brings forth Bradmans days at the crease from Bowral to Sydney, on to Lords and Leeds, back to Adelaide, and finishing at The Oval sixty years ago.The text is supplemented by twenty scorecards detailing Bradman’s finest achievements in the first-class and Test arenas.A large chapter in the middle is a panorama of batting encompassing thirty-four of the best players, for no story of Sir Donald Bradman can be complete without a review of other giants of the crease.