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THE
DON - NEVER WORE A HELMET IN HIS CAREER. BY THE WAY,
DON'T PEOPLE IN THE PAST LOOK REALLY OLD? |
It's a question that
comes up all too frequently, usually during breaks on
Test Match Special or its TV counterpart. More often or
not, it is asked of some old, revered crinkly who'd have
us all flogged. It is of course, "HOW WOULD THE DON
DO IN THE PRESENT DAY?.
The Don, of course, is
that most famous of all Australians (I prefer Rolf
Harris, myself), Sir Donald Bradman, perhaps the
greatest cricketer to have lived. His exploits with the
bat are legendary and as his many interviews have
revealed, he was the most anal of men, knowing down to
the last decimal point, every stat applicable to Him.
I never had the honour to
meet him in person but, had I done so, I think I would
have slapped him about the head and advised him to get a
life. A "Go and bother somebody else with your
batting stats, you boring tit!" might also have
been forthcoming and entirely justified.
So, just how would The
Don have fared against the likes of Courtney Walsh or
Steve Harmison? Well, first of all, he would be have
been very very old and probably half blind. Secondly, he
never wore a helmet in his entire career, so he would
almost certainly be killed. And finally, his bat was
made of balsa wood, not like the railway sleepers they
use today.
Now shut the f**k up and
quit living in the past!
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