Is Don Bradman completely overrated?

Don Bradman has to be the most overrated sportsmen ever. He played in an era of flat bowling or bowling without a swing, seam, spin. Don scored most of his runs against bumbling, clumsy, inept, limited, unfit, sometimes ageing upper class twits with speed on a par with today's club cricketers. There was no Marshall, Ambrose or Walsh. read more

Statistically, Don Bradman is a genius. It is not fair to compare any other player with him. But on the other hand, if you say Sachin is better player than Don, I will not argue with you, because I can't be sure. read more

His average has never sat well with me, mainly because averages withstand the test of time. They are numbers, numbers can be compared without context. 99.94 is nearly double 52.89, hence Bradman was 47.05 runs per dismissal better than Brian Lara. read more

I'm going to answer this completely in light of your answer here. While the bowlers of Bradman's era might not have had the skills or pace of today's bowlers, you must realise that the pitches and conditions weren't as batsman-friendly either. read more

Wow what an interesting question, it's not as if it hasn't been asked before but you took it to another level, bravo!! Sir. I agree with you 100% I feel that Don Bradman is "completely overrated" I always have. read more