2. Bradman the wicket keeper

Bradman’s average without Jardine’s Bodyline series would be well over 100, in fact, it would be 104.76 instead of 99.94. aranyakas2

On the third night, Sadhu seemed to pluck out strings of numbers from thin air. But I trusted his memory. He narrated:

He was a talented athlete and a musician, no doubt. Some wrote about his fielding prowess, and others about Bradman as a bowler. However, if you go a layer deeper you would have heard about him as a wicketkeeper.

In Janaury 1938 he kept wickets after a Charlie Walker was injured for Australia. Bradman would stump O’Reilly in the first innings and take three catches in the second innings, a match which New South Wales would go on to win.

I am not making this up. Said the sadhu. You can check the fact. As for fabrication of cricket, I will keep you guessing till tomorrow!

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