Here, some of the game's other great characters add their tribute to the contribution Bradman made.

"Nobody will ever emulate the feats of the Don again. He would have been supreme in any era and had he played in the modern game, would no doubt have topped the lists of all batting achievements, plus he would have had the added challenge of one-day cricket.

I still have his book, The Art of Cricket, on my bookshelf - it remains a fine text book for anyone to read even now.

Sir Don is the greatest batsman of all time, and certainly his record goes to prove it.

He has one of the most outstanding cricket minds that I have ever come across.
Sir Colin Cowdrey, England Test cricketer 1954-74

I've known Sir Don for more than 50 years now, and you really can't fault him both as a cricketer and a friend.

I will always admire his ability, concentration, tremendous determination and his one belief that the batsman should go to the wicket to score runs.
Sir Alec Bedser, England Test cricketer 1946-55

To my mind, he was the greatest acquirer of runs the world has ever seen, or is likely to see.

I bowled against him on three occasions, and each time he scored over a 100, which made me thankful that I never had to bowl at him in his prime. A batting genius.
Trevor Bailey, writer and England Test cricketer 1949-59

He is probably the most important Australian of all time.
Richie Benaud, former Australian Test cricketer and commentator

I've spoken to the greatest of batsmen on the telephone on the eve of his birthday, and found him his usual spry, clear-headed self, though worried by a mountain of mail.
E.W Swanton, journalist and author

He was very quick on his feet, he had very good judgement of the length of the ball and his concentration as magnificent.

Out there in the middle, when he'd been there a little while, I'd say to him "how's your wife?" and he'd say, "I'll tell you after I've finished batting". You couldn't get the concentration out of him.

His greatest strength was that every time he went to the wicket, he would score a 100. You don't want much more strength than that.

Don't forget he scored 300 in a day off Harold Larwood. Not a bad performance.
Godfrey Evans, England Test cricketer 1946-59

Don Bradman is simply the greatest batsman the world has seen. With an approach which eliminated risk as much as possible, he still scored his runs at a prodigious rate.
Peter Baxter, producer, BBC Radio's Test Match Special

Growing up and playing cricket in Australia, everyone wanted to be the next Donald Bradman. The question was always: "Who's going to be the next Bradman?"

But there will only ever be one.
Stuart Law, Australian Test cricketer

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