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It’s almost impossible to compare players between two eras separated by six decades, let alone when one is a batsman and the other a bowler.

But Muttiah Muralitharan managed to do something the great Donald Bradman couldn’t: sign off on a magical number.

Bradman missed his 100, Murali snared his 800th. 1661 Test matches have passed since Bradman walked back to the old pavilion at The Oval with a duck against his name on the scoreboard. A fortnight short of his 40th birthday, Bradman had announced that the fifth and final match against England, would be his last in Test cricket.

With the next Test series on the calendar (against South Africa) a good sixteen months away and with age catching up quickly, Bradman took guard to face the wrist spin of Eric Hollies on a healthy average of 101.39.

Things always seem easier in retrospect, but all Bradman had to do was score four runs to retire with an average of 100 in Test cricket. And, as the fable goes, he was bowled second ball for as many runs short.
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