The Beginning of Bodyline or Fast Leg Theory Bowling
Sir Don Bradman, the name of a legend in cricket; if you know cricket, then you also know Sir Bradman. The respect of one's love for cricket cannot be measured with any ton, bat or ball. A lot of cricket history has been created around him or through him. Bodyline system was born just like that. The English used this technique to stop Don Bradman.
The year was 1930, Ashes series in England. At the end of the series, Sir Don Bradman had scored 974 runs on an average of 139.14 alone, which is still a record! And alone, by destroying the English dream, Australia won the series 2-1. During the Ashes of 1932-33, the English very well understood that if Bradman could not be stopped, this series would drift out of hand.
England’s captain Douglas Jardine found a weakness in Sir Don Bradman’s...