The Don's war

By Malcolm Knox
September 23 2012 - 3:00am
Master blaster: Don Bradman lets fly during the 1948 tour by the 'invincibles'.
Master blaster: Don Bradman lets fly during the 1948 tour by the 'invincibles'.

DURING the 1948 ''Invincibles'' tour, Don Bradman had a running battle with his star all-rounder, Keith Miller. Twice during the Test series, when Bradman threw Miller the ball to bowl, Miller threw it back, refusing. In the dressing room at Lord's, the bickering went on, and Jack Fingleton, covering the tour, was told that Bradman ''grumbled apropos of Miller not bowling''.

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