The Sportstar's tribute to the Don

CHENNAI, MAR. 3. In a timely tribute to the incomparable life and career of the world's greatest cricketer - Sir Don Bradman, who passed away recently - The Sportstar,a sister publication of The Hindu,has devoted the best part of two forthcoming issues, dated March 10 and 17, to the life and times of Bradman the cricketer.

In the issue dated March 10, featuring Bradman on the cover, the special section on the greatest batsman the game has seen will run to 35 pages. Apart from specially commissioned articles authored by Australian and English cricket writers, the special section will carry tributes to the great man from around the cricket playing world.

This apart, the special issue will also feature a chapter from Jack Fingleton's celebrated book, ``Brightly fades the Don.''

As a follow up to the March 10 issue, The Sportstardated March 17 will provide a comprehensive statistical feature on the career of a man whose magic numbers - in terms of several batting records - may never be matched. This issue will also carry several articles with rare photographs apart from excerpts from a television interview given by Sir Don a few years before his death.

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