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How do you measure greatness anyway? We invited our writers to rank their top 10 greatest athletes of all time, then compiled a top 50 based on their votes.

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GOAT vote: Sir Donald Bradman

Others were Bradmanesque, but they weren’t Bradman

Who is the greatest of them all, and how do you measure greatness anyway? Greg Baum kicks off our series on the sporting GOATs, before we reveal our top 50.

  • Greg Baum
Sam Konstas had a debut for the ages on day one of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

Konstas dazzled on debut, but patience essential for such a young star

Not all of the 19-year-old’s innings will be as exciting, or productive, as on day one of the MCG Test, but selectors need to give him time to flourish.

  • The Herald's View
Sir Donald Bradman wrote letters late in life almost as prolifically as he’d made runs in his younger years.

Bradman letters revealed: What Don really thought about Packer, Warne, the Queen and fame

A trove of personal letters have been unearthed that reveal Sir Donald Bradman’s private views on a wide range of issues and people, from cricketers to monarchs and prime ministers.

  • Daniel Brettig
Pat Cummins’ team has a mountainous task to get back into the series.

Our Test team is under pressure. We must beware the Australian cricket zombie

In times of stress, the cricket public’s desire for some “mongrel” in the Australian team rises from the dead. And after the meek surrender in the first Test, the side is particularly vulnerable.

  • Malcolm Knox
Hazare with fans in Britain in 1952.

He was the so-called ‘Bradman of India’. When he arrived in Australia, he had another worry

Twin hundreds in a Test match is rare. Donald Bradman was the 13th cricketer to achieve it. The 14th provided a glimmer of the future.

  • Gideon Haigh
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I talked batting with Bradman in 2000. What he told me explains Test cricket’s decline today

As Test cricket braces against dwindling attendance and competing formats, a return to its technical roots might be its lifeline.

  • Greg Chappell
Steve Smith ducks a bouncer in the SCG Test.

Like Bradman, Smith seeks a way out of bouncer barrage

A yearning for “normal cricket” has compelled Steve Smith to open the batting for Australia, as he seeks a way out of the cycle of short balls, negative tactics and slow scoring.

  • Daniel Brettig
Great moments in Sydney sport from Johnson v Burns to the Williams sisters.

The Magic Ticket part two: A free pass to the best moments in Sydney sporting history

Willy Wonka gave out Golden Tickets, but we’ve handed out Magic Tickets to give our journalists the Christmas gift of a free pass to any sporting event ever held in Sydney.

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Cricket’s radio daze: When leather hitting willow was a pencil striking a desk

In the 1930s, “synthetic” cricket broadcasts brought the excitement of Ashes Tests in England into Australian homes for the first time.

  • Jonathan Drennan

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