Tell him to make a 100 for me: Neil Harvey

Australian legend who played in Don Bradman’s final Test is sorry to see Sachin retire

MUMBAI: Neil Harvey was among the eleven who played in Don Bradman’s farewell Test. For him, after Bradman there has been only one name — Sachin Tendulkar. Now 85, and one of only two surviving members from that 1948 historic game, he is keenly following the activity around the Mumbai maestro’s swansong series.

Both captured the imagination of their respective generations like no one else. Bradman’s farewell game had the undivided attention of the entire cricket world; Tendulkar’s final hurrah starting in the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday is commanding similar hysteria.

“Tendulkar has been the best player I have seen since Bradman; he’s been a top class player for a lot and lot of years. It’s sorry to see a great player retire, but it is going to come sooner or later, now it has come for him.”

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