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False.
Catches win matches.
False. Dropped catches lose matches.
Colin Bland>Bradman
Victor Trumper > Colin Bland + Don Bradman
Wouldnt Jonty Rhodes be a better pick than Bland, given he is best known for his fielding?
Bradman never had to compete against the mighty NZ Black Caps either as they didn't start playing tests against Australia until the early 1970s.
Of his 52 tests, 37 of them were against England, 5 were against South Africa, 5 were against the West Indies and 5 were against India and those sides weren't as strong as they were in subsequent decades.
Bradman never had to face a West Indies bowling line up containing the likes of Roberts, Holding, Marshall, Garner, Ambrose and Walsh and he never had to face a Pakistan bowling line up of Wasim Akram, Wagar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar.
Bradman was really just a downhill skier who was fortunate to play in an era with very little strong opposition.
Bradman had to play on s**t pitches with crappy protective gear against bowlers who were quite happy to try and kill the batsmen. You make a better argument in any of your umpiring threads.