A cap worn by Australia's greatest batsman Don Bradman will be auctioned in Sydney on Tuesday, with the tattered "baggy green" expected to fetch as much as US$260,000.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bradman donned the woollen cap during India's 1947-48 tour of Australia, which marked the touring side's first Tests on foreign soil after gaining independence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Auction house Bonhams said it was "the only known baggy green" worn by Bradman during one of his most prolific series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bradman scored 715 runs in six innings against the tourists at an average of 178.75, with three centuries and a double-hundred.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia's Test cricketers are awarded the dark green caps, which are revered by players and fans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite considerable fading, signs of insect damage and a torn peak, Bonhams expect the cap to fetch between US$195,000 and US$260,000.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bradman retired with an all-time high Test batting average of 99.94, and has been described by cricket authority Wisden as the greatest to "have ever graced the gentleman's game".<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A different "baggy green" worn by Bradman during his Test debut in 1928 fetched US$290,000 in 2020 -- a then-record for one of the cricket legend's caps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But that was far less than the US$650,000 paid for spin legend Shane Warne's baggy green when he put it up for sale to help Australian bushfire victims earlier that year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n