Don Bradman, widely considered one of the greatest sportsmen of all time, has been receiving tributes today on what would have been his 110th birthday.

Leading figures of the cricket world offered their memories of the man known as The Don, an Australian team captain who set many records in a glittering career from 1928 to 1948.

Bradman, a batsman, is best known for setting a career Test batting average of 99.94 - a feat which most pundits think unlikely to be bested.

Sachin Tendulkar, the former Indian captain and another regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, tweeted on Monday to recall his “special memory” of meeting The Don.

“It’s been 20 years since I met the inspirational Sir #DonBradman but that special memory is so vivid,” he said. “I still recall his amazing wit, warmth, and wisdom. Remembering him fondly today, on what would have been his 110th birthday.”

The ICC, cricket’s governing body, said that “on this day in 1908, a legend was born”. “52 Tests, 6,996 runs, 29 centuries, 13 fifties, a high score of 334. An unmatched average of 99.94. The one and only, Sir Don Bradman.”

Bradman was born in Cootamundra in 1908, before his family moved to Bowral, New South Wales, some two hours by train outside of Sydney. His father was a carpenter who built a simple house across the round from the cricket ground.

It was here that his legend began, as a boy who arose from playing cricket in “the bush” to making his Test debut by the age of 19. On a subsequent visit home to Bowral, Bradman himself told the story of how he honed his hand-eye coordination by hitting a golf ball with a stump against a water tank for hours on end.

Not just a solo star, Bradman also led an Australia team that became known as “The Invincibles”, after they went undefeated as visitors in a 4-0 series win in England in the 1948 Ashes, the first time such a feat had ever been achieved.

Bradman died in 2001, aged 92. Earlier that same year he was named by Australia’s prime minister John Howard as the “greatest living Australian”, and in 2009 he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Great Sporting Moments: Cricket Show all 10 1 /10 Great Sporting Moments: Cricket Great Sporting Moments: Cricket GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 1.Bradman's final duck, The Oval, 14 August 1948

Cheered to the crease by fans and players for his final Test innings, Donald Bradman needed only four more runs for an average of 100. Facing leg-spinner Eric Hollies, Bradman blocked his first ball but was bowled by his second; one of only 44 Test wickets in Hollies's career. Bradman slowly returned to the pavilion - still the greatest, but bowing out on an almost tragic note. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 2. Jim Laker takes 19 wickets in one test, Old Trafford, 31 July 1956

Another shot at statistical perfection that fell just short. After England had scored 459, Laker took 9-37 as the Australians were bowled out for 84; then, as the tourists followed on, Laker outdid himself, taking 10-53 on a dramatic final evening. England won by an innings and 170 runs, while Laker's off-breaks had earned him the miraculous match figures of 19-90. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 3. Viv Richards mauls England, The Oval, 13 August, 1976

Before the series, England captain Tony Greig spoke of his intention to make the West Indies 'grovel'. But it was the hosts who were humiliated by the touring side. Viv Richards hit 232 in the drawn first Test, while the West Indies won the third and fourth to take the series. But at the Oval Richards hit an unforgettable 291, having been 200 not out at stumps on day one. He scored 38 fours, induced several pitch invasions, and looked well set to break Gary Sobers's Test record of 365 before he was bowled by Greig. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 4. Shane Warne's 'Ball of the century', Old Trafford, 4 June, 1993

Few people in England knew anything about Shane Warne when he came in to begin his first over on the second day of the First Test in the 1993 Ashes series. His first ball drifted well outside Mike Gatting's leg stump, then turned so sharply that it missed both bat and pad to clip the bail on the off side. Gatting took some time to walk, being unable to believe his eyes. A star had been born, and a renaissance in spin bowling had been set in motion. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 5. Brian Lara scores 400 not out, Antigua, 12 April, 2004

Having allowed Matthew Hayden to hold the Test score record for six months, Brian Lara seized it back with a monumental innings at Antigua Recreation Ground in St. John's. It was in the same stadium that he had claimed the record in 10 years earlier (with an innnings of 375) and against the same opponents - England. Meanwhile, his wider first class record - 501 not out - remained intact. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 6. England win the second Ashes test , Edgbaston, 7 august, 2005

A Test match of unparalleled tension, culminating in an impossibly dramatic finale. When Brett Lee hit Steve Harmison through the offside two balls before the tenth wicket fell he almost won the Test for the Australians. At two-nil down England would have needed three straight wins to regain the Ashes. But the ball was cut off, Lee took only a single and Kasprowicz was left on strike, needing three runs. He gloved Harmison to Jones, and England were level. Amid the celebrations, Andrew Flintoff found the time to console brett Lee GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 7. Colin Cowdrey saves England with a broken arm, Lord's, 25 June, 1963

In a tightly contested Lord's test, England began the final over with numbers 10 and 11 at the crease. Then Len Shackleton was run out, with two balls remaining. Out came Cowdrey, who had retired hurt earlier after having his arm broken by a ball from Wes Hall - and the draw was saved. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 8. Sobers hits six sixes in an over swansea, 31 August, 1968

The bowler was Glamorgan's Malcolm Nash. The batsman was Nottinghamshire's Gary Sobers, arguably the greatest all-rounder of all time. Sobers hit the first five balls of Nash's over for clean sixes; the sixth was caught on the boundary but carried over - making the first class game's first ever perfect 36. GETTY IMAGES Great Sporting Moments: Cricket 9. Mike Atherton v Allan Donald, Trent Bridge, 26 July, 1998

With the Fourth Test of South Africa's 1998 tour closely balanced, Donald, one of the great fast bowlers, unleashed a spell of terrifying ferocity. Atherton, struggling to see the ball in the final session of play, was none the less immovable - even when Donald thought he had edged a catch behind. Donald responded with a combination of four-letter abuse and terrifying bouncers, but Atherton survived until the close, and by the time Donald had him caught at square leg the next morning, the moment had been lost. England won by eight wickets. GETTY IMAGES

According to a number of biographers, Bradman’s famous name should actually never have been Donald George Bradman - but Donald George Bradnam.

It may sound odd now that he has become such an icon, but Charles Williams’ Bradman details how the cricket star’s great-grandparents were registered as having the names John and Lucy (née Rawlinson) Bradnam.

Their son Charles, however, was given the surname Bradman in birth records, however. Williams explains that this was likely a simple clerical error - “most of the villagers were illiterate and even the church authorities made muddles from time to time”.