Empire of Cricket S01E03 - Australia

From Don Bradman and Richie Benaud to Steve Waugh and Shane Warne, this programme finds out how Australia defined itself through cricketing success and went on to become the best team in the world today.

Australia's emergence as a proud, independent nation is mirrored in the rise of its cricket team. The country's first settlers turned the sport of the privileged English elite into a game for all. By the 1930s Australia had its first real hero - record-breaking batsman Don Bradman.