Dravid also became the first non-Australian to perform the prestigious Bradman Oration on the state of the game in December 2011 -- named after the late Don Bradman, widely regarded as the best batsman of all time.
Langer broke Sir Don Bradman's record as he took his overnight 89 to 107 before falling to Matt Mason.
He joins the great Sir Don Bradman with 29 Test tons, while Sachin Tendulkar has the record on 37.
Only Sri Lanka's slow over-rate stopped him having a stab at Don Bradman's record haul in a day's play, 309.
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Langer was six runs short of beating Sir Don Bradman's record of first-class runs scored by an Australian at stumps.
Tendulkar was regarded by the late Sir Don Bradman as the one batsman of the modern era who most reminded him of himself.
Sir Don Bradman made centuries in six consecutive Tests in 1937-38.
Between that time and the Second World War there were a number of cricketing highlights, including a 1932 tour by an Australia squad including Don Bradman.
Cook's 235 not out was the sixth best Ashes score by an Englishman and he also surpassed Sir Don Bradman for the highest Test score at the Gabba.
India's top batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, is considered by no less a judge than the greatest of all batsmen, Sir Don Bradman, to be in the same class as himself.
They made enough money to buy a farm where the young Ali developed an appetite for cricket, reading all he could about Don Bradman and other heroes of the era.
Tamim looked as though he was going to score a Test century before the lunch interval, becoming only the fifth batsman to do so, after Australians Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney and Don Bradman, and Pakistan's Majid Khan.
Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that consumption had fallen from 4.62 litres to 4.56 litres of pure alcohol per capita per year, the lowest result since 1947-48, the year of Don Bradman's last test.
Only 16 more runs from the start of play would have taken him ahead of two-time triple centurions Don Bradman of Australia and West Indian Brian Lara and made him the first player to score three triple hundreds in Tests.
Ganguly can at least console himself with the thought that he, like Sir Don Bradman, scored a duck in his final Test, and after 188 innings his final average was an impressive 42, although Bradman's, of course, was a remarkable 99.4.
"His contribution to the international game has been immense and quite rightly he will be remembered as one of the true legends of the sport, " Richardson said of Ponting, who ranks behind only Don Bradman in Australia's list of batting greats and is the only player to have won the ICC's cricketer of the year award twice in a row.
Don't disrespect the fan, Rahul Dravid eloquently said at last year's Bradman Oration, and to expect fans to flock to cheer non-performing cricketers at the highest level is a bit fey.
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