▁expect ations , ▁their ▁young ▁b ats men , ▁Brad man ▁and ▁Jackson , ▁needed ▁to ▁prosper . ▁With ▁his ▁elegant ▁batt ing ▁technique , ▁Jackson ▁appeared ▁the ▁br ighter ▁prospect ▁of ▁the ▁pair . ▁However , ▁Brad man ▁began ▁the ▁tour ▁with ▁ 2 3 6 ▁at ▁Wor c ester ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁score ▁ 1 , 0 0 0   first - class ▁runs ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁May , ▁the ▁fifth ▁player ▁( and ▁first ▁Australian ) ▁to ▁achieve ▁this ▁rare ▁fe at . ▁In ▁his ▁first ▁Test ▁appearance ▁in ▁England , ▁Brad man ▁hit ▁ 1 3 1 ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁inn ings ▁but ▁England ▁won ▁the ▁match . ▁His ▁batt ing ▁reached ▁a ▁new ▁level ▁in ▁the ▁Second ▁Test ▁at ▁Lord ' s ▁where ▁he ▁scored ▁ 2 5 4 ▁as ▁Australia ▁won ▁and ▁level led ▁the ▁series . ▁Later ▁in ▁life , ▁Brad man ▁r ated ▁this ▁the ▁best ▁inn ings ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁as , ▁" p ract ically ▁without ▁exception ▁every ▁ball ▁went ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁go ". ▁Wis den ▁noted ▁his ▁fast ▁foot work ▁and ▁how ▁he ▁hit ▁the ▁ball ▁" all ▁round ▁the ▁w icket ▁with ▁power ▁and ▁accuracy ", ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁fault less ▁concentration ▁in ▁keeping ▁the ▁ball ▁on ▁the ▁ground . ▁ ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁runs ▁scored , ▁this ▁performance ▁was ▁soon ▁sur pass ed . ▁In ▁the ▁Third ▁Test , ▁at ▁He ading ley , ▁Brad man ▁scored ▁a ▁century ▁before ▁l unch ▁on ▁ 1