ji ▁batt ed ▁c aut iously ▁in ▁each ▁match , ▁possibly ▁attempting ▁to ▁em ulate ▁the ▁Australian ▁approach ▁of ▁accum ulating ▁runs ▁carefully . ▁The ▁only ▁Test ▁in ▁which ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁failed ▁to ▁reach ▁fifty ▁was ▁the ▁fifth , ▁when ▁England ▁were ▁defeated ▁for ▁the ▁fourth ▁time ▁in ▁succession . ▁Even ▁so , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 4 5 7 ▁runs ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 5 0 . 7 7 ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁tour ▁was ▁controvers ial ▁in ▁one ▁aspect ▁only : ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁articles ▁he ▁wrote ▁for ▁an ▁Australian ▁magazine . ▁Although ▁highly ▁self - crit ical ▁in ▁the ▁articles , ▁he ▁critic ised , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁the ▁behaviour ▁of ▁the ▁crow ds , ▁ ▁the ▁ref us al ▁of ▁Australian ▁critics ▁to ▁accept ▁that ▁England ▁had ▁to ▁bat ▁in ▁poor ▁conditions ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁Test , ▁and ▁some ▁oppos ing ▁players . ▁He ▁also ▁supported ▁the ▁decision ▁of ▁an ▁u mp ire ▁to ▁no - ball ▁some ▁deliver ies ▁from ▁Er nie ▁Jones , ▁in ▁a ▁match ▁against ▁St od dart ' s ▁team , ▁for ▁il leg ally ▁ ▁throwing ▁the ▁ball ▁rather ▁than ▁bow ling ▁it . ▁He ▁was ▁generally ▁very ▁popular ▁in ▁Australia ▁with ▁crow ds , ▁the ▁general ▁public ▁and ▁influ ential ▁figures ▁in ▁society , ▁although ▁following ▁these ▁comments , ▁the ▁crow ds ▁at ▁some ▁matches ▁bar rack ed ▁him ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁batt ing . ▁At ▁the ▁end