kl ore . ▁Brad man ' s ▁meteor ic ▁rise ▁from ▁bush ▁cr icket ▁to ▁the ▁Australian ▁Test ▁team ▁took ▁just ▁over ▁two ▁years . ▁Before ▁his ▁ 2 2 nd ▁birth day , ▁he ▁had ▁set ▁many ▁records ▁for ▁top ▁scoring , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁still ▁stand , ▁and ▁became ▁Australia ' s ▁sport ing ▁id ol ▁at ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression . ▁ ▁During ▁a ▁ 2 0 - year ▁playing ▁career , ▁Brad man ▁consist ently ▁scored ▁at ▁a ▁level ▁that ▁made ▁him , ▁in ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁former ▁Australia ▁captain ▁Bill ▁Wood full , ▁" worth ▁three ▁b ats men ▁to ▁Australia ". ▁A ▁controvers ial ▁set ▁of ▁tact ics , ▁known ▁as ▁Body line , ▁was ▁spe cially ▁de vised ▁by ▁the ▁England ▁team ▁to ▁cur b ▁his ▁scoring . ▁As ▁a ▁captain ▁and ▁administrator , ▁Brad man ▁was ▁committed ▁to ▁attack ing , ▁entertain ing ▁cr icket ; ▁he ▁drew ▁spect ators ▁in ▁record ▁numbers . ▁He ▁h ated ▁the ▁constant ▁ad ulation , ▁however , ▁and ▁it ▁affected ▁how ▁he ▁de alt ▁with ▁others . ▁The ▁focus ▁of ▁attention ▁on ▁his ▁individual ▁performances ▁stra ined ▁relationships ▁with ▁some ▁team m ates , ▁administr ators ▁and ▁journal ists , ▁who ▁thought ▁him ▁al o of ▁and ▁w ary . ▁Following ▁an ▁enfor ced ▁hi atus ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁dram atic ▁com eb ack , ▁captain ing ▁an ▁Australian ▁team ▁known ▁as ▁" The ▁Inv inci bles "