▁international ▁sport ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁that ▁Brad man ▁does ▁cr icket ". ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁post ▁a ▁similarly ▁dominant ▁career ▁stat istic ▁as ▁Brad man , ▁a ▁baseball ▁batter ▁would ▁need ▁a ▁career ▁batt ing ▁average ▁of ▁. 3 9 2 , ▁while ▁a ▁basketball ▁player ▁would ▁need ▁to ▁score ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 4 3 . 0   points ▁per ▁game . ▁The ▁respective ▁records ▁are ▁. 3 6 6 ▁and ▁ 3 0 . 1 . ▁ ▁When ▁Brad man ▁died , ▁Time ▁allocated ▁a ▁space ▁in ▁its ▁" Mil est ones " ▁column ▁for ▁an ▁ob itu ary : ▁ ▁Play ing ▁style ▁ ▁Brad man ' s ▁early ▁development ▁was ▁sh aped ▁by ▁the ▁high ▁b ounce ▁of ▁the ▁ball ▁on ▁m atting - over - con crete ▁pitch es . ▁He ▁fav oured ▁" horizontal - bat " ▁sh ots ▁( such ▁as ▁the ▁hook , ▁pull ▁and ▁cut ) ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁b ounce ▁and ▁de vised ▁a ▁unique ▁g rip ▁on ▁the ▁bat ▁handle ▁that ▁would ▁accommod ate ▁these ▁stro kes ▁without ▁comprom ising ▁his ▁ability ▁to ▁defend . ▁Emp loy ing ▁a ▁side - on ▁st ance ▁at ▁the ▁w icket , ▁Brad man ▁kept ▁perfectly ▁still ▁as ▁the ▁bow ler ▁ran ▁in . ▁His ▁back swing ▁had ▁a ▁" cro oked " ▁look ▁that ▁trouble d ▁his ▁early ▁critics , ▁but ▁he ▁resist ed ▁entre aties ▁to ▁change . ▁His ▁back swing ▁kept ▁his ▁hands ▁in ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁body , ▁leaving ▁him