- up ▁fi xt ures ▁to ▁the ▁Test ▁series . ▁After ▁hitting ▁two ▁centuries , ▁Brad man ▁made ▁himself ▁available ▁for ▁the ▁First ▁Test ▁at ▁The ▁Gab ba . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁emer ged ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Test ▁at ▁Br is b ane . ▁After ▁compiling ▁an ▁une asy ▁ 2 8 ▁runs , ▁Brad man ▁hit ▁a ▁ball ▁to ▁the ▁g ul ly ▁fields man , ▁Jack ▁I kin . ▁" An ▁appeal ▁for ▁a ▁catch ▁was ▁denied ▁in ▁the ▁u mp ire ' s ▁content ious ▁r uling ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁b ump ▁ball ". ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁over , ▁England ▁captain ▁W ally ▁Hamm ond ▁spoke ▁with ▁Brad man ▁and ▁critic ised ▁him ▁for ▁not ▁" walk ing "; ▁" from ▁then ▁on ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁a ▁cr icket ing ▁war ▁just ▁when ▁most ▁people ▁desired ▁peace ", ▁Whit ington ▁wrote . ▁Brad man ▁reg ained ▁his ▁fin est ▁pre - war ▁form ▁in ▁making ▁ 1 8 7 , ▁followed ▁by ▁ 2 3 4 ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁Test ▁at ▁Sydney ▁( S id ▁Bar nes ▁also ▁scored ▁ 2 3 4 ▁during ▁the ▁inn ings , ▁many ▁in ▁a ▁still ▁standing ▁ 4 0 5 ▁run ▁ 5 th ▁W icket ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Brad man . ▁Bar nes ▁later ▁re called ▁that ▁he ▁pur pos ely ▁got ▁out ▁on ▁ 2 3 4 ▁because ▁" it ▁wouldn ' t ▁be ▁right ▁for ▁someone ▁to ▁make ▁more ▁runs ▁than