. ▁ ▁Brad man ▁had ▁other ▁problems ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁at ▁this ▁time ; ▁among ▁these ▁were ▁b outs ▁of ▁ill ness ▁from ▁an ▁und i agn osed ▁m ala ise ▁which ▁had ▁begun ▁during ▁the ▁tour ▁of ▁North ▁America , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Australian ▁Board ▁of ▁Control ▁had ▁initially ▁refused ▁permission ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁column ▁for ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Sun . ▁Brad man , ▁who ▁had ▁signed ▁a ▁two - year ▁contract ▁with ▁the ▁newspaper , ▁threatened ▁to ▁withdraw ▁from ▁cr icket ▁to ▁honour ▁his ▁contract ▁when ▁the ▁board ▁denied ▁him ▁permission ▁to ▁write ; ▁eventually , ▁the ▁paper ▁released ▁Brad man ▁from ▁the ▁contract , ▁in ▁a ▁victory ▁for ▁the ▁board . ▁In ▁three ▁first - class ▁games ▁against ▁England ▁before ▁the ▁Test s , ▁Brad man ▁aver aged ▁just ▁ 1 7 . 1 6 ▁in ▁ 6   inn ings . ▁J ard ine ▁decided ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁new ▁tact ics ▁a ▁trial ▁in ▁only ▁one ▁game , ▁a ▁fi xture ▁against ▁an ▁Australian ▁XI ▁at ▁Melbourne . ▁In ▁this ▁match , ▁Brad man ▁faced ▁the ▁leg ▁theory ▁and ▁later ▁war ned ▁local ▁administr ators ▁that ▁trouble ▁was ▁bre wing ▁if ▁it ▁continued . ▁He ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁First ▁Test ▁at ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Cr icket ▁Gr ound ▁amid ▁rum ours ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁suffered ▁a ▁nerv ous ▁break down . ▁Despite ▁his ▁absence , ▁England ▁employed ▁what ▁were ▁already ▁becoming ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Body line ▁tact ics ▁against ▁the ▁Australian ▁b ats men ▁and ▁won ▁an