Brad Haddin

Brad Haddin

Australia

Full name Bradley James Haddin
Born October 23, 1977, Cowra, New South Wales
Current age 29 years 129 days
Major teams Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales
Nickname BJ
Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 1.80 m

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	21	19	1	467	70	25.94	577	80.93	0	1	38	14	28	4
Twenty20 Int.	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	82	138	16	4933	154	40.43			7	30			229	21
List A	112	107	8	3118	133	31.49	3346	93.18	5	16			158	39
Twenty20	7	6	0	106	52	17.66	85	124.70	0	1			7	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ODIs	21	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	82	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
List A	112	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	7	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Hobart - Jan 30, 2001
Last ODI	New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton - Feb 20, 2007
Only Twenty20 Int.	Australia v South Africa at Brisbane - Jan 9, 2006
First-class span	1999/00 - 2006/07
List A span	1997/98 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2004/05 - 2006/07

Profile

Brad Haddin holds the most nerve-fraying position in Australian cricket. Having seen off Darren Berry, Wade Seccombe and Ryan Campbell, he is the wicketkeeper-in-waiting and entrusted with warming the seat whenever Adam Gilchrist needs a rest. Slip up and be forgotten; perform well, as he has over the past few seasons, and suffer a speedy demotion when the incumbent returns. Haddin is also the next generation's target and must ward off the challenges of like-minded-but-younger aggressive batsmen and glovemen. At 29 he has time - and talent - on his side for a lengthy international career, but the scheduling of Gilchrist's eventual departure will be crucial as he eyes the same position as the up-and-comers Chris Hartley, Luke Ronchi and Adam Crosthwaite.

The pressure of being No. 2 has not hindered Haddin's batting over the past three seasons and his keeping to a New South Wales attack swinging from Brett Lee to Stuart MacGill has remained sharp. In 2004-05 he scored 916 first-class runs at 57.25 in leading the Blues to a one-wicket Pura Cup victory over Queensland and he also posted an impressive limited-overs century for Australia A against Pakistan. A regular leader of Australia's 2nd XI, Haddin backed up in 2005-06 with another 617 Pura Cup runs at 51.41 and capably filled in for Gilchrist in two VB Series games. The World Cup understudy, he heads to the Caribbean with 21 ODI appearances after deputising during the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, a top score of 70 in Malaysia, and the experience of a place on the 2005 Ashes tour.

A former Australia Under-19 captain who grew up in Gundagai, Haddin began his domestic career in 1997-98 with the Australian Capital Territory in their debut Mercantile Mutual Cup season, and two years later was playing for New South Wales. Promoted to the national one-day outfit in 2000-01 as a replacement for Gilchrist, he has been on the national contract list for the past three years and is ready for the first chance at a full-time promotion.