33 Facts About Brad Haddin

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Brad Haddin played domestically for New South Wales as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.

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Brad Haddin's family moved to Queanbeyan in 1989 when he was 12 and he played for the Queanbeyan District Cricket Club Juniors to the age of 15 before joining the Australian National University Grade Cricket Club, representing 1st grade at age 16.

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Brad Haddin was signed by Chennai Super Kings in the 2010 IPL.

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On 26 September 2012, Brad Haddin scored a century in a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania at the Bankstown Oval, his first since his century in the first Ashes test against England in November 2010.

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Brad Haddin played for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League held in the UAE in February 2016.

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Brad Haddin was retained by United's team management for 2nd season.

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In September 2003, Brad Haddin replaced Simon Katich as captain of New South Wales, while Katich was on international duty, and he has since been acting-captain on numerous occasions.

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Brad Haddin has captained Australia A For most of his career Haddin was Australia A wicketkeeper but was drafted into the full squad as back-up wicketkeeper in case Adam Gilchrist was injured or rested.

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Brad Haddin made his international debut in a one-day international on 30 January 2001 against Zimbabwe in Hobart.

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Brad Haddin was demoted from second choice wicket keeper for Australia in 2001 by Wade Seccombe and later Ryan Campbell, but reclaimed this position in late 2004.

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Brad Haddin was called up as part of Australia's 2005 Ashes squad but was not used throughout the series.

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On 18 September 2006, playing against West Indies at Kuala Lumpur in the DLF Cup, Brad Haddin and Australian captain Mike Hussey put on 165, which at that time was a world-record stand for the sixth wicket in ODIs.

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Brad Haddin was involved in a controversy relating to the dismissal of Neil Broom in an ODI between Australia and New Zealand in Perth in February 2009.

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Broom was given out bowled but replays clearly showed that Brad Haddin's gloves had disturbed the bails.

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Brad Haddin's comment led to an angry retort from Australian captain Ricky Ponting.

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On 15 February 2009, Brad Haddin became acting Australian captain for the Twenty20 against New Zealand after Ricky Ponting was rested and Michael Clarke was injured.

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Brad Haddin was ruled out of the 2010 ODI series in England due to an elbow injury, which he claims flared up when he smashed that century against New Zealand in March.

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Brad Haddin went on in the series to collect 360 runs at an average of 45.00.

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Brad Haddin was dropped for Australia's Twenty20 series against England in January 2011 in favour of Tim Paine, a decision which Haddin said had left him "confused".

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Brad Haddin retired from T20 internationals in September 2011, to focus on ODIs and Tests.

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Brad Haddin was axed from the ODI team in January 2012 after a poor 2011 home season.

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Inevitably, in October 2012, Brad Haddin was axed from the Test team, making way for Wade, although the national selector John Inverarity stated that Brad Haddin remained a "player of significant interest".

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Brad Haddin was recalled to the Australia squad for the 2013 Ashes series, was named as vice-captain and selected as wicketkeeper for the first test.

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Brad Haddin was a member of the team which regained Ashes at Perth after four years.

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Brad Haddin scored 118 during the first innings of the Adelaide test, combining in a 200 run partnership with Michael Clarke.

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On 15 December 2014, with Cricket Australia pursuing "a longer-term view" in regards to the leadership of the Test Team, a 37-year-old Brad Haddin was replaced permanently as vice-captain by Steve Smith.

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Brad Haddin retired from ODI cricket in May 2015 after the 2015 Cricket World Cup as part of the winning team.

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Brad Haddin wrote an autobiography entitled My Family Keeper about his life and his daughter's fight with a form of cancer called neuroblastoma.

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Brad Haddin became the ambassador for his home ground, Sydney Cricket Ground along with Steve Smith after his retirement.

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Brad Haddin announced his retirement from international and first class cricket with New South Wales on 9 September 2015.

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Brad Haddin was appointed fielding coach for the Australia national cricket team in 2018.

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Brad Haddin was appointed as Assistant coach for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2019.

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Brad Haddin was appointed as Assistant coach for Punjab Kings in October 2022 ahead of the 2023 Indian Premier League.