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Full name Bradley James Haddin
Born October 23, 1977, Cowra, New South Wales
Current age 30 years 208 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

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	29	26	2	705	87*	29.37	889	79.30	0	3	58	20	31	4
T20Is	4	3	2	16	6	16.00	24	66.66	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	89	147	16	5422	154	41.38			10	31			260	23
List A	126	120	10	3670	138*	33.36	3993	91.91	6	20			166	41
Twenty20	15	14	2	235	54	19.58	212	110.84	0	2	16	6	11	7

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	126	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Hobart, Jan 30, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Oct 20, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Mar 15-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 29, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 10, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Brad Haddin has held the most nerve-fraying position in Australian cricket and is now waiting for confirmation of his promotion. Having seen off Darren Berry, Wade Seccombe and Ryan Campbell, he has been 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. Gilchrist is about to go and Haddin is the No.1 contender for his Test and one-day gloves.

Haddin is also the next generation's target and has to ward off the challenges of like-minded-but-younger aggressive batsmen and keepers. At 30 he still has time - and talent - on his side for a lengthy international career, but following Gilchrist will not be easy. However, the pressure of being No. 2 has not hindered his 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 while 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 617 Pura Cup runs at 51.41 and added another 669 at 55.75 last summer. Haddin, the World Cup understudy who did not play a game, has appeared in more than 25 ODIs, including some as a specialist batsman - his top score of 87 not out came during the 2007 India series. He was also a tourist for the 2005 Ashes but was used only once as a one-day Supersub and finished the game without having a hit.

Haddin, a former Australia Under-19 captain who grew up in Gundagai, 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 one-day outfit in 2000-01 as a replacement for Gilchrist, he has been on the national contract list for the past four years.
Peter English February 2008

May 16, 2008

Brad Haddin appeals for Lorenzo Ingram's wicket
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Mar 19, 2008

Simon Katich and Brad Haddin celebrate New South Wales' Pura Cup triumph
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Mar 16, 2008

Brad Haddin catches Peter Siddle
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