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Full name Bradley James Haddin
Born October 23, 1977, Cowra, New South Wales
Current age 30 years 318 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

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

151

45*

30.20

327

46.17

ODIs

758

87*

29.15

954

79.45

T20Is

16.00

66.66

First-class

154

5637

154

41.14

279

List A

129

122

3723

138*

33.24

4058

91.74

172

Twenty20

235

19.58

212

110.84

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

ODIs

T20Is

First-class

List A

129

Twenty20

Career statistics

Test debut

West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 22-26, 2008 scorecard

Last Test

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Australia v Zimbabwe at Hobart, Jan 30, 2001 scorecard

Last ODI

Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, Sep 3, 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

West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1997/98

Last List A

Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, Sep 3, 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

Brad Haddin displayed impressive courage during his opening Test series in the West Indies when he played through the pain of a broken finger. Having waited seven years for an opening after gaining one-day international status in 2001, he was not going to return the chance to stamp himself as Adam Gilchrist's long-term replacement. The break to his right ring finger occurred in his debut Test, but he played through the final two games despite being in further discomfort when an infection developed. He eventually succumbed during the one-day series and went home with 16 Test catches and 151 runs at 30.20, including a confident double of 33 and 45 not out in the third contest.

It was a satisfying first-up campaign after he held the most nerve-fraying position in Australian cricket. Once he had seen off the highly rated contenders of Darren Berry, Wade Seccombe and Ryan Campbell, he was the wicketkeeper-in-waiting and was entrusted with warming the seat whenever Gilchrist needed a rest. There were no costly slips and when Gilchrist left Haddin was handed the gloves at the first opportunity. At 30 he still has time - and talent - on his side for a lengthy international career, but following one of the game's greats will not be easy.

The pressure of being No. 2 did not hinder his batting over the past four 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 a 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 the following year. In last summer's campaign, which was interrupted by national tours to India and a series of one-day appointments, he kept his average above 50 while scoring three hundreds in seven first-class games.

He added nine ODIs in 2007-08, including seven as a specialist batsman, and his top score of 87 not out came during the 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.
Peter English September 2008