Kandy (Sri Lanka), Sep. 12 : Australia sees the use of the new ball as the key to winning the second Test against Sri Lanka on the fifth day here on Monday.

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said the new ball would be crucial in determining whether Australia can win the game or have to settle for a draw.

Perth, Dec 17 : Sulieman Benn, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson face suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after having been involved in an on-field altercation on day two of the third Test between Australia and West Indies here Thursday.

The drama began when West Indies spinner Benn and Johnson collided as the Australian set off towards the keeper's end for a single and Benn tried to field the ball off Haddin.

Sydney, Nov 7: Australian wicket keeper Brad Haddin has said that he had received a call from chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch, which confirmed that he was the first-choice wicketkeeper despite Tim Paine and Graham Manou performing well during his absence.

Sydney, Nov 3 : Australia's wicketkeeper Brad Haddin returns to first-class cricket today and the injury-enforced break might be a blessing in disguise for him.

Haddin is also planning to play in the Indian Premier League next year for Mumbai Indians who are most likely to secure his services.

Haddin's focus is the first Test of the Australian summer, against the West Indies from November 26.

Melbourne, Oct 9  Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Callum Ferguson and Nathan Bracken have been omitted, due to injuries, from the 15-member squad for the seven-match One-day series against India.

Announcing the team here Friday, national selection panel chairman Andrew Hilditch said that Clarke is continuing his rehabilitation from back soreness while wicket-keeper Brad Haddin continues his recovery after a finger surgery. Callum Ferguson and Nathan Bracken are also suffering from knee injuries.

The big news doing the rounds is that Tim Paine will replace Brad Haddin in the Australian team while Kevin McClean will replace Daren Powell in the West Indies team after the ICC approved changes for the upcoming Champions Trophy (CT).

Brad Haddin, the Aussie wicketkeeper, has been ruled out of the ICC CT as he is recovering from surgery on his left ring finger.

The 31-year old Australian cricketer broke his finger in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston last month.

Replacing Haddin, Tasmania wicketkeeper Tim Paine has also been included in the Australian ODI squad that would take on England.

Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin has been ruled out of the ODI series against England due to finger injury. Haddin will undergo a surgery on his broken finger in Sydney on Thursday which means he will be out of the action for next few weeks. He is also looking doubtful for the Champions Trophy.

Haddin sustained finger injury during the practice session before the Edgbaston test match against England and he was ruled out of the test match after scan report revealed serious damage to the left finger. Haddin was replaced by Graham Manou in Edgbaston test. Although, Haddin was included in the Australian squad for last two test matches.

An impressive batting performance by Australian batsmen in the first test match of the Ashes series against England has led three batsmen to jump to their career-best rankings in the latest ICC test rankings for batsmen.

Simon Katich, Marcus North and wicket-keeper Brad Haddin have scored tons in the first test match as Australia declared their first innings at 674-6, which resulted into big jumps in their test rankings.

Melbourne, May 23 : Australian wicket keeper Brad Haddin, who was hit by a London cab when crossing the street during Ashes 2005, doesn't carry mental scars from that Ashes tour, and is focused on the series against England, starting in June 2009.

Though only an unused back-up keeper on the ill-fated trip, the bad karma floating over Australia's cricketers even snared Haddin when he was hit right in the knee.

What seemed minor later grew major, and Haddin even needed surgery to repair a torn meniscus.

Melbourne, Mar. 2: Wicketkeepers in Australia are locked in a keen battle for being incumbent Brad Haddin''s understudy during the Ashes in England.

A Fox Sports report says that the leading contenders are scoring heavily in a late-season rush to impress the selectors.

The keepers are jostling to fill Luke Ronchi''s shoes after the West Australian was dropped by his state last month.

Ronchi''s future looks grim with national selector Jamie Cox declaring the understudy job vacant. Cox urged the prospective applicants to go forth and score runs.

Sydney, Feb 21 : Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin on Saturday said he had waited for 10 years to play for the country, and now the time has come to show some cricketing skills on the international level.

"I had waited ten years to play for Australia, and now time has come to do something on international level," Haddin said.

The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Haddin, who had broken his finger just before his Test debut, as saying that Test cricket is about playing more than cricket and it also tests the fitness of player as well.

Potchefstroom (South Africa), Feb. 20: Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin believes that batting prodigy Phillip Hughes will be a huge success on the current tour of South Africa and beyond.

Haddin knows Hughes better than any other Australian player and predicts immediate success for his 20-year-old NSW teammate because of his ability.

"He''s one of those players who comes along every now and again that no matter what age they are, the situation of the game or the quality of the opposition just doesn''t seem to faze them," Haddin said.

Sydney, Feb 14: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has backed the captaincy credentials of Brad Haddin, saying that he is a thinking cricketer.

Ponting, who agreed it was the best time for him to take a break, was certain of Haddin's credentials.

"He brings a lot of experience and he has a lot of leadership qualities. He thinks about the game," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Ponting, as saying.

Haddin celebrated his promotion to captaincy after Michael Clarke was sidelined due to injury by slaughtering the Kiwi attack like a natural leader.

Sydney, Feb. 9 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin can open the batting for "as long as he likes" after scoring his maiden one-day international century to set up Australia''s victory against New Zealand at the SCG on Sunday night.

The victory, just Australia''s second win in eight one-day matches this summer, and their first in three against New Zealand, keeps alive the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series with matches to come in Adelaide on Tuesday and Brisbane on Friday.

Melbourne, Feb. 5 : New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori''s text messaged Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin to clear the air following the glove affair in Sunday''s one-day match, and both players are happy to move on.

Kiwis skipper Vettori told Haddin he in no way intended to refer to the wicketkeeper as a cheat, after questioning his role in the dismissal of batsman Neil Broom, which replays showed should have been no-balled because Haddin''s gloves were in front of the stumps.

Haddin thanked Vettori in a reply text and said he would also like to put the incident behind them. Earlier that day, Haddin had attacked Vettori for questioning his integrity.

Melbourne, Feb. 3 : Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has said he is disappointed with Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori for insinuating that he cheated by deliberately claiming a false dismissal during Sunday''s one-day match in Perth.

Vettori said after the game that Haddin knew the wicket of Neil Broom was not legitimate, after the batsman was ruled to have been bowled by Michael Clarke in the 36th over despite replays showing Haddin''s gloves were in front of the stumps - an automatic no-ball.

New Zealand players were furious as they watched the replays while Broom trudged off.

Melbourne, Feb. 3 (ANI): Fast bowler Nathan Bracken has said that Australia will use the Brad Haddin-Daniel Vettori ''''cheating'''' spat as motivation during the next one-day international to be played at the MCG on Friday.

"If we want to win this series we''ve got to play good cricket and if it means we''ve got to use that as a motivational thing then we have to," the Courier Mail quoted Bracken, as saying.

He maintained that the issue would help the team rather than disrupt it.

Perth, Feb. 2: Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has angrily denied claims by the New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori that he cheated during the one-day clash at the WACA yesterday.

The dispute centers around the dismissal of Black Cap Neil Broom at a vital stage of New Zealand''s two-wicket win.

Broome was given out bowled by Michael Clarke in the 36th over, but replays quickly showed Haddin had clipped off the bails with his gloves rather than the ball.