10 Captivating facts about Brad Haddin that you should know

10 Captivating facts about Brad Haddin that you should know: Former Australian wicket keeper batsman, Brad Haddin who was also known to be a team man may not have exceptionally appealing numbers to portray his international career but his conduct and determination tell the tale of his success at the highest level of cricket.

More than anything, Haddin was an inspiration for the team in the especially for the youngsters and his on field resolve of going on even after being injured says everything about his grit. After winning the World Cup 2015 Haddin announced his retirement from the ODI cricket on 17th May and bid goodbye to the international cricket.

Here we have 10 Captivating facts about Brad Haddin that you should know:

1. Brad Haddin, the stoical wicket keeper batsman had to wait until he was 30 to finally step on the ground for a Test clash, after Adam Gilchrist’s retirement.

2. Though, the veteran never captained the Australian side except for a couple of sessions he was a giant of the dressing room. Brad Haddin ’s role in helping the younger players of the team is priceless.

3. On his Test debut against West Indies Brad Haddin broke his finger, but continued to fulfill his responsibility as the ‘man behind the stumps.’ The brave keeper kept on taking ball after ball from Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee. His determination became a career defining moment and he continued throughout the series, even after his finger was infected.

4. The story of his bravery did not seem to come to an end, on the 2^nd day of a Test match against Pakistan last year, Brad Haddin hurt his shoulder, an injured AC joint forced him to leave the field but his gritty nature continued as Brad Haddin refused to get his shoulder scanned so that he could bat the next day.

5. Brad Haddin has had a tough luck as far as the Ashes is concerned, he played 5 Ashes series from 2009 but saw victory in only 1 series whereas, faced defeat in 4.

6. Fourth on the list for most dismissals by an Australian wicket keeper in Test matches Brad Haddin has a total of 270 scalps.

7. The valiant batsman stands behind Gilchrist, Ian Healy and Rod Marsh in the number of Test runs by an Australian keeper with 3266 runs.

8. Brad Haddin was one of the most important parts of Australia’s 5-0 whitewash of England two seasons ago topping the charts with a batting average of 61.63.

9. Haddin’s domestic career was a great success, a member of New South Wales he was the most productive wicket keeper batsman of his side with 5829 runs at an average of 41.94. His total includes 11 centuries.

10. Brad Haddin has the record of most matches, most runs, most dismissals and fastest century in the ODIs for New South Wales; he played 184 First Class matches, scored 9932 runs with 17 centuries and 56 half-centuries. He was exceptional as a wicket-keeper with 648 dismissals in FC cricket.