Brad Haddin becomes fifth batsman to be dismissed hit-wicket in BBL history

Veteran Australian cricketer and Sydney Sixers wicketkeeper Brad Haddin got into the record books for unwanted reason recently. The middle-order batsman was dismissed hit-wicket during the league game against the Adelaide Strikers. Incidentally, he became only the fifth batsman in the history of Big Bash League to be dismissed in the bizarre fashion.

Coming in to bat at number 5, Haddin got a little too much on the backfoot on a delivery from Billy Stanlake in the 8th over. He was dismissed hit-wicket on 1. His side, Sydney Sixers, were in pursuit of a run chase of 153 against Adelaide Strikers. However, the Sixers could not manage to score much and were bowled out on 104 in 18.2 overs. Haddin had a forgettable day on the individual front as well.

The first batsman to ever get dismissed hit-wicket in Big Bash League history was Nick Buchanan. Buchanan was plying his trade for the Brisbane Heat against the Melbourne Stars. It was Clint McKay who got him dismissed on the occasion in 2011-12 season.

Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques was the next batsman to be dismissed in this fashion during the 4th season of the Big Bash League. He was dismissed in the unusual manner on a delivery bowled by Yasir Arafat. English star batsman and Melbourne’s star performer of the last season Luke Wright was the next batsman to be dismissed hit wicket in BBL. His dismissal came against the bowling of his English teammate Adil Rashid.

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The most recent dismissal, prior to that of Brad Haddin, was of Sydney Thunder’s star performer Andre Russell. The big West Indies all-rounder fell prey to Nathan Rimmington last year. His teammate Patrick Cummins had then mocked about the situation as he quoted, “He looks pretty cool even when he gets out hit-wicket.” Here is a list of all the pairs of Hit Wicket dismissals in the history of BBL:

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