Arthur Crabtree wrote:I think he's been doing ok in ODIs. Not checked.
Haddin stepped back in when they had problems with other keepers. I think he stayed on because he wanted another crack at winning/retaining the Ashes over here. And his heroics in 2013 meant that CA were willing to accommodate.
Yeah he said before that he won't discuss retirement after the ashes since he want to win ashes in England after 3 fail attempts.
Think wade been harshly treated though good batsman and glove work would get better as he plays more not sure why he missed the ashes and then dropped out of the radar.
This just came to me but haddin probably trying to hard in emulating Gilchrist which probably contributing to his bad test record, he known to be aggressive when he bats, counter attacking etc but that only really worked against England he usually known to be very agressive with the bat and often given his wicket away cheaply or dismissed for low score which is why his average is so low against so many teams.
He lucky to even average 20s against India and South Africa. He got 3-4 low not out scores against India lol.
Didn't wade average 40s with bat but I do remember Aussie media were not big fan of wade keeping which was odd since Haddin wasn't that much better than wade either,
Haddin was more liked by the 9 comms and media though.
Be interesting to see if Australia will mirror England in 13/14 considering prior was unfit, bad form and only playing because of past record and ashes ambitions just like haddin,
Will Haddin, Watson, rogers, Harris, Clarke be the players leaving australia this summer,