adminSYDNEY. — Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has decided to make March’s Cricket World Cup final his last one-day international and announced his retirement from the format yesterday. Haddin made the announcement ahead of his departure for Australia’s Test tours of the West Indies and the United Kingdom today.
Haddin (37) has played in 126-match one-day internationals in a career that began against Zimbabwe at Hobart in January 2001 and ended in Australia’s ICC Cricket World Cup final victory over New Zealand in Melbourne in March this year.
Throughout his one-day international career Haddin claimed 170 catches and 11 stumpings, leaving him with the third most dismissals for a wicket-keeper in Australia behind Adam Gilchrist and Ian Healy.
Haddin scored 3 122 runs at an average of 31,53 with a top score of 110.
“I have had a privileged one-day career and I have been fortunate enough to be involved in three Cricket World Cups and now is the right time to walk away,” Haddin said.
“Not many players get to write a script like mine at the end of their careers and I have been lucky enough to do just that after winning a World Cup on home soil. — AFP.
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