Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has announced his retirement from one-day internationals. Haddin made the announcement on his departure for Australia`s Test tours of the West Indies and the United Kingdom on 17th May 2015. Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said: “Australian cricket congratulates Brad on a fine one-day international career.
Haddin will continue to play Test cricket and is expected to take his position behind the stumps for Australia’s two-Test series against the West Indies next month and the five-Test Ashes series against England that starts in Cardiff on 8 July.
About Haddin:
- Haddin, 37, has played in 126-match one-day internationals in a career.
- His career 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 2015.
- In his one-day international career Haddin claimed 170 catches and 11 stumpings, becoming the third most dismissals for a wicketkeeper 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.
- He also plays for the New South Wales Blues in both domestic first class and list A cricket.
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- Which team played the first test match? (Australia National Team in 1877)
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