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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 SPORTS Haddin hangs his gloves SYDNEY: Australia wicketkeeper Brad paddock and I probably lost that hunger Haddin announced his retirement from from there.” first class cricket yesterday, following With Adam Gilchrist his predecessor, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Chris Haddin had to wait until he was 30 until Rogers in stepping down from tests in he played his first test against West the wake of the Ashes series defeat. Indies in 2008. He lost his place in the The pugnacious 37-year-old, who side in 2012 when he stood down from retired from one day cricket after the tour of West Indies for personal rea- Australia’s World Cup triumph earlier this sons but returned in early 2013. year, kept wickets in 66 tests, scoring Appointed vice captain for the home 3,266 runs at an average of 32.98 and Ashes series against England, he sur- taking 262 catches with eight stumpings. passed 50 in six of his eight innings and “I’ve had an outstanding career, I’ve took 22 catches as Australia won back enjoyed every minute, and in the end the the urn with a 5-0 sweep. decision was not a hard one,” Haddin, “The 5-0 one was an amazing series, who played 17 seasons for New South not just the cricket but the whole the- Wales, told a media conference at the atre around the country, how everyone Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). embraced that campaign and the way “Once you’ve lost that will to get up we were playing,” he said.
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