Haddin's bruised chest and ego

Malcolm Conn, in the Australian, speaks to Brad Haddin, who had a fiery time behind the stumps in Bangalore.

In his debut Test series, on the West Indies tour last May and June, Australia's new wicketkeeper broke a finger on the morning of the first Test yet played all three Tests and the first one-day international before being forced home.

Now Adam Gilchrist's replacement is nursing a bruised chest and ego after the unpredictable Bangalore wicket continued to pitch balls in front of him which leapt up and hit his body or sailed passed unhindered.

In the Age, Chloe Saltau also catches up with Haddin.

Haddin had spoken at length to Ian Healy about the unique demands of wicketkeeping in India before the series, and stood a full five metres closer to the stumps than he would in Australia. The uneven bounce caused some balls to roll along the ground and others to sail over the top of his outstretched gloves.

"It's quite different. The catch you've got to be up close for is the slash that does take off and you've just got to react to."