Gilly proves a hard act to follow for hot Haddin

In most respects, Brad Haddin has been a superb replacement for Adam Gilchrist, writes Peter Reobuck in the Sydney Morning Herald, but as far as temperament is concerned, these players are chalk and cheese. Haddin did not need to get involved after Suleiman Benn and Mitchell Johnson rubbed shoulders but his mate's cause is his own and, anyhow, he was already irritated.

As much was obvious as he became embroiled in an exchange yesterday with Sulieman Benn that is bound to have wider ramifications. From the start of his innings, Haddin brandished his bat in the manner of a man determined to take the fight into the enemy. It is in his nature to take things personally, and the injury suffered by his captain might have been stirred him. For that matter, the bumpers dished out to comrades might have raised his ire. And so he came to the crease ready to rumble.