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Brad Haddin has revealed why New Zealand’s batsmen copped a verbal “send off” in the World Cup final – they were too nice.
Still celebrating Australia’s one-sided victory on Monday morning, Haddin explained why he had a crack at dismissed Kiwi batsmen Martin Guptill and Grant Elliott at the MCG on Sunday.
“You know what? They deserved it,” Haddin told Triple M radio.
Haddin then spoke about how nice the Black Caps were to the Australians when they were in Auckland earlier in the tournament for their pool match, which was won by New Zealand.
“They were that nice to us in New Zealand and we were that uncomfortable,” Haddin said.
“I said in the team meeting: `I can’t stand for this anymore. We’re going at them as hard as we can.
“It was that uncomfortable. All they were was that nice to us for seven days.
“I said, I’m not playing cricket like this. If we get another crack at these guys in the final I’m letting everything (out).”
Haddin had been handed the phone for the interview by Steve Smith, who described him as the drunkest man in the team.
Haddin also provided jocular comment on the scene as the partying continued on Monday morning.
“I’ll paint a picture for you now,” he said.
“I’ve got a coach who’s spooning the World Cup who can’t speak.
“I’ve got James Faulkner who’s got his clothes off but don’t tell everyone.
“And I’ve got the Marsh boys, and you know I can’t even talk about the Marsh boys because you know what trouble they have.
“I’ve got Josh Hazlewood … he’s never been drunk in 30 years. It’s a problem. We just can’t get him drunk. He’s an absolute nightmare to drink with.”
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was reluctant to fan the flames about sledging following the final.
“Send-offs are send-offs, it’s not something we are necessarily concerned about,” McCullum said.
“The focus should be on how well Australia played and how much they deserved this victory rather than any minor issues on the way through. I don’t want to go too deep into that.”
Australia captain Michael Clarke also dead-batted the issue.
“I can’t remember a player getting a send-off,” he said.
“I don’t think there was anything that was below the belt, as to say.”
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