Winning a World Cup on home soil then retaining the Ashes in England in 2015 would round out a fine career for Brad Haddin.

But Australia’s Test vice-captain says while he knows he’s supposed to be complaining about aches and pains, he actually feels fit as a fiddle.

And judging by the way the wicketkeeper/batsman sprinted to make his ground for a second run during his innings of 23 not out in Tuesday’s first one-day game against Pakistan in Sharjah, the label of fittest man in the side could well apply to the veteran of 111 one-day internationals and 57 Tests.

Turning 37 on October 23, Haddin has no plans to ease his way out of the coveted role of national gloveman.

“I enjoy competing at this level. I think my game is still getting better,” Haddin told reporters.

“I’m still turning up to training to try and improve myself and when that stops and you lose the enjoyment of the game, I’ll give it away.

“At the moment things are going in the direction I want and more importantly I’m enjoying it all. I have no time frame.

“From my body’s point of view, I have no issues at all.

“I’m meant to tell you I’ve got aches and pains at my age, but I don’t have any. Sorry to disappoint.”

Haddin averaged over 60 in a brilliant display in last summer’s Ashes series, although his 26 runs at an average of 13 in the tour of South Africa that followed was a more modest return.

In the past 12 months, Haddin has averaged 43.25 against a career mark of 25.26 including four hundreds.

After batting at seven in the first one-day game on Tuesday, Haddin said Australia were considering possible team changes and he stressed as a former opener he was capable of batting anywhere from No.1 to No.7 in the lineup. This versatility could be crucial with a World Cup on home soil in February 2015.

A relaxed Haddin has been the right-hand man for acting captain George Bailey in Australia’s three-match series of one-dayers against Pakistan, which continues with game two in Dubai on Friday (2200 AEDT).

Haddin is also deputy of the Test side, which Michael Clarke is set to lead in the two-Test series starting on October 22 assuming Clarke can recover from a hamstring strain.

While Clarke has resumed jogging and batting at training, the skipper is yet to reach full fitness.

But Haddin laughed off a question about whether he was ready to stand in as Test captain.

“Pup will be right,” Haddin said with a laugh.

“He’ll be fine, yeah. He’s good.”