Haddin flops as Blues near big defeat

Dumped Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin made his second duck of the match as NSW’s woes continued in the Sheffield Shield clash against Western Australia.

At tea on day three at the WACA Ground, NSW are 6-89 in their second innings, still 380 runs from making WA bat again.

Steven Smith was not out on 21 at the break with Nathan Hauritz unbeaten on 10.

Haddin, dumped from Australia’s one-day team after a poor run of form, hardly made a case for selectors to recall the 34-year-old as he was caught and bowled by Michael Beer, part of three-wicket spell to the former Test spinner.

The Blues were 1-54 when Usman Khawaja (17), Shane Watson (31), Haddin (0), Ben Rohrer (0) and Stephen O’Keefe (1) all fell inside 20 runs to leave them reeling at 6-73.

WA had earlier declared their innings at 3-560, a 469-run first innings lead, when opener Liam Davis brought up his maiden first-class triple hundred.

Davis, who finished on 303 not out, reached the milestone when Timm Van Den Gugten dropped him on the boundary and the ball went over the rope.

Davis’s knock came from 524 balls with 41 fours and six sixes while he shared a 379-run third wicket stand with Adam Voges (178).

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