Cricket: Australia won't complicate test - Haddin

Aussie keeper Brad Haddin.

Brad Haddin won't complicate things when he crouches down behind the stumps in readiness for the first of many emotional deliveries in next week's first test against India.

"I don't think you need to look too deep into what's going to happen," he said. "You're going to get a cricket game here on Tuesday. You'll enjoy it and so will we.

"We get back to playing the game we love. I don't think you need to complicate it any more than that."

Haddin was talking before Australia's training session yesterday at the Adelaide Oval, the venue of the rescheduled first test against India.

The wicketkeeper was playing for New South Wales when Phillip Hughes was struck by a bouncer at the SCG, a tragic event that has deeply affected cricketers around the country.

It would have been particularly confronting for Haddin and his NSW team-mates, who immediately realised how serious the situation was and frantically called for an ambulance.

The 37-year-old replied in typical no-nonsense fashion when asked if he would be mentally right to play the opening chapter of the four-test series. "Yep," he said.

Hughes' death and the grief that enveloped the entire test squad was never mentioned by Haddin yesterday. Who could blame him, being the first player from the NSW side to speak publicly after they witnessed the freak accident?

"Cricket is just a game," he said, when asked if the sport will ever be the same again. "We can try to complicate it as much as we want, but we got back to cricket training," he added, when asked how tough the first training session following Hughes' death was.

"We needed to feel that cricket hurt in our legs again so we got that.

"We're looking forward to playing and we need the help of everyone to enjoy the moment and just enjoy the game of cricket. Our job is to go and play cricket."

Captain Michael Clarke is desperate to play in the match and signs are he will play despite struggling with a recurring hamstring injury.

He had a hit in the nets yesterday, then ran some laps of Adelaide Oval as the side prepared for an afternoon training session.

Shaun Marsh has been added to the squad as a shadow batsman, but Haddin was upbeat Clarke would be passed fit in the next few days.

"Michael had a good hit today," Haddin said. "All signs are that he is going in the right direction and we're like everyone else, we want Michael out there."

- AAP