Cricket: Brad Haddin mocks Black Caps

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has taken another shot at the Black Caps. Photo / Getty

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has taken a shot at the Black Caps in preparation for his side's Ashes series with England.

When suggested that the Ashes series could be played in the same spirit of courtesy and respect that was shown in the recent series between England and New Zealand, Haddin was quick to aim fire at the Black Caps.

"We are not New Zealand. We won the World Cup final. We will play the way we play, which works for us, and if you like it, you like it," said the Australian keeper.

This comes after previously having aggravated New Zealanders before the Cricket World Cup final by suggesting he was shocked at the courtesy shown by the Black Caps in a prior group game.

"They were that nice to us that we were that uncomfortable," Haddin said at the time.

"I said in the team meeting: 'I can't stand for this anymore, we're going at them as hard as we can [in the final].'

"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 is also prepared to take that attitude into the Ashes series.

"We come with the urn and England have to get it back off us, but it does not matter where you are placed, once you get a team on their own turf and with the hype all around it, things are different. You throw everything out the window and go for it."

Haddin's comments are sure to keep him on the bad side of many New Zealanders, but he should be more concerned with his batting average, which is a paltry 15 over his last 11 tests.