Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin has said he will react to the game's tempo rather than just concentrating on playing the swinging ball during the Boxing Day Test, which began today.
"From my point of view it's not the swinging ball, it's just making sure my mindset is just playing at the tempo I play at. Don't try to take the game forward too quick and just react to the game," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Haddin, as saying.
Haddin's knock of 80 helped Australia win the Brisbane Test against New Zealand but he came under the scanner after scoring five and fifteen in the Hobart Test.
He, however, said his side is looking forward to winning the game.
"We're going to be trying to take the game forward and win cricket games. You'll see over the next five days whether it has all paid off. The most important thing for us is to make sure we've done all the work and now it's just about playing. Freeing your head, having no other thoughts in your head but just playing cricket," Haddin said.
He admitted Cricket Australia's three-day batting camp at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was helpful because it focussed on both mental preparation and technical issues of the sport.
Haddin has scored 2171 Test runs at 36.18, including three centuries.
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