Haddin salutes Wade's super stumping

Matthew Wade’s slick stumping on the stroke of tea is “as good as it gets” according to former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.

Wade whipped off the bails in a flash after India opener Murali Vijay ran down the wicket and missed a wild slog at a Stephen O’Keefe delivery that failed to spin.

After O'Keefe changed angles by changing to over the wicket, the ball slipped between bat and pad but Wade, who was blindsided by the advancing batsman, was good enough to complete the stumping and subsequently earned high praise from Haddin. 

“That there is as good as it gets,” Haddin said on Fox Sports. “You’re blinded the whole way, you’re not sure out of the rough; whether it’s going to turn and bounce or if it’s just going to hit the rough and go straight on.

“His position was perfect and (that) is just reward for a great series with the gloves.”

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Wade’s vanquishing of Vijay was the Australian’s fourth stumping of the series, who said he was feeling confident behind the stumps in perhaps the most challenging conditions in the world for a wicketkeeper.

“I feel like I’m keeping well,” Wade said prior to the Ranchi Test. “As well as you can keep over here.

“You’re going to miss some (chances) over here I think that’s what I said at the start of the tour.

“It’s about moving on from that and trying to work hard to take the chances that come.”

Haddin knows a thing or two about ‘keeping in India.

During the unforgettable 2001 series, Haddin was flown over to take the gloves from Adam Gilchrist in a tour match to give the incumbent wicketkeeper a rest in between Tests. 

After he made his Test debut seven years later in the West Indies in May, 2008, the New South Welshman then toured to the subcontinent for four Tests against a powerful Indian team featuring legends Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Anil Kumble.

Five years on and Haddin returned to India, answering an SOS call to play the third Test in Mohali when Wade injured his ankle.

The veteran of 66 Tests says having faith in your ability to perform the basics is the No.1 rule when keeping wickets in India.

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“You’ve got to trust your basics," Haddin said. “You’ve got to know under pressure you can trust your technique, that it’s going to stand up.

“The ball that kicks out of the rough and goes over your right or left shoulder that happens probably, five per cent, maybe three per cent of the time.

“You’ve just go to make sure you’re basics are standing up under pressure and you’re not second-guessing them.”

Haddin, who claimed 270 Test dismissals, offered further insight into wicketkeeping in India, saying it’s harder to keep to an off-spinner than their leg-spinning counterparts.

“A leg-spinner, you get a good sight of the ball and most of the time to the right-hander on the outside of the bat,” Haddin said.

“Nathan Lyon is hard work over there, not knowing whether he’s going to nick the outside the edge of the bat and skid on or go through the gate.

“I think (Wade) has done a really good job.”