“He Was Quite Quick”: When Brad Haddin Had To Face Jonathan Brown In The Nets

There’s a lot of bowlers around the country who’d be a real test to face in the nets.

As Brad Haddin told Willow Talk, one of them used to play for Brisbane.

WHEN HADDS HAD TO FACE JONATHAN BROWN:

Hadds was asked by Adam Peacock on the latest episode of Willow Talk about some of the great cross-over sporting stars he’d played with, such as Andrew Johns, who famously played a couple of early Twenty20 games for New South Wales before the Big Bash League took off.

But another – perhaps scarier – opponent was Jonathan Brown.

“The other one was Jonathan Brown, the great full forward for Brisbane,” Hadds explained.

“He used to come to the nets before a Test match, and he’s a big left arm quick. He used to only know one area though. I don’t think anyone told him about line and length…”

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