Brad Haddin injured by James Faulkner's high-five

Brad Haddin injured by James Faulkner's high-five

by Tom Lutz
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• Wicketkeeper has to leave field after eye poke
• Replacement Phil Hughes takes two catches

Australia may have performed well with the bat and ball in Sunday's victory over India but they still need to work on their celebrations.

After Brad Haddin caught Shikhar Shawan off James Faulkner's bowling the pair rushed to celebrate with a high five. Showing the kind of chemistry that only comes after hours of high-level training together, Faulkner missed Haddin's hands completely – some feat considering they were clad in huge gloves – and poked his team-mate in the eye.

"How embarrassing is that? We couldn't even get our high fives right," the Australia captain, George Bailey, joked after the match. "What about just a handshake? Just take it back to 'well bowled.'"

Haddin had to leave the field for 22 overs while the eye injury was treated, although he is expected to be fit for Wednesday's second one-day international in Jaipur. Phil Hughes stood in for Haddin, and took two catches.

"We were trying to work out whether he came back out because his eye was alright or if he was nervous because Hughesy was keeping so well," Bailey said. "He might've been under the pump."

Australia's best/worst fielding mishaps

Terry Alderman and the pitch invader
During the 1982-83 Ashes, Alderman attempted to tackle an "objectionable and semi-drunk" England fan who had punched him after running on to the pitch. "I could see that there were no police in the vicinity so I attempted to apprehend him," said Alderman. Unfortunately, as he tackled the fan, Alderman dislocated his shoulder and was ruled out for a year. He wasn't the only one in trouble: fights broke out in the stands and 26 people eventually ended up in court over the violence.

Jason Gillespie and Steve Waugh collide
Jason Gillespie is a very large man, while Steve Waugh is a very hard man, so when the two crashed into each other as they both ran to take a catch during a tour of Sri Lanka in 1999 the results were never going to be pretty. Waugh broke his nose, and Gillespie his shin. Both were airlifted to hospital – not surprisingly for a man who had just shattered his leg, Gillespie's tour was over.

Rugby costs Australia the Ashes (kind of)
The 2005 Ashes is considered one of the great series of all times, but the result could have been very different but for an accident involving Glenn McGrath. In the first Test, Australia had put England to the sword and the tourists were confident they would go 2-0 up at Edgbaston. But during the warm-up McGrath went to catch a rugby ball, trod on a cricket ball and injured his ankle. He was ruled out of the Test, and England went on to win a thriller to level the series. England eventually regained the Ashes with a 2-1 victory.

Michael Clarke v Shane Watson's knee
It's safe to say that Clarke and Watson have never been the best of friends and their relationship didn't improve during a match against Sri Lanka. As the Sri Lankan batsman attempted to make it safely home, Clarke hurled the ball at the stumps – and straight into Watson's knee. Watson gave Clarke a death stare for 10 seconds, before stalking past Clarke, who attempted to laugh it off. Watson did not join in.

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