‘It was one of the first times I was at state training and I remember thinking to myself that I wouldn’t get out to him: I won’t get out to McGrath,’ says Haddin. ‘The first four balls all landed in the same spot and I let them go. As I congratulated myself for doing so well against McGrath I noticed he smiled at me. He just smiled. The next ball landed in exactly the same spot and I played it exactly the same way. However, instead of going away off the seam, it crashed into my off stump. He’d used those first four balls to set me up and then made me look like a goose. He was world-class – he
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