SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 22: Brad Haddin poses during the Cricket Australia Ashes official team farewell at Sydney International Airport on May 22, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 22: Austalian captain Michael Clarke (L) and vice-captain Brad Haddin (R) pose in the cockpit of a Qantas A380 during the Cricket Australia Ashes official team farewell at Sydney International Airport on May 22, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: (L-R) Former Australian captain's, Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor, Brad Haddin of Australia and Australian captain Michael Clarke pose during the 2013 Australian Ashes squad announcement at The Mint on April 24, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
Australian cricket team captain Michael Clarke (R) answers questions as team mates (back, L-R) Matthew Wade, James Pattinson, Jackson Bird, Peter Siddle and newly appointed vice-captain Brad Haddin look on during a media conference in Sydney April 24, 2013. The shallow depth of Australia's cricketing stocks were exposed on Wednesday with selectors being forced to recall two 35-year-olds in an attempt to wrest back the Ashes from England in July. Veteran wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who had been dumped last year, and top-order batsman Chris Rogers, who had played just one test in 2008, were named in a 16-man squad for the first of back-to-back Ashes series against England. Haddin will reclaim the vice-captaincy from Shane Watson, who relinquished the post earlier this week but still made the Ashes squad as a batting all-rounder, while the uncapped James Faulkner was named the bowling all-rounder.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: (L-R) Jackson Bird, Peter Siddle and Brad Haddin of the Australian cricket team are introduced during the 2013 Australian Ashes squad announcement at The Mint on April 24, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
Current Australian cricket team captain Michael Clarke (R) sits with former Australian team captains Mark Taylor (L) and Steve Waugh before the start of a media conference in Sydney April 24, 2013. The shallow depth of Australia's cricketing stocks were exposed on Wednesday with selectors being forced to recall two 35-year-olds in an attempt to wrest back the Ashes from England in July. Veteran wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who had been dumped last year, and top-order batsman Chris Rogers, who had played just one test in 2008, were named in a 16-man squad for the first of back-to-back Ashes series against England.