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Brad Haddin has no issues with players that don't walk after edging a ball and being given not out. Source:Getty Images
BRAD Haddin openly admits he nicked the ball which eventually allowed England to claim a dramatic first Test by just 14 runs.
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And he had no trouble with Stuart Board standing his ground when a thick edge flew from the wicketkeeper's gloves to Michael Clarke at first slip.
In both cases umpire Aleem Dar turned down the appeal.
The difference was that England was able to call for a review which ultimately decided the match but Australia had wasted both of theirs and could not appeal Broad's decision to the video umpire.
"I hit the ball so I knew what result was coming," said Haddin, who scored a bold and nerveless 71 to take Australia within a few lusty blows of a most unlikely victory.
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"That was pretty obvious that I hit it. I didn't see the replay. I hit it, so I knew I was gone.
"It was extremely disappointing. The fight the lower order put up in the couple of hours on day five, it was extremely disappointing to get that close and have it taken away.
"It didn't go right to plan. I would have liked to see it right through. I didn't do my job in the end."
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Haddin, 35, believes that reviews should be taken out of the hands of players and given to the umpires but admits that under the current system Australia must get better at using its referrals. Each team is allowed two wrong referrals per innings.
"It's something we do have to look at," he said. "We weren't great at it this Test match so we've got to make sure we're not going on emotion. We just go on what we see.
"We need to change something. It's up to myself, Michael (Clarke) and Shane (Watson). We get the best view, so if we agree something needs to go upstairs it will go up there. It's important we're communicating pretty clearly."
Like every player in international cricket since the retirement of Adam Gilchrist, Haddin waits for the umpire's decision.
"The umpire didn't give me out so I wasn't walking," he said.
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"It's a personal choice. I see nothing wrong with what Stuart did. The umpire is there to make the decision and he has seen it different to everyone else."
Haddin believes that Jimmy Anderson's brilliant bowling in the Test was the obvious difference so the Australians are keen to make his bowl as much as possible by attacking other bowlers.
Back to back Tests are always tough for bowlers and England bowled last in hot, dry conditions. The second Test starts at Lord's on Thursday.
"He has shown over a long period of time that he has got a pretty big engine," Haddin said. "It's obvious he is the one we've got to work through, he bowled extremely well in difficult conditions for fast bowlers.
"It's important to get him bowling a lot of overs. My mindset was to take the game to (Steven) Finn because I had the feeling England didn't really want to bowl him when the pressure was on."
Finn retained his place in England's 13-man squad for the second Test but is expected to be replaced in the final XI by Tim Bresnan or Graham Onions.
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