Brad Haddin wants end to Ashes hurt

The familiar foes begin a five-match series at Trent Bridge ground on Wednesday.

Australia8217;s Brad Haddin said the tourists are desperate to end their Ashes 8220;hurt8221; when they face England in the latest edition of Test cricket8217;s oldest rivalry.

The familiar foes begin a five-match series at Nottingham8217;s Trent Bridge ground on Wednesday with England bidding for a third straight series win over Australia something they last managed in the 1950s 8212; after a home success in 2009 was followed by a first triumph 8216;Down Under8217; in 24 years in 2011.

But vice-captain Haddin hopes the pain of those reverses will help fuel Australia8217;s bid to reclaim the urn.

8220;It hurts and that won8217;t go away,8221; the wicket-keeper said at Trent Bridge on today in an interview broadcast on Sky Sports.

8220;We8217;d love to make amends for that in this series and our progress over the last few weeks has been good.

8220;Now we8217;re just excited about one of the Tests being in a couple of days8217; time. I think it8217;s important to live in the moment,there8217;s no point worrying what8217;s gone before.

8220;We can sit and talk about some great games in Australian cricket and English cricket,but it8217;s now about another exciting Test series in a couple of days8217; time.

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8220;It8217;s a new campaign now. New dreams are made and new experiences are about to be had so it8217;s important we move forward and enjoy this for what it is.8221;

Haddin was less forthright about what role,if any,David Warner would play in Nottingham after he was suspended from Australia8217;s warm-up matches but cleared to play in the first Test after punching England8217;s Joe Root in a Birmingham bar last month.

Usually an opening batsman,Warner8217;s Trent Bridge prospects appeared to suffer a setback when new Australia coach Darren Lehmann,brought in after Mickey Arthur was sacked just 16 days before the Ashes,named Shane Watson and the recalled Chris Rogers as his first wicket pair.

But there has since been speculation Warner could bat elsewhere in the order. However,Haddin 8212; due in at number seven 8212; said: 8220;I don8217;t know the team now.

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8220;I can speculate on a lot of things but I don8217;t know the team. I know the openers,and I know who8217;s batting seventh. 8220;He8217;s got as good a chance as anyone in the squad but I haven8217;t been in discussions with him.

8220;Everyone8217;s excited about the campaign. It8217;s not hard to get up for a series like this. This is the biggest series that you play from a player8217;s point of view.

8220;It8217;s not hard to come together and enjoy the moment with an Ashes series about to start.8221;