Former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has revealed West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn threatened to stab him and Mitchell Johnson during a heated exchange in a 2009 Test match.
All three players were charged with bringing the game into disrepute, with Haddin and Johnson fined and Benn hit with a two-match ban. The incident occurred during the final Test of the series in Perth when Benn and Johnson accidentally ran into each other.
Haddin then got involved and angrily waved his bat at Benn, with the spinner approaching the two Australian batters later in the over and exchanging words. And Haddin has now revealed Benn threatened to stab him and Johnson.
Recounting the incident on Triple M radio, Haddin said: "He used to want to sledge us but he didn't really want us to hear, which wasn't a great character trait. But then he said something really weird.
"We were about to head to the T20 World Cup and he said, 'You two won't get out alive in Barbados, I will stab you' and I said 'beg your pardon' and that then is when it got misty and I don't really know what happened after that.
"You're sticking up for your mate, we've always been close, Jonno and I, so I've just gone in and pointed the bat and said, 'This is on now, you can't say things like that'.
"I remember I got fined 25 per cent of my match fee and I looked at it and I signed it and I handed it straight back and walked out. And he said, 'Hads, what are you doing?' And I said, 'Mate, that was all worth it, I'm happy to pay 25 per cent'."
Benn, however, pleaded not guilty and was suspended for the West Indies' next two ODIs. The 6'7" spinner took 144 wickets for the West Indies in 97 appearances across all formats, but was involved in a number of on-field controversies.
During an ODI against South Africa in 2010, West Indies captain Chris Gayle ordered Benn to leave the field after he failed to follow instructions, with Gayle stating after the game that Benn did not want to bowl over the wicket.
