Just shaded as man of the Ashes series, Brad Haddin laid the rumour to rest – he is not retiring, far from it.

The 36-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, pipped for player-of-the-series honours by Mitchell Johnson, started the Sydney Test with whispers of his imminent retirement floating around the SCG.

He finished it with a host of records to his name, in the form of his life and with a clear view of just how long he wants to stay in international cricket.

That extends to the 2015 World Cup in Australia, when he will be 37, at least.

Despite already passing the age that champion Australian keepers Rod Marsh, Adam Gilchrist and Ian Healy ended their careers, Haddin has no doubts over whether he can soldier on.

“From a cricket point of view I probably haven’t played as much cricket as guys my age (normally would have),” said Haddin, a veteran of 168 first class games.

“A lot of guys my age would’ve played 250 first class games.

“As long as I’m still challenging myself and things are going in the right direction at home I’ll play as long as I’m enjoying it and contributing to this team being the team we want to be.”

There’s no question over his contributions against England.

He finished second on the run-scoring list, scored a half century in every first innings of the series and became the fourth Australian gloveman to score 3000 Test runs, joining Healy, Marsh and Gilchrist.

During his second innings 28 in the 281-run victory at the SCG on Sunday, he also passed Gilchrist’s record for most runs made by a No.7 – a mark which now stands at 493.

“I don’t think I’ve had a better feeling in cricket than I did after we got that last wicket today,” he said.