Ashes 2015: Brad Haddin drops Joe Root second ball

Could this prove to be a costly drop catch by Brad Haddin?

How different could things have been on day one of the 2015 Ashes, had Brad Haddin caught Joe Root second ball...

Root went on to score his seventh Test hundred and second against Australia, as England recovered from 43-3 on day one of the first Test at Cardiff.

Having just trapped Ian Bell lbw, Mitchell Starc induced an outside edge from Root through to Haddin, but the Aussie wicketkeeper was unable to take the chance.

Click on the video above to watch the drop. How important could it be in the Test, and even the series? Might Haddin have already dropped the Ashes?

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