Haddin, who represented NSW for 12 years, is currently an assistant coach with Punjab Kings in the IPL having previously held assistant roles with the Australia men’s team and Sunrisers Hyderabad. He will take up the NSW job in June when the squad returns for pre-season.

“NSW cricket has been an integral part of my life and to rejoin the fold as Blues head coach is a proud moment for myself and my family,” Haddin said in a statement. “Wearing the baggy blue was incredibly special and gave me some of the greatest memories of my career.

“I am looking forward to working with our current crop of talented players to bring back an aura to NSW cricket and to have a team with a formidable, distinctive style of play we can all be proud of.”

Lee Germon, the NSW CEO, said: “I am delighted to welcome Brad Haddin back to Cricket NSW to drive our Blues program forward and challenge for further titles. Brad is a highly regarded coach with experience at international and franchise level, plus a deep understanding of the NSW way of playing. This stems not only from his history with the Blues, but also his strong connections to country NSW and Premier Cricket.

“As a player, his outstanding leadership and willingness to always take the game on made him a revered teammate and formidable opponent. These traits have carried through into his coaching career. We are proud to have Brad guiding our Blues squad and look forward to working with him from June.”

Haddin is expected to have a new team of assistant coaches at NSW with incumbents Ali de Winter and Shawn Bradstreet told on Tuesday that they were losing their jobs, a move that did not go down well with former NSW and Australia spinner Steve O’Keefe who had already been vocal about the treatment of Shipperd.

“They’ve had a meeting in the morning, grabbed two of the assistant Blues coaches and said, ‘Your services are no longer required’,” O’Keefe said on SEN on Tuesday night.

“Brad had an amazing playing career, and if he can turn that into a great coaching career, he’s going to be a fantastic coach. There’s some great young coaches involved but to get rid of the likes of Shawn Bradstreet [and] Ali de Winter, who are just great servants of Cricket NSW, and do it in that fashion is absolutely brutal and extremely disappointing.”

Haddin won’t take up either the Sydney Sixers or Sydney Thunder BBL jobs which are also vacant. Shipperd was sacked from his Sixers job at the same time as losing the NSW role while Trevor Bayliss departed Thunder after they finished bottom this season.