Police investigate explosive device reportedly found outside Brad Haddin's home

Australia Cricket wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. Photo / Dean Purcell.

Police are investigating after a suspicious item was reportedly found on a nature strip outside the Sydney home of Australian cricketer Brad Haddin.

Officers were called to a home on Champion Road, Tennyson Point, at 3.15pm on Friday after the suspicious item was found in a nature strip outside the property.

The ABC reports the device is understood to have been two butane canisters with a wick attached, and there had been an attempt to light it.

Haddin withdrew from the Second Test at Lord's for family reasons and was replaced by debutant Peter Nevill.