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Matthew Hayden retires from cricket
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by israeli.agent | January 12, 2009 at 08:27 pm
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Australia's one of the best cricketing opener, Mathew Hayden retires from Interntional cricket.
In the recently concluded South Africa - Australia series, he could score only at an average of 20 runs. Before that, in the test series aganist India too his perfomance was not great.
In the international level, he name was 11th in the list of best 20 batsmen. But he was dropped from Australia's one day internatiional team as well as the 20-20 teams because of the form slump.
In the international level, he name was 11th in the list of best 20 batsmen. But he was dropped from Australia's one day internatiional team as well as the 20-20 teams because of the form slump.
He was one of the few batsmen who the bowlers genuinely feared.
Matthew even got himself into his share of controversies too. Most notable one was his calling of fiery Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh an "obnoxious weed".
Matthew Hayden has announced his retirement from international cricket nearly 15 years after he was presented with his baggy green cap.
Fronting a press conference at the Gabba, the Kingaroy export called time on a sparkling career in which he played 103 Tests at the top of the Australian batting order, scoring 30 centuries at an average of 50.73.
"Today I'm announcing my retirement from representative cricket, effective immediately," Hayden, 37, read out from a statement.
In the Champions Room at the Gabba, a ground as familiar to Hayden as his backyard, he tried not to cry, but stumbled a few times as he read his retirement speech. With Ricky Ponting by his side - he gave encouragement when his friend stalled while talking of his love of playing for his state and country - Hayden spoke for more than half an hour about his past and his future..
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at 20:37 on January 12th, 2009
Thanks for posting this article. I think Matthew contributed to Australian cricket team in a big way and his role will always be remembered. Why don't you write something about him in the intro.