Mathew Hayden is going though a rough patch of time on the field as he is struggling to get his from back, and, as such, there is huge speculation regarding his retirement. However, the Australian opener has said that he has not thought about his retirement yet. The batsmen scored only 47 runs in the first two tests against
Mathew Hayden failed to live up to the expectation in the test series in
Cricinfo reported:
Hayden said he hadn’t thought about stepping down. “I’m not sure going after you lose a series, in the middle of the series, would be the right time to go,” he told AAP. “There’s absolutely no doubt about that. So I didn’t think about it for a minute.”
There are batsmen like Phillip Hughes, Chris Rogers and Michael Klinger who are continuously pushing to get into the Australian squad with their performance in domestic cricket in
Well, I agree on the fact that good performers of the state level should be given chance to play at the international level in what would give them enough exposure too. Having said that, you can not get a replacement of Mathew Hayden overnight. The experience, vision and talent Hayden offers may not be expected from a state level player. You may ask that Hayden himself earned a national team call up by performing well in the state level. Yes, I agree with you, but he did not get the chance in one day. He came only when he could show that he possessed enough maturity to play with consistency at this level.
So, I think, Hayden should not retire now because
(This entry was originally pubslihed on Thursday, January 1st, 2009)
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