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September 22, 2008
Hayden's hubris
Matthew Hayden told the Courier Mail that he felt he was going to be the obvious target of India's bowlers, especially Harbhajan Singh.
Having played over there and played well over there, I think I'm going to be the obvious targetI imagine he was referring to the verbals, because he averaged 30.5 from 8 innings and scored a single fifty during Australia's test series win in India in 2004.
I'm not implying that he's a crap batsman. But I do think his numbers (8200+ runs at an average of 53.5, with 30 centuries) are totally out of proportion with his ability & talent. I definitely hate the sight of him (obnoxious huge weed, perhaps?), maybe because of the way he looks so arrogant while batting. Viv Richards also showed his arrogance, but he had the ability for sure. In my opinion, Hayden's numbers are greatly inflated by poor bowling attacks. It's not his fault, for you can't expect him to throw away his wicket when he's facing pathetic bowlers.
That said, it's entirely likely that he will do very well in the forthcoming series in India. But it may well be a case of hubris.
Maybe Harbhajan should just say "We don't particularly care about Hayden. We're targetting Mitchell Johnson's batting since he averages 56 against us."
It was always on the cards though that Hayden's penchant for verbal diarrhea would reveal itself before the series started. He has always said stupid things.
- Sub-continental batsmen focus too much on personal landmarks.
- Wondering if Katich was dropped because he didn't convert his starts into big scores when he'd made 26, 30, 58, 39, 23, 9, 35 & 24 in the 2004 series in India.
- India's bowlers didn't know how to get him out, and were focussed on keeping him quiet, a charge that Harbhajan dismissed straightaway.
- Winning in India in 2004 drained Australia, so they screwed up the 2005 Ashes.
- Warns Monty Panesar that Australia's batsmen normally have left-arm spinners for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This, when Murali Kartik and (especially) Daniel Vettori had already taken enough wickets against Australia to roobish the claim.
- Challenging Ishant Sharma for a boxing bout.
- Calling Harbhajan an 'obnoxious little weed'.
Labels: aus v ind 2008, australia, hayden, sledging, verbal diarrhea
Thus spake Jagadish @ 1:14 am | Sledge/Read 1 sledge(s)
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August 21, 2006
Matthew Hayden warns Monty Panesar
In an interview with Cricinfo, Matthew Hayden, the best test batsman of the last decade, a major 2005 Ashes flop and one-day discard, sent out an open challenge to England's new star, Monty Panesar.
Monty Panesar will be under pressure from the moment he arrives in Australia, just simply because of the way we play spin bowling. As a left-hander I've got a natural advantage over Monty because the ball is spinning into me. It's the same for the other aggressive left-handers we've got in our order.After seeing this quote of his, we've got off-the-record confirmation that Murali Kartik, who took 4/44 and 3/52 at the Wankhede against Australia in 2004, and Daniel Vettori, who has six 5fers and one 10fer against Australia from 14 tests, have sent Hayden an email which just reads
Hi MatthewHis quotes also make me wonder about what Australia's right-handers plan to do, perhaps bat left-handed? Maybe he's just taking off on coach John Buchanan's thoughts in 2003 on ambi-dextrous cricketers
Nice to read what you wrote about handling left-arm spinners.
Hope you remember us.
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Daniel Vettori & Murali Kartik
Hayden's verbal diarrhea attacks are a frequent occurence though. Earlier this year, he blamed Australia's Ashes loss on a year-long hangover. Before that, he claimed that India's bowlers didn't know how to get him out during Australia's victorious series in 2004, a claim that Harbhajan Singh summarily dismissed. A long time ago, he said that sub-continental batsmen were selfish when it came to personal landmarks.
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January 27, 2006
Where art thou? Incognito?
I realized only yesterday that since his phenomenal cock-up on 6th January where he revealed to an Indian news channel his innermost thoughts about Sourav Ganguly, Raj Singh Dungarpur has been totally forgotten.
Given his proclivity for verbal diarrhea, it is very surprising that we've barely heard a whimper from him in the press in the last three weeks!
Is this the lull before the storm?
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