Matthew Hayden said he had made a mistake by calling Harbhajan Singh an 'obnoxious weed' and was keen to patch up.
Media reports said the "Kentucky Kid", who won the MotoGP championship on a Honda in 2006, is in a serious condition.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden is doubtful for Thursday's opening Test against West Indies due to an Achilles injury, captain Ricky Ponting said on Tuesday.
Rohit Sharma's aggressive batting and Shubman Gill's calculated approach have formed a formidable opening partnership for India in ODIs.
Matthew Hayden's chances of playing in the third Test in Perth are slim with the opener saying he was not sure whether he can recover in time for the match beginning January 16.
The Australian opening batsmen said last year's Ashes defeat to England had spurred them to greater heights.
Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden spent a second day in intensive care on Thursday after colliding with a car while cycling in eastern Italy.
Australia opener Matthew Hayden will be fit for the Ashes series starting next month despite breaking a finger.
Ducati's Loris Capirossi stormed to victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, with champion Valentino Rossi finishing second.
American Nicky Hayden boosted his MotoGP championship hopes with a second straight US Grand Prix victory.
From a bowler's paradise on Day 1 to a batting haven on Day 2, the Perth pitch has defied expectations.
Matthew Hayden says his relative one-day famine is a result of the high-octane, high-risk tactics of the Australian side.
'He knows that Gabba will be a different wicket where he will get to face a lot of bounce and pace and that back foot game needs to be included in his game.'
The model-turned-actress got married to Collin Dick on September 13.
Matthew Hayden says Australia are the leading cricketing team in the world because its players don't play for personal milestones.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Matthew Hayden is having a blast, literally, in this Indian Premier League and feels water sports helps him unwind and maintain balance between cricket and life.
"It gives him the chance to manage a range of minor injuries that he has endured," said chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns.
"They have really been consistent over the past two years," said Rahul Dravid.
Embattled opener Matthew Hayden was on Thursday left out of Australia's 13-man squads for the upcoming Twenty20 Internationals and Commonwealth Bank ODI Series against South Africa even as speculation continues on his Test future.
Opening batsman Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of Australia's one-day series against Bangladesh starting in Darwin on Saturday to recover fully from an Achilles injury. Cricket Australia's medical staff opted to leave the veteran batsman out of the series to spare him the three-and-a-half hour flight from Brisbane to Darwin and rest his damaged tendon.
Opening batsman Matthew Hayden will miss the rest of Australia's tour of the Caribbean due to injury.
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden expressed surprise at the axing of India opener Virender Sehwag for the last two Test matches of the ongoing India-Australia Test series.
'Ashwin doesn't really need to be as attacking as Bhajji. His role within this side is well-defined by a slightly better fast bowling attack (as support cast) than what my generation was facing' 'Kohli would have done fine against Glenn McGrath'
The Australian opener was let off lightly by Cricket Australia with only a reprimand for calling Harbhajan Singh an "obnoxious little weed".
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has revealed that he will quit all forms of competitive cricket after the end of the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament to draw curtains on his illustrious career spanning 20 years.
Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh said Matthew Hayden could have made the "obnoxious little weed" remark against Harbhajan Singh inadvertently as the Aussie opener was giving the radio interview in a relaxed atmosphere.
In an outburst that might lead to a bitter war of words, Australian opener Matthew Hayden on Saturday lashed out at the Indian team for adopting "defensive tactics" to slow down the host side's scoring rate on the third day of the fourth and final cricket Test in Adelaide.
Australia will go flat out for a win in the second cricket Test on Sunday, according to centurion Matthew Hayden.
Matthew Hayden said he loves beating India in India and silencing the packed stadiums.
Hayden said the Australians had initially been motivated by their shock loss to England in 2005.
Bush nominated Hayden on May 8 to replace Goss.
Matthew Hayden made 153 and Andrew Symonds was unbeaten on 154 as Australia led England by 213 runs after the second day of the fourth Test.
Australian Test great Matthew Hayden has said that he believed that the decision to appoint Michael Clarke as captain from a young age instead of grooming a group of candidates contributed to a lost generation of leaders.
Yamaha's Colin Edwards, overtaken by his Honda rival on the penultimate lap, seized back the lead but then crashed at the final chicane.
Sachin Tendulkar's size never matched his status, writes former Australia batsman Mathew Hayden, in the book 'Sachin - Cricketer of the Century'.
Matthew Hayden thinks Muralitharan accusing the Australian pace trio of chucking will not get him any favours in world cricket.
Reader Prasanth Lekshmanan from Kerala spotted former Australia batting ace Matthew Hayden at Carindale-Westfield Shopping Centre in Brisbane.
Two of Australia's greatest top-order batsmen, David Boon and Matthew Hayden, and the brilliant women's all-rounder Betty Wilson will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the 2017 Allan Border Medal ceremony in Sydney on Monday.
"Non-Indian commenting on the conditions in India and I reckon probably 80 percent said 'mind your business and go back to Australia and worry about your own country' which is fair enough. "But 20 percent of the people that understand the game and have a great passion for the game, a comment like mine whether they like or not is from the base of loving this sport, from the base of loving conditions and also experiencing diverse conditions across the world," Hayden said.
