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.
Speaking exclusively to ESPNCricinfo, Hayden spoke of how it would affect the team's balance.
"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.
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.
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 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.
The Australian opener was let off lightly by Cricket Australia with only a reprimand for calling Harbhajan Singh an "obnoxious little weed".
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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.
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.
Australia will go flat out for a win in the second cricket Test on Sunday, according to centurion Matthew Hayden.
Smith and Green played vigilantly and stitched up a massive partnership to see off a comfortable victory in the three-match ODI series.
Matthew Hayden said he loves beating India in India and silencing the packed stadiums.
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.
Hayden said the Australians had initially been motivated by their shock loss to England in 2005.
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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.
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.
Sachin Tendulkar's size never matched his status, writes former Australia batsman Mathew Hayden, in the book 'Sachin - Cricketer of the Century'.
"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.
Yamaha's Colin Edwards, overtaken by his Honda rival on the penultimate lap, seized back the lead but then crashed at the final chicane.
Reader Prasanth Lekshmanan from Kerala spotted former Australia batting ace Matthew Hayden at Carindale-Westfield Shopping Centre in Brisbane.
Matthew Hayden thinks Muralitharan accusing the Australian pace trio of chucking will not get him any favours in world cricket.
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden says India means a lot to him and his family, and he's looking forward to be part of the third edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden will miss the remainder of the Test series against West Indies after failing to recover from an Achilles tendon injury, a team spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Matthew Hayden's comment about India being a "third world" country came in for a scathing attack from former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram who said the Australians have a habit of bad-mouthing their opponents whenever they lose. Akram said the Aussies were "sore losers" and that Hayden should have known that India was now hundred years ahead of Australia "which is no more than a village".
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden is considering a comeback to competitive cricket and could well be seen in action in the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament in December.
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden wants the Champions Trophy to be scrapped as he feels it is meaningless to hold the eight-nation tournament along with a World Cup every four years.
Former Australia cricketer Neil Harvey has on Saturday lashed out at beleaguered opener Matthew Hayden calling him "a pain in the bum".
Former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden is planning to set up a cricket academy in India, local media reported on Friday.
Australia's chairman of selectors, Trevor Hohns, said that the left-hander was being given a rest to freshen up.
For Matthew Hayden, life is just beginning to take shape as he contemplates a range of options in the post-retirement period, from becoming a player advocate to unearthing Australia's next aboriginal Test cricketer. Hayden, who announced his decision to retire from international cricket on Tuesday, wants to play a major role in helping Australian cricketers deal with the social issues of being away from their families for long periods.
Tributes poured in for retired opener Matthew Hayden with Cricket Australia (CA) describing the burly left-hander as one of the greatest players ever to don the baggy green cap for Australia. CA chairman Jack Clarke said in a statement that Hayden was an indispensable part of the most successful chapter of Australian cricket.
The Australian opener will be rested during the triangular one-day series with Pakistan and West Indies.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday hit back at Australian opener Matthew Hayden's 'third world' remark and said the Aussies are always slow in finishing their quota of overs, no matter which part of the world they play. Back home after the 2-0 defeat in the Test series against India, Hayden spoke about, what he perceived, poor ground conditions and inordinate delays during the matches "that happen in third world countries".
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