"We are well back in the hunt. We are looking to win this match now," said the left-hander after scoring his 17th Test ton.
Twenty-year-old Phillip Hughes will replace retired opener Matthew Hayden in Australia's squad for the three-Test tour of South Africa. The squad includes three other uncapped players in fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus, batsman Marcus North and 36-year-old leg-spinner Bryce McGain.
Retired Australian opener Matthew Hayden has hit back at S Sreesanth by describing the Kings XI Punjab pacer as an over-rated bowler who "always loses cool under pressure" following the duo's face-off in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday.
Australian think-tank heaved a sigh of relief with batting mainstays Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden recovering fast from injuries to reach India next month to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The world champions, replying to England's 373 took their score from 112 without loss to 277 for two.
Matthew Hayden was a batsman of rare ability and Australia will struggle to find a suitable replacement for the retired left-hander, said India opener Virender Sehwag.
The American ended world champion Valentino Rossi's run of five consecutive MotoGP wins with victory in the US Grand Prix.
Under pressure Australian opener Matthew Hayden's future would be reviewed at the end of the Test series against South Africa, coach Tim Nielsen said.
Australia opener Matthew Hayden feels the pressure is back on India with the tourists comfortably placed in their reply to India's mammoth first innings total of 613 for 7 declared.
Australia's skipper said the opening pair got more runs than he had expected in the tri-series match against Zinmababwe.\n\n
"I am disappointed because I love watching him against other teams," said the Indian off-spinner of Matthew Hayden.
Sachin Tendulkar has always been showered with the biggest of compliments but former Australia opener Matthew Hayden took it to a new level as he placed the senior batsman above the game itself while calling him India's Don Bradman and a "movement in himself".
'I always believed that when you're leading a team, you need to understand each other well, not just in passing. Once you know an individual well, you know his strength, his weaknesses, it becomes easier to guide the team in the correct direction,' Dhoni told Star Sports.
Opener Matthew Hayden on Thursday said he will consider his Test future over the next couple of months as he does not want to make a hasty decision, especially when he was not in right frame of mind.
Mohammed Siraj's self-belief and never-say-die attitude are his real strengths, said batting legend Sunil Gavaskar after the pacer set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's four-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru on Saturday.
The retired Australian batsman scored 65 from 35 deliveries and the Sri Lankan spinner claimed 3 for 11 as Chennai Super Kings beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 92 runs in the Indian Premier League.
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The Australia opener challenged India to prove their claims of superiority in the fourth and final Test at Adelaide.
Shane Warne's problem in India was that he simply tried to spin the ball too much since big turn never worried the Indian who have played it 'almost from the cradle', says his former teammate Matthew Hayden.
Australia retained off-colour Matthew Hayden and replaced the injured trio of Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson with three uncapped players for the third and final Test against South Africa. Having already conceded the three-match series to Graeme Smith's men, the selectors on Tuesday drafted in three uncapped players -- pacemen Doug Bollinger and Ben Hilfenhaus and all-rounder Andrew McDonald -- in the 12-man squad.
Matthew Hayden is doubtful for the sixth ODI against India after injuring his hip in the last match in Baroda.
Australian legend Matthew Hayden said India tour is a premium test event in their cricket culture and it is important to quickly resolve the pay dispute as there is a lot at stake.
Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist also expressed relief at the Australian government's decision to call off the team's tour of ZImbabwe.
According to movie gossip websites, Christensen, the face of Anakin Skywalker -- who became Darth Vader -- in the recent Star Wars series, is playing one of the leading Hollywood superheroes, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The Indian bowlers -- Zaheer Khan in particular -- have so far successfully managed to tie him down, but Australia opener Matthew Hayden has vowed to bounce back when the third Test gets underway in Delhi from October 29.
Harbhajan Singh reckons that Matthew Hayden's stinging verbal attack at him stems from the frustration of realising that the Australians are "no longer the undisputed champions".
Former Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has said that he believes David Warner needs to buy into the national team culture before he can achieve his rich potential.
Matthew Hayden's 29th Test ton took Australia to 282 for four at stumps on day four of the second Test against India.
Back in India for the second edition of the Indian Premier League, former Australia opener Matthew Hayden attributed India's growing stature in Tests and ODIs to the IPL and the country's Twenty20 World Cup triumph.
India have hatched plans for Test nemesis Matthew Hayden, conceding he is the game's No.1 batsman.
Mathew Hayden also overtook Sachin Tendulkar as the year's leading run scorer with 1,481 to his name.
Virender Sehwag's axing from the Indian squad for the third and fourth Test would make Australia "happy" and the struggling opener, according to Matthew Hayden, could have broken his run of poor scores with a "triple ton" in Mohali.
Matthew Hayden may not be among the big admirers of Harbhajan Singh but the Australian opener has no qualms in admitting that the feisty Indian off-spinner would pose main threat to his side during their four-match Test series beginning October 9.
Reader Ritu Sharma sent us these pictures from Johannesburg.
Hayden cannot wait for the Indians to come over later this month and the first Test will be at Hayden's hometown Brisbane.
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