Hayden retires

[Adnan Siddiqi]

A big loss[^]. Why was he being neglected? He was one of the toughest batsman in modern times.

[Dalek Dave]

I know, with the Ashes coming up it is GREAT NEWS!

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[John Carson]

Adnan Siddiqi wrote:

A big loss[^]. Why was he being neglected? He was one of the toughest batsman in modern times.

Because he is 37 years old, has been in mediocre form for two years, had a very poor series against South Africa (averaging 19.5) and was hopeless against the swinging ball in the 2005 Ashes series. Time to move on. There are plenty of good players waiting in the wings.

John Carson

[Vikram A Punathambekar]

Because he's woefully out of form. He's also old. The gap between the top three teams has never been this close in recent times. Should be an interesting year!

Cheers, Vıkram.

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[Adnan Siddiqi]

and you guys think you can win Ashes just because Hayden is not there?

[Dalek Dave]

To be honest no. But hey, let's wait and see!

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[Adnan Siddiqi]

best of luck!

[Lost User]

It was time. Shame he didn't get to leave on better note. In more important news Shane and Simone are together again[^]