Matthew Hayden

Philiip Hughes, certain to make his Test debut against South Africa at the Wanderers, is cool

Matthew Hayden has said Brendon McCullum's move to play Twenty20 for New South Wales highlights New Zealand's "disappointing" international schedule

Andrew Symonds has said retirement is not on his immediate radar but he does believe he is entering the "final chapter" of his cricket career

Where did Australia's belligerent opener rank among others of similar vintage and style?

The ICC has been forced to issue a hasty media release after criticism of its rankings following its announcement that Matthew Hayden was rated as the 10th-best Test batsmen of all time

Hayden was typecast as a batting bully, but he was subtler than that, and the same divergence showed in his character as well

Stats analysis of Matthew Hayden's career

Matthew Hayden's international retirement makes him available for the entire second edition of the IPL

Tributes for Matthew Hayden after he announced his retirement

After surviving a series of career-threatening slumps, Hayden had the energy and the ability, but not the desire

Matthew Hayden, Australia's most successful opening batsman, has ended a dire home Test campaign by deciding to step down

A look at the players in the reckoning to fill the impending vacancy at the top of Australia's order

Simon Katich hopes his Test opening partner Matthew Hayden does not walk away from the game in the next few weeks despite his disappointing returns this season

Matthew Hayden will spend the next week pondering his future after insisting he had not yet decided whether to retire from international cricket having been axed from Australia's one-day team

Matthew Hayden is clinging to his international career after being told he is not in Australia's limited-overs plans

Matthew Hayden's immediate future will be known when Australia's limited-overs teams are named on Thursday for the South Africa fixtures

Michael Hussey has seen no signs from Matthew Hayden that he is about to retire and would be stunned if the opener was not part of next month's tour to South Africa. Hayden scored 39 in the second innings to continue his horrible run at home this season a

Cricinfo's preview of the third Test between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney

Australia's current problems have been reflected by the latest ICC rankings which show three key players have slipped down the lists