Matthew Hayden Quotes (20 Quotes)

Ours has been a special relationship for a long time and I'm really happy about coming back and playing,

I don't really care whether England are closer to us or not - I believe that it's all about us.

I'd say from our momentum point of view, it took us a long time to get to that point in the game. It's significant for us to get a roll on going into their last innings.

It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day.

It's a very special venue and a very special occasion.

Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.

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We've well and truly done that now. We've got a really nice launching pad into tomorrow. With some good disciplined batting we can get a big lead,

This Australian side is an amazing side. England are a very good team, but Australia are better. The records of the individuals alone reveal that. But we gained a lot of respect for England.

He is well and truly head and shoulders No.1 in the world, there's no question of that.

Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

It may have come into play, it may not have. But it's the principle. You never compromise those rules. It's very disappointing.

We have three sessions to bat tomorrow and we need to take the game deep into the fifth day,

This game is something Australians really look forward to.

I think the game situation probably dictated the way I was prepared to play today,

Ricky is just awesome. I think he's well and truly, head and shoulders, number one in the world on all surfaces and all conditions. He's definitely one of Australia's finest ever.

This morning was as hard batting as we've had to do in a test match for a long time.

He got off the mark with such an emphatic stroke and it just went on and on from there. I'm quite happy to sit under the cloud of Andrew Symonds and watch him go the way I know he can go.

He is a class act and has 20 hundreds from 70 Tests. He is a bit under weather but it happens to everyone. I back him to come good soon.