Hayden supports Clarke's calls for Australians to play hard

The former Australian skipper told Macquarie Sports Radio on Tuesday: "Play Australian Cricket. Whether we like it or not, it's in our blood. If you're trying to cope, we'll be the most popular team in the world, we're not going to win shit. We will not win a match. Boys and girls want to win. ''

Clarke Wednesday night took to Twitter Gerard Whateley and his slogan: "title chasing the cowards" after being labeled "absurd" and "unconscious" by the Melbourne radio host.

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Simon Katich, who played hard and once tried to stifle Clarke in the SCG hangars after a Test victory in 2009, replied to SEN radio, saying, "Once again, we find somebody who misses the goal. What we have forgotten in all this is that we have cheated.

"The fact is we were caught blatantly cheating and we need to fix it as quickly as possible in order to regain the respect of the cricket public in Australia and around the world. This behavior on the ground has displeased us within the team for a number of years and this has obviously wreaked havoc in Cape Town. They can always play the same way as Australia to be competitive and fair without going beyond that. "

Hayden, the great opener who once called Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh a "weed," said prior to the Bradman Foundation Gala Dinner at CGS, where he was inducted as a recipient of honor: "I know what our truth is Australian cricketers, we play our best cricket when you fight, and now the word" fight "refers to fist fights, verbal diarrhea and racial and religious taunts. nothing about it.

"It's a body language and the fact that as Australians, when you cross that line and play MBS, it's our country, our territory." And under our watch, we want to try to win. And I think that's really what Michael would try to say: it's about this competitive advantage.

& # 39; & # 39; I know if we lose that, and even our great time of Australian cricket when we lost that advantage – and I think about it after the match against India, here – and everyone was a little hit by this incident and a little worried about whether we were overtaking the mark? and to know if we should play the game in this spirit? We started to play badly. And I do not think it's right.

"My expectations, as a fan, forget a former player is that our athletes, men or women, whatever their code, seek to win the game or win their event. I think it's the mentality that we have to play our best in any code. "

This word "brand" is scary because it represents all kinds of ills. It's a very corporate word and I think cricket is a game.

Matthew Hayden

Asked about improving the cricket brand, Hayden said: "This word" brand "is scary because it represents all kinds of ills and it's a very corporate word and I think cricket is a game.

"There is a whole series of lawsuits that will continue on the fact that they have qualified cricket as such, but as a gaming group, the code is what it is, to play the game hard and fairly. It's Australian cricket and you see it in cricket clubs, you see it in kids games on weekends, you play the game in a competitive spirit and you do not play because that you want to be a good master type. & # 39;