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"Often, as a player, radio interviews -- and in particular the more relaxed FM networks -- are where the cliches and sportspeak are abandoned as you inadvertently drift off into the spirit of the interview and blurt out something that you would not normally say in a more controlled environment which often leads to a headline and harsh consequences," Waugh wrote in his column for The Daily Telegraph.
Waugh, however, thought Hayden should have been more careful in his choice of words as the interview was going on air.
"Whether Matthew was caught off guard or was sending out a message to India that the friendly stuff was no longer a priority is debatable, but what is certain is that it was never going to go unnoticed by the authorities," Waugh said.
"Surely players can have an opinion but at the same time it needs to be expressed in an articulate manner which would enable some sort of truce.
"The alternative is to have robotic answers which neither gives an insight nor stimulates debate," he wrote.
Waugh said the Aussies lacked the killer instinct and were "out of sync" after the controversial Sydney Test.
"Australia have been out of sync since the tempestuous Sydney Test match where they felt under siege from all-comers in the wake of the Harbhajan-Symonds confrontation.
"From that moment on they have been searching for the equilibrium that satisfies the critics and stays true to playing cricket "the Aussie way" -- hard, fair and uncompromising," he said.
In the ongoing tri-series, in which India defeated Australia in the first final to go 1-0 up on Sunday, Waugh said the hosts were using their experience to manage wins.
"During this one-day series they have remained largely in the winning column by utilising their experience and seizing the crucial moments, mostly while in the field, but they still have lacked that killer instinct that has categorized Australia's dominance of the past decade," Waugh wrote.

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Hayden, a well-known fat crook, is nothing but a poisnous mushroom! Even if these greedy cheats get the whole world for nothing, they still want more. They don't feel shame!
How the ball was slipped from Bret. Ask umpire. Aussie media have not written any single word because it is in their blood. Unsporstmanship. We Indian have not made any noise as we are juntlemen in cricket. Imagine if same thing could have been happened by Ishant Sharma to Ponting. By this time this young man might have got life ban.
Yes Aussies always do everything unintentional. Even bowling beamer to Sachin by Bret Lee was unintentional. Icc kept their eyes closed. Watch that moment once again
Rules should be the same for both the playing counties on behalf of their nation.the Australians were at the backfoot after the judgement came from the test series and the latest scandle being created by Hayden towards harbhajan is a Clear example of Distress,and should hayden be penealized by uttering the words they have been taught to from their childhood.
I don't agree with Steve Waugh's explanation here. Hayden's comments were designed to provoke the Indian team into doing something stupid and losing games. The right thing to do after that would have been to apologize to Harbhajan. However "obnoxious" he is, decency says don't air your opinions in public.I also do not agree with the fact that the Australians are caught between playing in the spirit and playing the "Aussie" way. Nothing in their demeanour after the Sydney test suggests that. If that were true, they wouldn't have played up the media the way they have. They are just downright insecure. I don't think it is because of India. Any team that was beating them on their home grounds would have had to cop all this nonsense.
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