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Thomson questioned selectors' intentions, who omitted Hayden from the one-day international and Twenty20 teams against South Africa, but refused to rule the struggling left-hander out of contention for this year's tours to South Africa and England.
“I have no idea the way those selectors think. They say they're giving him a break to get his form back and all that but, Christ, I don't know. It just seems like a soft option for them,” Thomson said.
“They were going to do the whole deal and are sneaking up on it this way,” he was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press (AAP).
Former Test batsman Doug Walters said he feared the worst for 37-year-old Hayden, who averaged just 19.5 with the bat during Australia's 1-2 series loss to the Proteas.
“It's probably a mistake (of selectors) to drop (Hayden), but I wouldn't say they acted rashly. He's had a few opportunities.” “Unless he gets to finish the season off in grand style at the Sheffield Shield, it looks like it might be the swansong for him. The fact is he's not getting any younger.
We've already been beaten by South Africa here. Maybe they're thinking to blood a new guy against South Africa and then onto England.”"
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Thomson seems to be quite critical about the retirement of Hyden from international cricket once and for all, but i think the batsman of this stature should be given chance in one series. it is so cruel to end the career of the batsman who has served his country for so long and just beacuse he has failed in few innings it doesn't mean that he should be retired. if Sarauv and Rahul have been given so many chances than why not Hyden???