Brisbane (Australia), Mar. 21 : Former Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has kickstarted a campaign to restore Queensland''s image after the oil spill that disfigured Moreton Island.

Hayden will promote Tourism Queensland's Donate a Day to the Bay campaign after news of the devastating oil spill prompted people around the world to cancel holidays.

Brisbane, Mar. 8 : Retired Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has hailed his replacement, Phillip Hughes.

Australian cricket was celebrating Hughes''s maiden ton (115) on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead.

At 20 and 97 days, Hughes is the youngest Australian to hit a Test century since Doug Walters cracked 155 on debut against England in 1965 when he was 19.

Hayden dubbed Hughes (170cm) the new (equally diminutive) Justin Langer, detecting eerily similar hallmarks.

Dubai, Jan. 15 : Matthew Hayden's position of 10th and 18th in the all-time Test and ODI Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for batsmen is an impressive achievement by anyone's standards, but this has sparked off a debate on whether he is actually the 10th-best Test batsman or 18th-best ODI batsman in the history of the game.

The controversy seems to have erupted over the downgrading of India''s Sachin Tendulkar, who has been ranked 28th on the list of all time greats.

Dubai, Jan. 14 : Australia's Matthew Hayden, who has just retired from representative cricket, can now look back on an international career that puts him in the top 10 Test batsmen and top 20 ODI batsmen of all-time, according to the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings.

Hayden's highest Test rating of 935 came during the Ashes series of 2002-03 and puts him level in 10th position with South Africa's Jacques Kallis and just behind four others, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and a West Indian triumvirate consisting of legends Clyde Walcott, Viv Richards and Garry Sobers.

London, Jan 14 : England must find another way to unsettle Australia in this summer''s Ashes series after opening batsman Matthew Hayden announced his retirement from international cricket to spend more time with his family.

Hayden had been unable to find his best form in his two series in England, and his average of 34.50 (with only two scores over fifty), being his lowest in any country other than New Zealand.

Melbourne, Jan 14 : A poll conducted among Australian cricket fans has thrown up Phil Jacques to be the favourite to replace Matthew Hayden alongside Simon Katich at the top of the batting order.

Of the 1,384 people who voted, 38 per cent preferred the New South Wales batsman to Chris Rogers (15 per cent), Shaun Marsh (14 per cent), or any other opener (33 per cent), according to The Australian online poll.