Matthew Hayden’s damning thoughts on Australia World Cup exit
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Legendary Australia opener Matthew Hayden joins Daniel Norcross and Aatif Nawaz at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium just days after the Aussies’ defeat to Sri Lanka to give his damning indictment on the team’s elimination from the T20 World Cup.
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| 0:55.6 | Legendary Australian opener and broadcaster who's here with the world feed, Matthewden alongside Utif Nawaz and we just want to talk about Australia and their woes in the T20 format at the moment |
| 1:02.4 | it's stunning the world of cricket at the moment that Australia have had such a poor tournament |
| 1:08.3 | but perhaps Haydos it hasn't surprised you. |
| 1:11.5 | The hope lies in Ireland, would you have ever heard in Australia talking about that? |
| 1:18.2 | Yeah, there's been some woes. |
| 1:21.0 | I mean, the reactions back home, the mood, if you like, of the nation has been rather heavy. because I think we've been sort of sold down |
| 1:31.1 | the stream a little bit in terms of our selection and how we've gone about preparing for this |
| 1:37.7 | World Cup. It's actually sort of smacks to be fair, a little closer to home, a little shot across |
| 1:43.2 | the bowels closer to home home it's sort of smacks |
| 1:45.4 | of england and their question in the ashes preparation this kind of self-fulfilling prophecy that |
| 1:53.5 | kind of we're okay and things are no don't worry it's it's a it's a healthy mix of denial |
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