Matabele
Journey Man
It's a point of infamy that Slater was given the opening gig for the 1st Ashes Test of the 1993 series ahead of Hayden, despite the Queenslander having a far superior record to the NSWman.
This consigned Hayden to 6 years in the wilderness.
And I pondered as he wracked up yet another century and moved to 5th on the all-time scorers list for Australians over the weekend while Slater cometated in the box with his 40 something Test average.
Was Hayden denied 6 years of glroy by a far inferior player, simply because said monkey came from NSW?
This consigned Hayden to 6 years in the wilderness.
And I pondered as he wracked up yet another century and moved to 5th on the all-time scorers list for Australians over the weekend while Slater cometated in the box with his 40 something Test average.
Was Hayden denied 6 years of glroy by a far inferior player, simply because said monkey came from NSW?