Mumbai: Former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden on Tuesday hit back at India team director Ravi Shastri's swipe at Australian critics of the spin-friendly pitch prepared for the recent Nagpur Test, saying that having played 103 Tests for his country, he has the right to speak for the game's betterment.


Matthew Hayden

Visitors South Africa were bundled out for a paltry 79 runs in their first innings, registering their lowest score after re-entering the international arena after end of apartheid. As many as 20 wickets fell on Day 2 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium and the visitors lost the match by 124 runs and the four-match series 2-0. The fourth and final Test is to be played in New Delhi from December 3.