It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day.

Retirement
On 13 January 2009 Hayden held a press conference at The Gabba and officially announced his retirement from representative cricket. 57. His career ended when he was dropped from the ODI Australian team.

Upon his retirement in January 2009 Hayden's Test average was 50. He formed one of the most prolific opening partnerships in world Test cricket for Australia with Justin Langer and in ODI cricket with Adam Gilchrist. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.