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HARDtalk - Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer 1993 - 2009

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England and Australia always serve up a nail-biting Ashes series. This oldest cricketing rivalry still plays to packed stadiums and generates huge media interest, but the same can't be said of the rest of international test cricket. Matthew Hayden is one of Australia's greatest opening batsmen; he's retired from the test arena but still plays in the hugely lucrative Indian Premier League. Stephen Sackur asks him: is cricket in the process of selling its soul?