Promoting greatest pile of mediocrity: Hayden on recalling Maddinson after 10 yrs
Ex-Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden slammed Australia selectors for bringing back 34-year-old Nic Maddinson into Test squad after 10 years for South Africa series. "Where we are at is that we're promoting the greatest pile of mediocrity that we've seen in a generation of cricket...If we...expect that a bloke averaging 35 is going to average 55 in Tests...you're dreaming," he said.