Michael Clarke fires back at Buchanan, Symonds and Hayden in the Ashes diary 2015

3. Pup’s reply to Haydos:

Around the same time, Matthew Hayden was also quoted by Fox Sports saying, “I’ll never forget the day that Justin Langer couldn’t go bat-pad because he had head injuries,’’

“We needed someone and usually it goes to the youngest in the side.”

”He (Clarke) said – “If I have to wear that, I will hand my baggy green back.”

”The thing is it’s an indictment on Michael. But it’s in the context of this conversation to say that he knew that he didn’t want to do that, he was skilful in other places. But in hindsight, we should have said mate that’s exactly what will happen – we will have your baggy green back and that’s the way it will roll.”

“But he learnt from that, he became a much better person and a much better player through those lessons,’’ Hayden said.

Responding to the allegations, Haydos charged him with Clarke wrote: “I think I’ve shown over the past 12 years how much I’ve valued representing my country and how much my 389 baggy green means to me,”

“If Ricky (Ponting) had asked me to jump off the Harbour Bridge, I would have jumped. I loved playing for Australia that much.”