Hayden admits he was 8216;insensitive8217;

8220;The cricket environment I have grown up with is probably a little bit different from today,8221; the 37-year-old cricketer was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.

Hayden expressed anguish at being reprimanded by Cricket Australia for his behaviour.

8220;It saddens me that my employer has to discipline me for my behaviour,8221; Hayden said.

Hayden, in an interview to Brisbane Radio, had called Harbhajan 8220;obnoxious little weed8221; and also invited young paceman Ishant Sharma 8220;into a ring8221; for a boxing bout.

CA rules do not allow its contracted players to make comments against opponent players or the Board and hence charged Hayden with breach of its code of behaviour, although let off with only a reprimand.