Hayden to quit before 2011 World Cup

8220;I appreciated what Mark Waugh enabled me to do prior to my first World Cup in 2003 and that was I had about 50 games under my belt to get well settled and well prepared for the World Cup,8221; Hayden said.

8220;I8217;ve got no intention to go on to the next World Cup in 2011. There will be a transition period between now and that World Cup. From there I8217;d like to think I can step aside in a manner which is very unselfish to the preparation of the team moving forward to the next World Cup,8221; he was quoted as saying by the Herald Sun.

Plagued by tendon injuries over the past 12 months, there have been growing calls for the broad-shouldered opener to step down from one-day cricket and concentrate on Tests but Hayden insisted he wasn8217;t ready to give up the limited-overs game so soon.

Hayden said his tendon problems had caused him great frustration but it had been like that for almost a decade.

8220;It is a tendon that has just been worked. It8217;s a deteriorating injury. It doesn8217;t mean it gets any worse. I8217;ve had it in my knees for nine years. Some days they are sore but you play. Other days they hurt badly,8221; said Hayden, who had to miss the Caribbean tour recently due to the injury.