Tell Hayden his career is up,Thomson to selectors

I have no idea the way those selectors think. They say they8217;re giving him a break to get his form back and all that but,Christ,I don8217;t know. It just seems like a soft option for them, Thomson said.

They were going to do the whole deal and are sneaking up on it this way, he was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press AAP.

Former Test batsman Doug Walters said he feared the worst for 37-year-old Hayden,who averaged just 19.5 with the bat during Australia8217;s 1-2 series loss to the Proteas.

It8217;s probably a mistake of selectors to drop Hayden,but I wouldn8217;t say they acted rashly. He8217;s had a few opportunities. Unless he gets to finish the season off in grand style at the Sheffield Shield,it looks like it might be the swansong for him. The fact is he8217;s not getting any younger.

We8217;ve already been beaten by South Africa here. Maybe they8217;re thinking to blood a new guy against South Africa and then onto England.8221;