Hayden says Australia will fight back

Rifat Jawaid in Calcutta

The Australian batting star on the first day of Eden Test, Mathew Hayden, regretted to have lost his wicket when he looked all set to score yet another ton. Talking to reporters at the Eden Gardens, Hayden, sounded optimistic about Australia's chances and felt that they would easily pile up a reasonable total of about 350 when they resume their batting on Monday.

"Don't forget that Steve is a world class player and he has played under pressure on innumerable occasions. He would take his side to a respectable total even tomorrow when he walks on to the field Kasprovicz," Haden remarked.

The Aussie opener attributed the lapse of concentration to his early departure four balls after he came to bat in the post tea sessions. While attempting to send Harbhajan Singh's rising delivery across the boundary when caught by Badanai. Haden was three runs away from completing what could have been his second successive century in the ongoing India-Australia test series.

He added, "I got a little lazy after lunch. It's wrong to say that I was under mental pressure due to the fact that I was scoring hundred was in my mind. I never look at scoreboard during batting. It's just that I couldn't keep the confidence with which I had batted so successfully in the first two sessions. I failed to read the flight of Harbhajan's delivery and ended up loosing my wicket."

Haden was full of praises for Panjab off spinner who created a history by hat trick in today's game. He said that the Singh really bowled well especially in post tea session.

"He(Singh) got the reward after being hit all over the place by Aussie batsmen earlier in the day," Haden remarked.

He, however, warned the media not to write off Australia from the game. He said the powerful Aussie attack spearheaded by McGrath and Warne would put paid to India's all hopes levelling the series.

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