Each year in cricket, there is the Boxing Day test match. This summer, channel nine showed snippets of interviews with current players - each player was asked his most memorable boxing day moment.
There were usual answers from players who had done particularly well, or been involved in a great win, until they got to Matthew Hayden. In the last 5 boxing day matches, he has made 4 hundreds, and i expected one of those to be his answer.
Instead he named 1996 against the West Indies. New to the team, he had not scored many runs, and was "under the pump" to stay in the side.
He was bowled for nought and still says he can hear the ball knocking the off stump. Shortly after he was dropped from the team, and it would be three long years before he returned.
Sometimes life can be incrediby harsh (even harsher than being bowled for nought). I guess the key is to get through the bad times and appreciate the good ones. As Hayden says about his tough times, "that's made all the special happy times so much more special".
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