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ADELAIDE - Australian opener Matthew Hayden says he has no immediate plans to follow Adam Gilchrist's walk into retirement from cricket.
Gilchrist's shock announcement he would retire from international cricket after the coming triangular one-day series leaves Hayden, 36, the oldest permanent member of the side amid a glut of retirements over the past 13 months.
The departures of Damien Martyn, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and now Gilchrist over the past two summers signals a remarkable changing of the guard in the Australian team.
But Hayden, whose brilliant form yesteday earned him a 30th test century in the final test against India at the Adelaide Oval, said he had no plans yet to follow the path of his one-day opening partner.
Hayden, who has played 94 Tests, sang "Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall" when asked if he felt like the sole remaining senior man.
"Of course, I'm now the oldest within the team, but I'm also enjoying my cricket and like Adam, I can equally say that I'm sure I'll know the right time to retire," he said.
"It's not my time yet."
Hayden's 103 put him in a select group comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh as the players who have scored 30 or more Test hundreds.
And of that group, Hayden got to that mark the quickest.
- AAP
