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from Bruce Manly chilling next to the Swan river in Perth sipping on a chilled Swannie (Lager that is)

It looks as thought the New Year’s test in Sydney is going to live up to its reputation as a swansong venue for a long-serving Australian cricketer. Over the years, Aussies have made a habit of signing off in Sydney - remember Steve Waugh’s famous 127?
Well, talk is that big Matty Hayden is ready to hand in his card, abandon hope of playing in the Ashes next year, and go off to collect a pension in the IPL.

Attention is now focussed on his replacement - Chris Rogers (31) from Victoria or Phil Hughes (20) from New South Wales. The much loved and the late David Hookes famously said on more than one occasion that when a baggy blue cap was handed to a NSW debutant, an Australian Test baggy green was given as well to save time! For those who lived and played outside the NSW dressing room, the cynical view had widespread support. As the immediate past coach of Victoria, Hookesy would be screaming from the rooftops over the latest push out of Sydney for left-hander opener Phillip Hughes to become the heir apparent to Matthew Hayden.
As the First Test against South Africa in Perth next week looms and Hayden’s grand career draws closer to a natural conclusion, Hughes will at the same time pad up for the Blues, the calls for his elevation to Test status becoming louder all the time.

This summer Rogers has played a game less than his NSW counterpart and scored 621 runs at an average of 88.71, with three centuries. He has played 130 first class matches — including one Test as a stand-in last season — and he averages just on 50. He has recorded 34 first class hundreds. In contrast, Hughes with only 15 first-class matches to his name has scored 1200 runs at an average of 52.17 (3×100; 9×50). “

The smart money’s on Phil Hughes walking out at the Wanderers!

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