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Hayden turns new leaf

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As a diplomat on the field, Matthew Hayden makes a particularly good cricketer.
Rarely - make that never - will he back down from an opponent, as became obvious in last sum mer's tinderbox series against the Indians which placed him squarely in the middle of one of the most explosive confrontations the game has witnessed.
Hayden started that campaign by saying India had eclipsed England as his favourite team to beat, then ended it by branding serial agitator Harbhajan Singh an "obnoxious little weed" on live radio.
As the effigies bunted on the subcontinent. Hayden was chas tised by Cricket Australia for his remark, sinking relations between the rival sides to a new low.
Now, after a cameo in the Indian Premier League, Hayden is talking like a man who has just returned from a voyage of self-discovery. What guru Maharishi did for The Beatles, the IPL has done for the burlyQueenslander.
What was meant to be a feast of smash-and-grab Twenty 20 cricket became a calming ashram of introspection and reflection on last summer's ugly chain reaction of unsavoury events.
Back in his native Brisbane and in training for the upcoming tour to the West Indies, Hayden said the mingling of Australia and Indian players in the IPL had begun to mend bridges that were seemingly shot to ruins while he gained a deeper understanding of India's
complex cricketing culture.
"I think as a player, my view on IPL cricket and Twenty-20 cricket as a whole is that it's an incredible experience and one that has broken down a lot of the cultural barriers that perhaps existed throughout the course of this summer," Hayden said.
"We left last summer feeling a bit hollow about the whole experience. As a cricket team Ln general we felt that we loved to play the game in a way that's hard we love to win.
"That's very important in our culture and it's certainly important for this cricket team.
"And 1 think just the fact we could get together and see some of the subtle variations and differences between an Indian side -- as a player within an Indian side --was just an incredible experience and one I think changed my viewpoint, moving forward."
India's ostentatious celebrations were a serious sore point for the Australians, who grimaced at the sight of Harbhajan sprinting out to the boundary to celebrate another Aussie scalp.
But a month with the Chennai Super Kings has convinced Hayden to re-evaluate India's behaviour throughout that bitter summer series which stirred emotions in all corners ofthe cricketing world.
"We're quite subtle and we'll give each other a high five and a bit of a hug. Generally speaking, our levels of celebration are quite subdued. From our point of view, we've always looked at the other side and thought 'that's a bit over the top'," Hayden said.
"But that’s the melodramatic nature of their sport -- the belief that they have in their culture —
and they love success equally as much as Australia."
He re-fused to take a free kick at Harbhajan over his incredible slap on Indian teammate Shantha Sreesanth, simply labelling it "disappointing".
T think we've all tried to move on from anything to do with taking a backward ste-p in the way last summer went on. More than anything, it was just the perfect way for someone like myself who was entangled in it (the controversy) to act get amongst it (the IPL) and get involved," Hayden said.
Even if he was in a philosophical mood. Hayden stressed neither he nor his world champion team had any regrets over their actions in the heat of battle.
"No regrets from us at all. In saying that, the only regret is we could have performed a little bit better," Hayden said.
"We won the Test series but the one-day series was comprehensively won by India in a two-match final and that wasn't acceptable for us.
"I guess like all losses, it brings the most out of our side. We're going to have to dig deep moving forward."
Australia, who were on Wednesday buoyed by the surprise presence of troubled quick Shaun Tait at training, head to the West Indies on Saturday for a three-Test tour before playing five one-day internationals over seven weeks.
The five-day training camp at Allan Border Field is designed to have the 15-man Test squad ready to hit the ground running for their sole tour match before the Test series starts in Kingston on May 22.