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It's a real tough one.

If Matthew Hayden can't make runs at The Oval then he's washed up. The pitch will play in a similar fashion to the WACA hard, fast with a lot of bounce. This is taylor made for Hayden's best shots, backfoot square of the wicket on both sides.

So what do you do if you are a selector?

Dump him? or throw down the gauntlet to him, runs or its over Matthew.

On the other hand throwing in a test novice in the biggest match I can remember is asking a lot.

I do think McGrath will play, if he doesn't

Langer
Katich
Ponting
Martyn
Clarke
Hodge
Gilchrist
Watson
Warne
Lee
Kasprowic
Tait

Kaspa out McGrath in is the likely line up.