Former Australia opener, and current Chennai Super Kings batsman, Matthew Hayden, has planned to begin work on setting up an academy in Chennai and may enlist the help of Rahul Dravid and Stephen Fleming in doing so. Hayden has had a very good record in the country, while he averages 83.75 in test matches in Chennai including a double century.
Hayden said that it was his intention to try and give back to the city where he first made a comeback and practiced playing spin bowling on tracks that assisted spin bowlers in 2000-01.
He also said that the academy would not focus on cricket alone, but also have education as a part of the exercise too. The reason for this, he said, was that not all aspirants went on to become cricketers, and needed to have something to depend upon.
Hayden added that the reason why he would want to work with Dravid was that he could identify his values and hence the chance of a partnership. He said that he had had a chat with Dravid during the 2009 edition of the IPL and would love to have Dravid with him. He also drew inspiration from former Australian captain, Steve Waugh, who had been involved in charity projects in India and had been an inspiration for him.
Waugh has adopted the charity institute Udayan and has worked for the benefit of the children in the institute. Hayden said that he would like to do something similar for Chennai like what Waugh had done in Kolkata.
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