Matthew Hayden's daughter says she is 'disowning' the Australian legend, warns him over 'naked run' remark, thanks Joe Root. Here's why

Australian legend Matthew Hayden managed to get out of fulfilling a bizarre promise. Hayden's daughter Grace heaved a sigh of relief after as Joe Root's century prevented her father from fulfilling a strange promise to walk naked around the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Australian opener had promised that he would walk naked around the MCG if English player Joe Root failed to register a ton in the ongoing Ashes Test series. But thanks to Joe Root's century- unbeaten 138 runs- in the 2nd Test at The Gabba saved Matthew Hayden from fulfilling this promise.

Amid this, Matthew Hayden's daughter Grace Hayden used the opportunity and turned it into a hilarious viral reaction. Grace Hayden, jokingly stated that she will "disown" her father if he makes a promise like this again in the future. She posted the video on social media and confessed she had never been happier to see an England player succeed in the Ashes.

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'I am disowning my father', says Grace Hayden

Reacting to this strange promise, Hayden's daughter, Grace Hayden, joked that she would disown her father if he ever made a promise like this in the future. Additionally, she thanked the English player for hitting a ton and saving her father from walking around naked at the MCG.


“I was so grateful that Root scored a hundred. It was the first time in my life I wanted an Englishman to do well in an Ashes series,” Grace said with a laugh. Her relief didn't stop there. Issuing a playful warning to her father, she dramatically vowed to take action if he ever made such a promise again. “Root, oh my goodness, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'm disowning my father if he says he's going to run naked around anything ever again,” she declared.

Grace Hayden thanks Joe Root

Grace Hayden expressed her gratitude to Joe Root for preventing her father from walking naked around the MCG. Root slammed an unbeaten 138 in the first innings for England. Grace had earlier also posted a cheeky message on Instagram thanking Joe Root for “saving all our eyes.”

Meanwhile, Matthew Hayden criticised England pacer Jofra Archer's approach after England lost the second Ashes Test to Australia, going 2-0 down in the series.

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Archer was involved in a verbal run-in with Australia captain Steve Smith, before the batter slammed the pacer for a few boundaries. "It was really quite painful to watch with Jofra Archer," Hayden said, as quoted from The Sydney Morning Herald.

"There were periods in Perth where he cranked it up. But largely speaking, when it really counted in the first innings (in Brisbane), he bowled the majority of those overs at 130-136km/h," he noted.

"Then to see that stark difference of airspeed in Australia's second innings, and have all that verbal barrage and fake smiles. That's never going to endear Jofra Archer to his own fans, let alone a great player like Steve Smith," he said.