Former Australia and Chennai Super Kings star batsman Mathew Hayden met with a freak accident while surfing with his son Josh in Queensland. He sustained severe injuries to his neck and shoulder and spine. “Fractured C6, torn C5, C4 ligaments safe to say I truly have dodged a bullet,” is what the unique batter had to say about this misfortune.

Mathew Hayden has assured his fans and followers that he is on the road to recovery "I wasn’t knocked out. I was speared into the top of the sandbank onto the top of my head. Then it twisted my head with my own weight and the weight of the wave. I heard this god almighty click in my neck. I did not get knocked out but I sort of came to and rolled up on my back.”.