Matthew Hayden fractures spine while surfing and admits

He also posted a picture where we see him wearing a neck brace due to some serious head lacerations. "Especially Ben and Sue Kelley for the fast diagnosis with MRI, CT scan", Hayden said.

Recently, Mathew Hayden got involved in an accident and has suffered a horrific injury near his head.

Hayden posted another photo on Saturday, saying he'd come off second best on "Straddie back bank".

Hayden will spend the next few days recovering in hospital but told his Instagram followers not to be concerned.

"Thank you everyone. On the road to recovery".

The 46-year-old former cricketer had gone for the adventure sports with son Joshua during a family vacation and later said that he had "dodged a bullet" while sharing his ordeal on Instagram.

"I heard this god almighty click in my neck".

"I wasn't knocked out".

Hayden, an avid surfer and sailor, was on a boat that capsized during a fishing trip in 2000. He and two colleagues, including former Australia allrounder Andrew Symonds, eventually swam a kilometre to shore.

In his 15-year illustrious career, Matthew Hayden represented the Australian Cricket team in 103 test matches, 161 ODI matches, and 9 T20 Internationals.

Overall, Hayden played 103 Tests and 161 ODIs for the Kangaroos, scoring almost 15000 runs in both formats combined and an average of 50 in the longer format.