Hayden once told him to “shut up” and even drew a circle of trust for which Hogg found himself on the outside.

Hogg details the relationship in his new book, The Wrong ’Un, in which he gives an insight into the different personalities among the Australian team.

“I discovered that the Australian dressing room could be a brutal environment, even for those who had been around long enough to feel like part of the furniture,” he writes. “There was always a heady mix of ego, hierarchy, insecurity, respect (or lack of it), bravado, sycophancy and fear in the room.

“Everyone was trying to stake a claim, and everyone was trying to survive.”

“One player I struggled to get on with was Matthew Hayden,” writes Hogg.

“I admired Matthew but I don’t think he rated me as a cricketer. The first sign I had to be careful around Matthew was in 2003 when I was 12th man for a Test at the SCG.

“I decided to give our openers, [Justin] Langer and Hayden, some encouragement. I was going on to Justin about how we had to stick it to the Poms. Then I did the same with Hayden. He just looked at me before telling me to shut up and leave him alone.

“Gilly reminded me to revisit the psychologist’s report which provided insights into players’ personalities. I went to the locker room and looked at the report. ‘Don’t talk to Haydos before he bats’ I read.

“Hayden and Damien Martyn were tight. One time I was in the team room and I saw Hayden drawing a ‘circle of trust’ on a piece of butcher’s paper. He and Martyn were inside the circle.

“Then he put the other names in various positions depending on how much he trusted them. He put me right on the edge, which I found demoralising. It was also a time when I was struggling on the field so it hurt even more.”