MELBOURNE, Dec 30: Embattled Australian opener Matthew Hayden will not use the Sydney Test as a farewell and he remains in Australia’s plans for 2009, according to the chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch.

Hayden has held onto his spot for the third Test at the SCG and he is in a 12-man squad with the Victoria all-rounder Andrew McDonald and the fast bowlers Ben Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger, who won selection because of injuries to Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson.

Hayden, 37, has been under pressure to justify his position in the side following a lean few months but Hilditch said the selectors did not expect next week’s game to be Hayden’s last.

“I very much doubt it,” Hilditch said. “It’s not the way he’s practising, it’s not the way he’s playing and it’s not the type of person he is.”

Squad: Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew McDonald, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.—Agencies