New Delhi, June 13 -- Former opener Matthew Hayden weighed in on the catastrophic outing that South Africa and Australia batters endured during the World Test Championship (WTC) final and believes some of the wickets stemmed from "clear technical deficiencies", reported JioHotstar.

On the first and second days of the pulsating contest, a staggering 28 wickets fell, 14 each, as batters across both teams failed to negate the seam movement. Historical data suggests that the pitch didn't do anything special compared to the past numbers.

During the second innings on Day 2, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster and captain Pat Cummins were taking the long route towards the dugout in the space of 42 balls, leaving Austral...