Aussies need more time for India: Hayden

A packed international schedule is to blame for Australia's subcontinental woes, former Test opening batsman Matthew Hayden believes.

As Australia reels from a Test series whitewash in Sri Lanka, Hayden fears a lack of preparation on turning wickets will harm their chances of making amends during next year's Indian tour.

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The tour will come immediately after the Australian summer finishes with a series of limited-overs matches, a situation Hayden believes has contributed to the Test side's losing streak in Asia.

"I feel sorry for the players," Hayden told Triple M's Grill Team on Friday.

"They are just constantly going into tournaments now.

"They have got no time to have set plays within their game."

Hayden swept his way to a record 549 runs at an average of 109.8 in Australia's losing campaign in India in 2001.

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And he believes it was his attendance at an Indian spin camp in 1995 and his time out of the Australian side between 1997 and 2000 that allowed him to build his game against the tweakers.

"I might not have had the most perfect game against spin," he said.

"But I had something that worked and I knew it.

"So when I went there in 2001 I had it sorted."

Outside of the Indian Premier League season during April and May, Australian teams have figured in one form of the game every month since November.