Matthew Hayden

Matthew Hayden

Matthew Hayden at Star Wars: Episode 1 in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Lawrence Hayden
Born	(1971-10-29) 29 October 1971 (age 45) Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Nickname	Haydos, Unit
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm medium, right arm leg-break leg spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 359)	4 March 1994 v South Africa
Last Test	3 January 2009 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 111)	19 May 1993 v England
Last ODI	4 March 2008 v India
ODI shirt no.	28
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1991–2009	Queensland
1997	Hampshire
1999–2000	Northamptonshire
2008–2010	Chennai Super Kings
2011–2012	Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC List A Matches 103 161 295 308 Runs scored 8,625 6,133 24,603 12,051 Batting average 50.73 43.80 52.57 44.63 100s/50s 30/29 10/36 79/100 27/67 Top score 380 181* 380 181* Balls bowled 54 6 1,097 339 Wickets 0 0 17 10 Bowling average – – 39.47 35.80 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 0/7 0/18 3/10 2/16 Catches/stumpings 128/– 68/– 296/– 129/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 January 2009

Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM (born 29 October 1971) is a former Australian cricketer. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.

Hayden holds the record for the highest score made by an Australian batsman in Tests (380). He formed one of the most prolific opening partnerships in world Test cricket for Australia with Justin Langer, and in ODI cricket with Adam Gilchrist. Upon his retirement, in January 2009, Hayden's Test average was 50.7; he had scored the second most runs in Test Cricket by an opening batsman; and was equal 6th (with Jacques Kallis) on the all-time list for Test centuries.

Hayden retired from all forms of cricket in September 2012.

In 2017, Hayden was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

Hayden made his debut for the Australian team in the 4–8 March 1994 Test Match against South Africa in Johannesburg, scoring 15 and 5. His next Test selection was in the 1996–97 season, with three tests each against the West Indies and South Africa. He made his maiden century (125 against the West Indies in Adelaide), but averaged only 21.7 for the series with two ducks. He was dropped from the team, as the selectors favoured other openers, in particular Mark Taylor and Matthew Elliott, for the next few years. At the time, he was compared occasionally to Graeme Hick, a fine domestic performer but not quite good enough to make it at the highest level.