Matthew Hayden is one of the most destructive opening batters of the last 25 years and one of the best ever for the Australian team. Like Ricky Ponting, we did an article about the Top 5 Best Innings of Matthew Hayden but now it is time to look at his overall profile and his stats and records. He is one tall left handed batter who instilled fear among all the bowlers that he faced throughout his career so he has a rich legacy in the game of cricket.
Matthew Hayden was an integral part of the dominant Australian team in both the formats as the opener of the team in both formats and he did exceedingly well in both and played a test innings like it was an ODI match and his sweeps to the spinners used to disrupt their plans and bowl wherever Haydos wanted them to and that’s a special skill to have. So, let’s look at the Profile Stats and Records of Matthew Hayden.
Matthew Hayden Profile :
Personal Information :
The full name of Matthew Hayden is Matthew Lawrence Hayden and he was born on 29th October 1971 in Queensland Australia and since when he was young he was fascinated by his gero Allan Border who was also a left handed batter and he also wanted to play for Australia when he grew up and after getting the proper training ahe scoring runs in first class cricket he played for Australia. He is fondly called Haydos by his teammates, peers and the fans as well. He was an imposing man at 6 ft 1 inch and he used all of his height to dominate the bowlers and instill fear in them. He was also a right arm medium pace bowler but he didn’t bowl much.
International Career :
He had a glittering 16 year career while playing for Australia which started in 1993 and went on till 2009 and in between he left his mark on world cricket in a big way. His debut test match was on 4th March 1994 against South Africa and after 15 years at the top his last test match was on 3rd January 2009 and it was also against South Africa. Likewise, his debut ODI match was on 19th May 1993 against England and his final ODI match was vs India on 4th March 2008 thus ending an outstanding career in ODI cricket.
Career Stats :
Competition | Test | ODI |
Matches | 103 | 161 |
Runs scored | 8625 | 6133 |
Batting average | 50.73 | 43.80 |
100s/50s | 30/29 | 10/36 |
Top score | 380 | 181* |
Balls bowled | 54 | 6 |
Wickets | 0 | 0 |
Bowling average | 0 | 0 |
5 Wickets in an innings | 0 | 0 |
10 wickets in a match | 0 | 0 |
Best bowling | 0 | 0 |
Catches | 128 | 68 |
Matthew Hayden Records :
Most runs in a Test innings as an opener (380 Runs)
Second most runs from fours and sixes in a test innings (238 Runs)
Third fastest to 5000 runs in Test matches (95 innings)
Second most catches in a test match (7 Catches)
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