2) Matthew Hayden made his First-Class debut for Queensland just two days after he turned 20. Hayden scored 149 in his very first innings against South Australia. In 1991, hayden played his very first List A match against West Indians A. he was run out for 49 in the match but he impressed all
3) Debuting against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1994 and up against a lineup that included Allan Donald, Fanie de Villiers, Craig Mathews and Brian McMillan, Matthew Hayden found the attack too hot to handle and was promptly dropped from the squad
4) Australia’s India tour in 2001 will go down as one of the greatest series ever between the two sides. The visitors, who were expected to thrash India, lost the series 2-1, but that series marked the turnaround for Hayden. On difficult turning wickets, Hayden amassed 549 runs from just three Tests and ensured hayden was a permanent fixture at the Aussie top order for the many years that followed
5) When Hayden retired his opening partner Justin Langer complemented him as the “best ever opener from Australia.”Hayden and Langer formed a strong pair in Test cricket. They hold fourth rank in the list of highest partnership runs in Test cricket
6) Matthew Hayden made his maiden century 125 against the West Indies at Adelaide but averaged only 21.7 for the series with two ducks
7) Matthew Hayden was dropped from the team, after a wretched tour of South Africa as the selectors favoured other openers, in particular, Mark Taylor and Matthew Elliott, for the next few years
8) Matthew Hayden played youth cricket in Australia as a teenager, before going pro as a 19-year old
9) On October 10, 2003, hayden set an individual Test innings record against the Zimbabwe at Perth in October 2003, scoring 380 runs on just 437 balls, Hayden broke Brian Lara’s record of 375 which was the previous highest individual Test score
10) His numbers looked more than impressive by the time when hayden retired. Hayden became one of the greatest openers. Hayden has 8,625 runs from 103 Tests with an average of 50.73,with 30 centuries. In ODIs, he has 6,133 runs with an average of 43.80. He played only 9 T20’s and averaged 51.33 at a strike-rate of 144
11) Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden both love fishing. In 2000, Hayden, Symonds and another friend went fishing, and the boat sunk. This left the trio in deep water, and they had to swim for more than three hours to reach an island. Not only did Hayden do it, he effectively had to drag Symonds along. Bear in mind, there were sharks in the water
12) Matthew Hayden played three seasons for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and was significant for them. With Hayden CSK won the trophy in 2010. Hayden also won the Orange Cap in IPL 2009. Hayden then played for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League (BBL) for two seasons
13) Matthew Hayden was a prolific batsman for the Queensland first-class cricket team. playing 101 matches, and scored 8831 runs at an average of 54.85
14) In front of his home Brisbane crowd, hayden scored 197 and 103 in the first 2002-03 Ashes Test, the match in which Nasser Hussain famously invited Australia to bat
15) Matthew Hayden has involved himself in a lot of charity work. Hayden is often seen donning the role of a cricket commentator. He is recently helping the young cricketers in Noida, India. Hayden also loves to cook
16) Hayden has featured in two World Cup sides for Australia 2003 and 2007 and the team went on to lift the trophy on both occasions. Hayden has scored 987 runs at 51.94 in World Cup games. Hayden was the highest run-scorer in the 2007 World Cup, where hayden amassed 659 runs at 73.22 and a strike-rate of over 101. He smashed three centuries in the tournament as well
17) Matthew Hayden made headlines when he used the long handled Mongoose bat in IPL 2010. It was the talk of the town, but for some reason has not caught on since
18) Matthew Hayden scored over 1,000 Test runs in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, the first man to achieve the feat five times. He was selected as one of Wisden’s five 2003 Cricketers of the Year
19) MatthewHayden form in the 2006-07 Ashes series against England was average hayden failed to reach 40 in the first three innings of the series, but he returned to form with scores of 92 in Perth, and 153 in the Boxing Day Test
20) Hayden will be seen once again. Hayden has signed a contract with Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar’s Cricket All-Stars. In November 2015, hayden will be seen into crease for Tendulkar’s Blasters. It includes 3 T20 games to be played in the United States
21) Matthew Hayden is married to Kellie Hayden and the couple have a daughter named Grace, and two sons named Joshua and Thomas Joseph
22) Matthew Hayden performed well in the 2007–2008 summer against India, aggregating over 400 runs with three centuries in the 4-Test series, to bring his career total to 30 centuries and broke Bradman’s record
23) In February 2007, Matthew Hayden posted his highest ODI score 181 not out against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. It was the highest ODI innings ever by an Australian
24) Matthew Hayden was Australia’s Test Player of the Year in 2002, ODI Player of the Year in 2008 and ICC’s ODI Player of the Year in 2007
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