Career Achievements
ODIs
Mat Runs HS BatAvg 100 50 W BB BowAvg 5W Ct St
Overall 93 3279 146 42.03 4 21 0 - - 0 33 0
Test Matches
Mat Run HS BatAvg 100 50 W BB BowAvg 5W Ct St
Overall 53 4771 380 57.48 18 15 0 - - 0 65 0
Matthew Hayden made his ODI debut in 1993/94 when he played against England in the Texaco trophy and his test debut in 1993/94 against South Africa in Johannesburg. He was dropped after 13 games and a year into his one-day international career and had to wait a further six years for a second bite of the cherry. However, when the opportunity came he made no mistake and has since become a fixture in the one-day set up. That second coming came in February 2000 and Hayden's average is almost double the 26 he notched over his first 13 innings.
Hayden's potential was best displayed in his tour of India in early 2001 that netted him 549 Test runs from a mere six innings. Evidence of his ability also arrived in twin home series against New Zealand and South Africa in 2001-02, when he cracked four individual centuries and joined with fellow opener Justin Langer to produce a world-record four double-century partnerships in the course of a single season.
With the amazing tally of 1391 runs, Hayden achieved another honour in 2001 when he surpassed Bob Simpson to become the most prolific scorer at Test level for Australia in the course of a single calendar year. He was a winner of the Allan Border Medal - Australian cricket's highest individual accolade - in early 2002. While he was regarded as a Test opener, his ODI career also flourished in 2002 and he played an important role in Australia's 2003 World Cup-winning side. Late in 2003 he smashed 380, the then highest score in Test history, against Zimbabwe at Perth.
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