Matthew Hayden

Matthew Lawrence Hayden is an Australian cricket pundit and former cricketer who was born on October 29, 1971. He had a fifteen-year career. Hayden was a left-handed opening batter who was both powerful and aggressive.

Hayden holds the record for greatest Test score by an Australian batsman (380). This is also the greatest individual test score by an opening batsman in the history of the game. His 201 against India in Chennai is still the second greatest score by an Australian in the country. With Justin Langer, he had one of the most productive opening partnerships in international Test cricket, and with Adam Gilchrist in ODI cricket. Hayden's Test average was 50.7 at the time of his retirement in January 2009; he had scored the second-most runs by an opening batsman in Test cricket; and he was tied for sixth place (with Jacques Kallis) on the all-time list for Test centuries.

Hayden was named to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2017. Hayden was named Pakistan's Batting Coach for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in September 2021.

Full name: Matthew Lawrence Hayden

Born: 29 October 1971, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia

Height: 1.86m