Matthew Hayden is a former Australian international cricketer. An opening batsman, Hayden scored 8,625 runs in Tests and 6,133 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs), accruing a total of 40 centuries30 in Tests and 10 in ODIs. He was described by Yahoo! Cricket as "a strong-built left-hander, an intimidating personality and [possessing] an aggressive attitude", "[with] all the ingredients" needed for success. He was named as one of Indian Cricket's "Cricketers of the Year" in 2001 and as Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 2003. Hayden was chosen as the "ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year" in 2007.

Hayden made his Test debut against South Africa in March 1994. His first century came three years later at the Adelaide Oval when he scored 125 against the West Indies. It took another four years to score his second international century. He scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations, except Bangladesh. His highest score of 380which was a record score at the timecame against Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground, Perth in October 2003. He broke Brian Lara's nine-year-old record (375 runs); however, Lara reclaimed his record six months later when he scored 400 not out against England. Hayden scored centuries in each innings of a Test match on two different occasions.

Hayden made his ODI debut in 1993 and scored his first century in 2001 when he made 100 against India at the Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam. He made ten centuries against five different opponents and was most successful against New Zealand (four centuries) and India (three centuries). Hayden's highest score of 181 not out was made against New Zealand in 2007; the score was an Australian record at the time. His 66-ball century against South Africa during the 2007 World Cup was the fastest by an Australian in ODIs at the time. Hayden was the leading run-scorer in the tournament (658 runs) and scored three centuries.

Hayden played nine Twenty20 International (T20I) matches between 2005 and 2007; his highest score in the format is 73 not out. , he ranks fourteenth in the list of century-makers in international cricket.

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* Remained not out Man of the match

Test centuries + List of Test centuries scored by Matthew HaydenNo.ScoreAgainstVenueRef 1 125 2 2 4/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 2 119 2 2 1/3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away Won 3 203 2 1 3/3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away Lost 4 136 2 1 1/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home Drawn 5 131 2 3 1/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 6 138 2 2 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 7 105 2 1 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 8 122 2 1 1/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Won 9 119 2 2 2/3 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 10 197 2 1 1/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 1 Won 11 103 2 3 1/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home 2 Won 12 102 2 1 4/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 13 100* 2 3 2/4 Queenspark Oval, Port of Spain Away Won 14 177 2 3 4/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Away Lost 15 380 2 1 1/2 WACA Ground, Perth Home Won 16 101* 2 4 2/2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 17 136 2 2 3/4 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 18 130 2 3 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away Won 19 117 2 1 2/2 Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns Home 1 Drawn 20 132 2 3 2/2 Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns Home 2 Drawn 21 138 2 2 5/5 Kennington Oval, London Away Drawn 22 111 ICC World XI 2 1 1/1 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 23 118 2 3 1/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home Won 24 110 1 2 2/3 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home Won 25 137 1 3 2/3 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 26 102 2 3 2/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Away Won 27 153 2 2 4/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 28 124 2 1 1/4 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 29 123 2 3 2/4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 30 103 2 2 4/4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Drawn

One Day International centuries + List of ODI centuries scored by Matthew HaydenNo.ScoreAgainstVenueRef 1 111 2 1 98.23 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Away Won 2 146 2 1 114.06 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral Won 3 109 2 2 101.86 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Home Lost 4 126 2 1 103.27 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 5 114 2 1 91.93 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Away Won 6 117 2 1 105.40 WACA Ground, Perth Home Won 7 181* 1 1 109.03 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away Lost 8 101 2 1 148.52 Warner Park, Basseterre Neutral Won 9 158 2 1 110.38 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Away Won 10 103 2 1 103.00 National Cricket Stadium, St. George's Neutral Won

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External links Matthew Hayden at Howstat