Matthew Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly in all formats of the game. He is one of the greats of the game and to this day still holds many records.

Matthew made his debut in 1993 against England however his breakthrough moment came in Australia’s 2000/2001 tour of India in which he stood alone amongst the Australian batsmen. Matthew went on to score a record 1391 runs in Test cricket in 2001 including centuries in four consecutive Tests against South Africa.

In 2002, Matthew was the runaway winner of Australian cricket’s highest individual accolade, the Allan Border Medal, and named Australia’s most outstanding Test Player of the Year.

Confirmation of his status amongst the top echelon of batsmen was given when Matthew recorded the highest individual score of 380 against Zimbabwe at Perth in 2003, surpassing the previous mark of 375 held by the West Indies’ Brian Lara. Though Lara reclaimed the mark, Matthew’s innings remains the fastest triple century in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (362).

Matthew was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003 and in September 2004 was named by the ICC in the World Test Cricket Team of the year. In 2004 Matthew scored in excess of 1000 Test runs for the fourth consecutive year, the first batsman in the history of the game to do so. In January 2009, Mathew retired from domestic and international cricket after having played 103 Test matches, scoring 8624 runs with a batting average 50.74, and taking 128 catches.

Since retiring from representative cricket in 2009, Matthew has become known as a CEO, foodie, fisherman, humanitarian, family man and head of The Hayden Way – the business built around everything that he stands for: sustainability and self-sufficiency, family, social responsibility, generosity, fun, vitality and just being yourself.

Rewarded by his sport with every honour on offer, ‘Haydos’ is active in the community through his involvement with The McGrath Foundation, The Fatherhood Foundation Operation Sunshine and the Tiwi College Program. He is also an Ambassador for the Global Public School of Kerala in India and ‘Find Your 30’ Eat Well, Be Active campaign, is Chairman of Indigenous Cricket and Co-Patron of The Champagnat Trust – Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane.