List of international cricket centuries by Matthew Hayden

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Matthew Hayden has the third-highest number of centuries for an Australian in international cricket.

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 centuries—30 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.[1] 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.[2][3] Hayden was chosen as the "ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year" in 2007.[4][5]

Hayden made his Test debut against South Africa in March 1994.[6] His first century came three years later at the Adelaide Oval when he scored 125 against the West Indies.[7] It took another four years to score his second international century. He scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations, except Bangladesh.[7] His highest score of 380—which was a record score at the time—came against Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground, Perth in October 2003. He broke Brian Lara's nine-year-old record (375 runs);[8] however, Lara reclaimed his record six months later when he scored 400 not out against England.[a] 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.[6][11] 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;[11] the score was an Australian record at the time.[b] His 66-ball century against South Africa during the 2007 World Cup was the fastest by an Australian in ODIs at the time.[c] Hayden was the leading run-scorer in the tournament (658 runs) and scored three centuries.[15][16]

Hayden played nine Twenty20 International (T20I) matches between 2005 and 2007; his highest score in the format is 73 not out.[17] As of January 2019, he ranks fourteenth in the list of century-makers in international cricket.[18]

  1. ^ "Matthew Hayden – profile". Yahoo! Cricket. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Indian Cricket Cricketers of The Year". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Wisden Cricketers of The Year". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. ^ Cricinfo Staff (10 September 2007). "ICC Awards 2007 – Hayden named ODI Player of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Ricky Ponting is ICC Cricketer of the Year". Herald Sun. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. ^ a b "ESPNcricinfo / Matthew Hayden". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Statistics / Statsguru / ML Hayden / Test matches / Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Hayden breaks Lara's record". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  9. ^ "April 18 down the years – There it is... for the first time – Lara scales a mountain". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Statistics / Statsguru / ML Hayden / One-Day Internationals / Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Records / Australia / One-Day Internationals / High Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Shane Watson breaks sixes record in BD hammering". Dawn. Associated Press. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  15. ^ HR, Gopalakrishna. "Australia's hot streak and Hayden's run-glut". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  16. ^ Brett, Oliver (20 April 2007). "World Cup Super 8, Grenada: Australia 348–6 beat New Zealand 133 all out by 215 runs". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  17. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / ML Hayden / Twenty20 Internationals / Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  18. ^ "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.


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