Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born twenty-nine Gregorian calendar month 1971) be a former Australian international jock. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a strong and aggressive left-handed gap hitter, notable for his ability to attain quickly at each check and in the future levels.

Hayden holds the record for the very best score created by Associate in Nursing Australian hitter in Tests (380). His innings of 201 against India in metropolis remains the ordinal highest score by Associate in Nursing Australian in India. He fashioned one among the foremost prolific gap partnerships in world check cricket for Australia with Justin Langer, and in ODI cricket with Adam Gilchrist. Upon his retirement, in January 2009, Hayden's check average was 50.7; he had scored the second most runs in check cricket by a gap batsman and was equal sixth (with Jacques Kallis) on the incomparable list for check centuries. Hayden holds the record for the very best individual check score by a gap hitter in check history (380).