Top 10 Australian ODI openers of all time

#2 Matthew Hayden

During an international career that spanned fifteen years, the aggressive left-handed Australian opener Matthew Hayden scored 5,892 runs in 148 ODIs at an average of 44.30.

The powerful hitter, who was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2017, scored 10 centuries and 33 half centuries between 1993 and 2008.

In February 2007, Hayden posted his highest ODI score of 181* against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. It was the highest ODI innings ever by an Australian until the record was broken by Shane Watson's 185* in 2011.