Top 10 most destructive batsmen in Test cricket's history

#6 Matthew Hayden

Matthew Hayden

The big and burly Matthew Hayden had the ability to torment the best of attacks with utter disdain. ‘Haydos’ stood like a giant outside the crease and used his chip and charge technique to flay the bowlers to all parks of the ground. Hayden was a free-flowing stroke-maker with a penchant to score big hundreds.

The prolific run-getter formed a formidable opening duo with Justin Langer to provide Australians the impetus up the order. Hayden was a good player of spin and one of the finest exponents of the sweep shot.

Hayden smashed a herculean 380 against Zimbabweans at Perth, which stands as the second highest Test score to date.

Test Record

Matches: 103 | Runs: 8625 | Avg: 50.73 | SR: 60.10