The definitive Matthew Hayden

The Aussie run-machine looks back at the standout innings’ from his prolific career

The hangover
64 & 43*
Queensland v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Brisbane, 1991 My first game for Queensland was pretty special – Igot a hundred on debut – but I think actually what helped define me was my next innings where I didn’t perform so well because I got carried away, getting on the piss, basically. It was an early lesson that it’s nice to enjoy the sponsor’s products, but not too much. My brother, who was my coach, said that he didn’t bowl his arm off for me to throw it away. That was a...

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