4. Matthew Hayden
The tall and strong southpaw caused fear in the minds of the opposition camp from the word go. He possessed good defense to go with an array of attacking strokes. He formed a formidable opening partnership with Justin Langer and the duo scripted memorable victories by giving their team rollicking starts.
Hayden scored 30 centuries-interestingly he has more hundreds than the fifties.His highest score of 380 against Zimbabwe was once the highest individual score.
Indians too had a torrid time against this dominant batsman as he took the spinners to the cleaners on most occasions by effectively employing the sweep shot.
He was named the test player of the year in 2002 and was inducted into Australia’s hall of fame in January 2017.
