When the Australian batsman Matthew Hayden says farewell to international cricket, a list of records are safe in his kitty. He batted for just six matches in the first six years of his career. His inauspicious debut was in 1994 in South Africa. The left-hander then went on a record-breaking spree in the next eight years.

Hayden physically towered over his opponents. Thanks to the hugely build batsman’s statistics.

After an unforgettable debut, Hayden became a regular member of the Test team in

2001. He outshined others with his massive 549 at an average of 109.80 against India.

In the next summer, he hit tons in four consecutive Tests against South Africa, and narrowly missed making it five, before going back to pavilion for 96 in Cape Town.

Within the span of 12 months, he scored an impressive1,509 Test runs at 71.85. He was awarded the Allan Border Medal in Feb 2002. His tally of 1,391 Test runs in the 2001 calendar year was an Australian. Hayden was named as the Wisden cricketer of the year in 2003. Hayden scored highest individual innings in Test history next year. He knocked 380 against Zimbabwe by breaking the record of 375 made by Brian Lara. But later Brian Lara posted the first quadruple-century in Test history. In 2005, he again made four centuries in four Tests against England, the West Indies (and the World XI).

Hayden hammered the highest ODI score by an Australian when he scored an unbeaten 181 against New Zealand. The big left-hander also made an impressive performance at the 2007 World Cup, when Australia defended its crown. He scored 659 runs at 73.22. He scored the fastest century in World Cup history (66 balls) and became the third person to score three centuries in a single World Cup.

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Ian Andrew Healy, nick named as Heals is the famous Australian cricket player who is known both on field and off field for his capabilities. Born on 30 April 1964, in Brisbane, Queensland, he was part of the Aussie squad for years until his retirement in 2006. Healy was a specialist wicket keeper and useful right-hand middle-order batsman.  He made his debut into the international cricket in 1988The next decade was his.

Healy was a key member of the Kangaroos as it enjoyed a sustained period of success. Healy became the wicket keeper to have the world record for most Test dismissals.

Healy’s career as a batsman improved dramatically in the second half of his career. He scored all his four first-class centuries in that time. He led the Australian side in eight ODIs when the regular skipper Mark Taylor was injured.
Ian Healy made his debut into international cricket in 1988 against Pakistan. He was selected as the wicket keeper as the position was a big problem for Australia since the 1984 retirement of Healy’s boyhood hero, Rod Marsh. From then on, Healy was the regular wicket keeper of the side for long years.

It was in 1993; Healy scored his maiden century in Test career. He knocked an unbeaten 102 at Old Trafford against England. In 14 Tests between 1992 and 1993, he stumped ten batsmen while taking 52 catches, which is really impressive.
He led Australia few times, but was unsuccessful as captain. He was the first wicket-keeper to captain Australia in the previous one hundred years.

Since the entry of Adam Gilchrist as the ODI specialist wicket keeper, Healy’s ODI career was in turmoil. Healy finished his ODI career with a world record 233 dismissals, a record that was later overtaken by Gilchrist, Mark Boucher and Moin Khan. Healy ended his Test career with 395 dismissals from 119 Tests. This tally was later overtaken by South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher  and other Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. 

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