June 10, 2025
One of Kingaroy’s favourite sporting sons, cricket star Matthew Hayden, was officially inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Hayden, 53, opened for Australia for more than a decade.
His Test cricket debut was against South Africa in 1994, retiring in 2009.
Hayden played in 103 Tests, scoring a total of 8625 runs – including an incredible 380-run innings against Zimbabwe during the 2003 tour of Australia (a world record at the time).
He also played for Queensland, the Brisbane Heat (during the inaugural Big Bash season), Hampshire Hawks, ICC World XI and Northamptonshire.
Hayden played for the Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 followed by more games in 2009 and 2010.
His last professional T20 game was for the Brisbane Heat in 2012.
Hayden was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2017.
