Matthew Hayden

How did Stokes and Shakib fare versus Yuvraj and Klusener? And who is the only player to be among the top two performers for his side in three winning campaigns?

The former Australia opener suffered a fractured spine and torn ligaments in an accident while surfing in Queensland

No Dravid, Ambrose or Cook. Who makes the cut then?

How do Sehwag, Warner and Co match up against Trumper, Bradman et al? What about Richards and Jayasuriya?

Tuning in to a cracker of a Test in a time zone more than five hours ahead of yours is quite the tonic

David Warner's bumper ODI run helped him win a second successive Allan Border Medal while Mitchell Starc became the first bowler in nine years to claim the Test Player of the Year award

David Boon, Matthew Hayden and Betty Wilson will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the Allan Border Medal ceremony in Sydney on Monday

At his best Matthew Hayden resembled a big, nasty brute terrorising a bunch of kids. Where was the joy in that?

Matthew Hayden talks about visualisation, batting with Justin Langer, and playing spin bowling

For all the emotion tied to his family situation and the depth of his contribution to the Test side, he was seriously out of form with the bat

Opening the batting on the former Australia captain's all-star Ashes XI picked from among his contemporaries: a burly attacker from Queensland

At times the TV does no justice to stunning pieces of work on the cricket field. At times you need to have played the game yourself - however casually - to appreciate these gems

Barry Richards, Justin Langer, Graeme Smith and Andrew Strauss on life at the top of the order

Aka the finest wordsmith from the planet of Australia

Thinking the Australian team unlikeable is a habit people slipped into. There comes a time for eyes to be readjusted

An analysis of how well or poorly the leading Test batsmen started and finished their illustrious careers

Few Australian batsmen are more qualified to give advice on scoring runs in India than Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke, and the two men were locked in intense discussions out on the field after the end of the Hyderabad Test

One of the most successful Australian batsmen in India, Matthew Hayden believes Australia are strong contenders for the series

Matthew Hayden's retirement from professional cricket after one season with the Brisbane Heat in the BBL was no surprise, for he had flagged the strong possibility himself last summer