Matthew Hayden- Cricket Speaker Profile

Matthew Hayden is a former Australian test cricketer whose authoritative yet level-headed approach and talents as a left-hander established him as the world's premier opening batsman. He is regarded as one of the top three left-handed opening batsmen for Australia for all time.

His confidence and exceptional powers of concentration saw him emerge as a prolific and consistent scorer at the top of the order for Australia, and secured his place amongst Crickets batting's elite. 

 Matthew was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003 and in September 2004 was named by the ICC in the World Test Cricket Team of the year. In 2004 Matthew scored in excess of 1000 Test runs for the fourth consecutive year, the first batsman in the history of the game to do so.

​Since retiring from representative cricket in 2009, Matthew has become known as a CEO, foodie, fisherman,  humanitarian, family man and head of The Hayden Way - the business built around everything that he stands for: sustainability and self-sufficiency, family, social responsibility, generosity, fun, vitality and just being yourself.

Matthew is a big hit with audiences too. He is a highly engaging, inspirational speaker, winning them over with his spirit and down-to-earth personality.