India, Aug. 13 -- Matthew Hayden played his cricket at a time when the Aussies were near-invincible in world cricket. Hayden made his Australia debut in 1993, but it wasn't until his breakout series against India during the 2001 Border-Gavaskar Trophy that he enhanced his reputation as one of the most feared Test openers in the world and became a legend by the time he finished. In 2004, Hayden did what many thought was impossible - break Brian Lara's previous world record of 375 when be bludgeoned 380 against Zimbabwe. It's another thing that Lara climbed to the top again just later and became the first-ever individual batter to score 400 in Test cricket.

After burning up the charts with 549 runs from three Tests, Hayden entered a zone o...