Hats off to Hayden

Australia batsman Matthew Hayden wiped Brian Lara’s individual Test scoring record from the history books with a spectacular innings of...

Australia batsman Matthew Hayden wiped Brian Lara’s individual Test scoring record from the history books with a spectacular innings of 380 in the first Test against Zimbabwe on Friday.

Hayden’s mammoth effort beat the previous mark of 375 set by West Indies batsman Lara against England in 1994.

SCOREBOARD

Australia (1st innings)
JL Langer b Ervine 26 (42m, 38b, 5×4); M Hayden c Carlisle b Gripper 380 (622m, 437b, 38×4, 11×6); R Ponting lbw b Ervine 37 (91m, 65b, 6×4); D Martyn c Wishart b Gripper 53 (96m, 76b, 9×4); S Waugh c & b Ervine 78 (182m, 124b, 10×4, 1×6); D Lehmann c & b Ervine 30 (61m, 48b, 3×4, 1×6); A Gilchrist not out 113 (140m, 94b, 12×4, 4×6)
Extras: (b-4, lb-10, w-1, nb-3) 18
Total: 735/6 declared in 146.3 overs
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Langer, 8.4 ov), 2-102 (Ponting, 30.6 ov), 3-199 (Martyn, 54.1 ov), 4-406 (Waugh, 98.4 ov), 5-502 (Lehmann, 112.4 ov), 6-735 (Hayden, 146.3 ov).
Bowling: Streak 26-6-131-0, Blignaut 28-4-115-0 (3nb, 1w), Ervine 31-4-146-4, Price 36-5-187-0, Gripper 25.3-0-142-2

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Zimbabwe (1st innings)
D Ebrahim b Gillespie 29 (97m, 62b, 5×4); T Gripper not out 37 (130m, 98b, 2×4); M Vermeulen not out 9 (31m, 28b, 2×4)
Extras: (lb-1, w-1, nb-2) 4
Total: (1 wicket, 31 overs, 130 mins) 79
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Ebrahim, 22.3 ov)
Bowling: Lee 6-1-21-0 (1nb, 1w), Gillespie 10-4-15-1, Bichel 7-0-25-0 (1nb), MacGill 7-2-17-0, Lehmann 1-1-0-0

The Queenslander pushed left-arm slow bowler Ray Price for a single to long on in the last over before the tea break to reach 376 before swinging his bat above his head in celebration and raising both hands to the cheers of the crowd. Hayden then kissed his baggy green cap and was bear-hugged by team mate Adam Gilchrist. The Australian was finally caught at deep square leg by Stuart Carlisle off Trevor Gripper for 380 shortly after tea on the second day.

Australia declared on 735 for six immediately after Hayden’s dismissal with Gilchrist unbeaten on 113. Hayden struck 38 fours and 11 sixes from 437 balls in 622 minutes at the crease. Each member of the Zimbabwe team also congratulated Hayden as he walked from the field at tea on 376 not out.

Australia captain Steve Waugh and his side formed a guard of honour for Hayden who was mobbed by team mates and fans as he walked up to the changing rooms. The 31-year-old had resumed on his overnight score of 183 not out after blazing 107 in the evening session on Thursday.

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Hayden, who has hit six hundreds in his last 12 Tests, had a previous highest score of 203 and possesses an excellent strike-rate of 15 centuries in his 45 Tests.

The powerfully-built left-hander reached his 300 with a single to mid-off from the bowling of Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak. Hayden took a single to long-off to reach 335, passing the previous Australia record of 334 shared by former captain Mark Taylor and the great Don Bradman.

Dropped at long-on on 335, Hayden then smashed his 10th six as wicketkeeper Gilchrist slipped almost unnoticed into the nineties.

For Zimbabwe young right-arm paceman Sean Ervine, in his third Test, took 4-146 from 31 overs. Left-arm spinner Ray Price suffered most with figures of 0-187 from 36 overs. But the Africans began their reply well as Dion Ebrahim and Trevor Gripper shared an opening stand of 61 in 97 minutes. (Reuters)

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The many faces of hayden’s heroics

• Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden set new record of the highest individual score in Test cricket by scoring 380 in Australia’s first innings in the first Test match against Zimbabwe at Perth on Friday (October 10). The left handed batsman batted for 622 minutes, faced 437 balls and hit 38 fours and 11 sixes for his 380 runs.

• His 11 sixes in this innings was also the highest in an innings by an Austrlaian batsman in Tests and second most after Pakistan’s Wasim Akram who smashed 12 sixes during his unbeaten 257 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996-97.

• Adam Gilchrist who smashed eight sixes during his unbeaten 204-run knock against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2001-02 held the previous record. West Indian Brian Lara who made 375 against England at St John’s in 1993-94 held the previous record while Sir Don Bradman and Mark Taylor shared the record of highest individual score for Australia in Test cricket.

• Bradman scored 334 against England at Leeds in 1930 while Taylor made an unbeaten 334 against Pakistan at Peshawar.

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• Hayden also became the 16th player on 17th occasion to score a triple century in 1661 Test matches. His first triple century came in the 75th innings of his 45th Test match.

• Australian Don Bradman is the only batsman who scored two triple centuries in Tests. He made 334 against England at Leeds in 1930 and 304 against the same opponent and at the same ground in 1934.

• West Indian Brian Lara, Lawrence Rowe and Gary Sobers, Australian Mark Taylor, Bobby Simpson and Robert Cowper, England’s Len Hutton, Wally Hammond, Graham Gooch, Andrew Sandam and John Edrich, Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammed and Inzamam-ul-Haq and Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya are the other batsmen to crossed 300-run mark once. (S.PERVEZ QAISER)

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