Hayden believes many sub-continental players bat too selfishly for their team's own good and this is what explains Australia's recent dominance over India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in one-day cricket.
The opener said a crucial difference between his side and their sub-continental rivals was that Australian batsmen were more willing to risk personal milestones for the sake of keeping their team's run rate high, according to a report in the 'Sydney Morning Herald'.
"In one-day cricket, if you get to 70 or 80, you can obviously get a hundred by just batting carefully but we just don't do that. It affects a batsman's statistics but we just don't go for those personal marks," he said.
"Pretty much all the sub-continental sides are like that. They really can waste a lot of time and there's no time to waste. Every ball has got to have a priority stamp on it."
Stressing on the importance of partnerships, he said, "in one-day cricketer the so called landmarks like 50s and 100s are not achieved at the same rate as in Tests, particularly in our side. In one-day cricket it's partnerships that can really hurt a side and set up a side."