Michael Hussey ( Australian Cricket Team Member )

Michael Hussey

Batting style:  Left Handed bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Played for:     Australia, Chennai Super Kings, Western Australia,
                       Perth Scorchers, Ex Skipper-ODI | Batsman


Profile

Holder of the tag “Mr. Cricket”, Michael Hussey personifies the ‘’Never say die’’ attitude, symbolic of the archetype Australian cricketer. Ironically though, despite scoring tons of runs in the domestic circuit, Hussey had to wait till the age of 28 to make his international debut, thanks to the embarrassing problem of plenty in the Australian line-up through those years. But he grabbed the few opportunities presented to him and carved a niche for himself on the world cricket stage.

Hussey debuted for Western Australia in 1994 at the age of 19 and was a consistent performer in the domestic circuit. He was eighth in the state’s all-time list of players to have scored more than 6000 runs in the ‘Sheffield Shield’. Despite commendable performances, Hussey failed to break into the Australian setup, a fact which influenced him to move to English county Northamptonshire in 2001. After three successful seasons, he moved onto Gloucestershire in 2004 and Durham the following year. He averaged more than 70 in these five seasons and also captained Gloucestershire during this period.

After excelling in the ING Cup in the 2004-05 season, Hussey was awarded a central contract by Cricket Australia. He made his ODI debut against India in 2004. He also made his T20 debut against New Zealand in 2005. His talent was evident and many argued as to why be a player of such calibre kept waiting in the wings for such a long time. The elusive Test spot, however evaded him. A rib injury to Justin Langer paved the way for his Test debut against the West Indies at the Gabba in 2005. After an ordinary first Test, he scored an unbeaten century in his second and has since played a few memorable innings in the middle-order. His knock against Pakistan in the 2009 T20 WC semi-final is still remembered for its sheer brilliance where he led Australia to an improbable victory. He plies his trade for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.

A left-handed batsman, Hussey is in the mould of a Michael Bevan. He generally prefers to play off the back foot and has a tendency to charge down the wicket to spinners. He is predominantly a leg-side player and looks to accumulate runs rather than going for big shots. He also doubles up as a handy right-arm medium pace bowler.

Fast Facts

Michael Hussey made more than 15,000 runs in first-class cricket before making his Test debut-a record for an uncapped Australian.
He is the fastest to get to 1000 Test runs in terms of days, reaching the feat in just 164 days.
Hussey was the recipient of the “Allan Border Medal” in 2006.
He was the ICC ODI ‘’Player of the Year’’ in 2006.
Hussey was also named in the ICC ODI World XI in 2006.
He became the second batsman after Brendon McCullum to score a century in the inaugural edition of IPL.

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