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 out a niche for himself on the world cricket stage.
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. Despite commendable performances for Western Australia in his early years, 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 there, he moved onto Gloucestershire in 2004 and Durham the following year.
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. 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 Hussey’s 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 few memorable innings in the middle-order. His knock against Pakistan in the 2009 World Twenty20 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.
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 was the ICC ODI ‘’Player of the Year’’ in 2006.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
73 |
127 |
5708 |
13 |
50.07 |
49.20 |
16 |
28 |
195 |
| ODI |
181 |
153 |
5262 |
44 |
48.27 |
86.97 |
3 |
37 |
109* |
| T20 |
29 |
22 |
530 |
8 |
37.85 |
147.63 |
0 |
3 |
60* |
| IPL |
25 |
24 |
828 |
4 |
41.4 |
121.76 |
1 |
5 |
116* |
| CLT20 |
8 |
8 |
292 |
1 |
41.71 |
119.18 |
0 |
3 |
81 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
73 |
26 |
510 |
240 |
7 |
1/0 |
/ |
34.28 |
2.82 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| ODI |
181 |
12 |
234 |
227 |
2 |
1/22 |
/ |
113.5 |
5.82 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| T20 |
29 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0/5 |
/ |
- |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
73 |
0 |
2 |
| ODI |
103 |
0 |
8 |
| T20 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
| IPL |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| CLT20 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| ODI |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2005-2012
- ODI:
- 2004-2012
- T20:
- 2005-2012
- IPL:
- 2008-2012
- CLT20:
- 2010-2011
- Test
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs West Indies at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane - Queensland - Nov 03, 2005
- Last played:
- Australia Vs West Indies at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica - Apr 23, 2012
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs India at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth - Western Australia - Feb 01, 2004
- Last played:
- Australia Vs West Indies at Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia - Mar 25, 2012
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Feb 17, 2005
- Last played:
- Australia Vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - Mar 30, 2012
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh - Apr 19, 2008
- Last played:
- Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata - May 14, 2012
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Chennai Super Kings Vs Victoria at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth - Sep 18, 2010
- Last played:
- Chennai Super Kings Vs New South Wales at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Oct 04, 2011
