Michael Hussey
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 Australia (Aus) |
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| Batting style | Left-handed batsman (LHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium (RM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 13 | 48 |
| Runs scored | 1377 | 1388 |
| Batting average | 81.00 | 77.11 |
| 100s/50s | 4/7 | 1/9 |
| Top score | 182 | 109* |
| Balls bowled | 30 | 180 |
| Wickets | - | 2 |
| Bowling average | - | 77.50 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | N/A |
| Best bowling | - | 1/22 |
| Catches/stumpings | 6/- | 28/- |
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As of 5 December 2006 |
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Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (Mr. Cricket) (b. 27 May 1975, Morley, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer.
A left-handed batsman, he is a relative latecomer to both the Test and ODI Australian sides, but he has made a highly successful start to his international career. As of December 7, 2006, he is the top ranked ODI batsman in the world [1]. He plays first-class cricket as vice-captain for the Western Warriors in Australia and has played for several counties in England.
He is married to Amy and has two children. His younger brother by 2 years, David, plays for Victoria and Australia 'A'.
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[edit] Career prior to Test debut
Hussey initially played for his native Western Warriors, and his career total of 6471 runs ranks eighth in the list of Western Australian run-makers in the Pura Cup. He then moved to England, where in July 2001 he scored an unbeaten 329 (still a Northamptonshire club record) at Wantage Road in his side's 633/6 declared on the way to a 10-wicket victory. He later captained Northamptonshire and When playing for the second-string national team, Allan Border once jokingly suggested that he get match practice by staying in the nets for a full six hours; to his astonishment, Hussey went on to do just that [2].
Due to his devotion to the game Hussey has the nickname of "Mr. Cricket", which appeared on the back of his shirt in the Twenty20 International against South Africa in 2006. He himself says the nickname was first given to him by Lancashire and England captain Andrew Flintoff before playing a county cricket match for Durham[3].
[edit] International Career
Hussey earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004-05 after excelling in the ING Cup.
Statistically, Hussey's international career (so far) has been extraordinarily successful. His batting average in both Tests and ODIs is over 70, and he currently tops the list of best averages ever in ODI cricket. Both these figures would be lower (most significantly the ODI average) were it not for an early string of not outs, but nevertheless his strike rate of 99.27 is also the highest of any Australian cricketer, active or retired. Some have expressed regret that he wasn't selected for the national squad earlier in his career, as he has only a few years left before passing into retirement age.
[edit] Tests
Hussey made his test debut at the Gabba in Brisbane on the 3rd November 2005, as a replacement for fellow Western Australian batsmen Justin Langer in the Australia vs. West Indies series. In the first innings Hussey only managed 1 run, falling lbw to Corey Collymore. In the second innings Hussey turned it around with an otherwise unimpressive score of 27. In the following Test, at Bellerive Oval (Tasmania) he scored 137 and 39* and was named Man of the Match. In the third Test at Adelaide Oval, Hussey was moved down the order to number 5 to accommodate the return of Langer. He made 133 not out in the first innings and 30 not out in the second, bringing his Test average to 120.
Since being moved down the order, Hussey has proved invaluable to the Australian team, often building impressive partnerships with the tailend batsmen, the most impressive being a 107-run 10th wicket partnership with Glenn McGrath in the second Test match in South Africa's 2005/06 tour of Australia. Hussey continued his remarkable batting with tail-enders against Bangladesh in their Spring 2006 2-test series when he and Jason Gillespie (as a nightwatchman) put together a 320-run partnership, with Hussey making a career-best 182.
On April 18, 2006 Hussey set a record as the fastest player in terms of time to reach 1000 Test runs [4]. He reached the milestone in just 166 days.
Hussey scored 86 runs in the first innings of the first test of the 2006-07 Ashes series at the Gabba in November 2006. This was his 20th Test innings and thus qualified him for the all-time batting average list. He currently sits in second place, behind only Bradman. Hussey was the fastest player to reach the top 10 of the LG ICC cricket ratings
In the second Test of the 2006-2007 Ashes, Hussey made 91 and formed a partnership with Ponting. He was bowled (playing on) by Matthew Hoggard and fell 9 runs short of his 5th Test century. In the second innings Australia was chasing 168 off 35 overs for victory and for a chance to go 2-0 up in the series. After the fall of 2 early wickets, Ponting and Hussey, who was promoted to No.4 instead of Damien Martyn, formed a steady partnership to guide Australia to victory. Ponting fell on 49 but the battle was well over. Hussey scored the winning runs and made 61 not out in 66 balls. His partner, Michael Clarke scored 21 not out. [5].
[edit] ODIs
Hussey debuted for the Australian One-day team against India on February 1st 2005 at his home WACA ground in Perth. In this match Hussey made 17*, hitting three fours. Australia won the match by 5 wickets.
In the third Super Series match on October 9, 2005, Hussey became the first person to hit the roof of Telstra Dome (the ICC World XI's Makhaya Ntini was the bowler). On February 6, 2006, Hussey tied with Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee on 22 votes for the Australian One-Day Player of the Year at the annual Allan Border Medal presentation. However, Symonds was ruled ineligible after an alcohol related indiscretion, and Lee and then Gilchrist were eliminated on countback, Hussey was named the outright winner. Hussey had also come second overall in the Allan Border medal his first year in international cricket. On November 3, 2006, Hussey became the ICC's ODI Player of the Year at the annual ICC Awards in Mumbai.
Many tip Hussey to be the next ODI and Test captain of Australia[6][7][8] and on September 18, 2006, owing to Australia's rotation policy, and in Ricky Ponting's absence, Hussey captained Australia for the first time in the DLF Cup second round match against West Indies at Kuala Lumpur. Australia lost the game by three wickets, but Hussey and Brad Haddin put together a sixth-wicket partnership of 165, a world record for that wicket in all ODIs. [9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1]
- ^ Perfection Patience and Pride, Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Perfection Patience and Pride Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/asksteven/content/story/244991.html
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200604/s1609253.htm
- ^ "Australia's next captain? Hussey goes from the solid to downright spectacular", Guardian, 2006-11-21. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ "Hussey's left turn", The Times, 2006-11-05. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ "Warne's 'ball' the best of all", Townsville Bulletin, 2006-11-23. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Highest Partnership for Each Wicket in ODIs. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
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| Australian batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 |
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| Allan Border | Donald Bradman | Greg Chappell | Matthew Hayden | Michael Hussey | Ricky Ponting | Jack Ryder | Steve Waugh |
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| NAME | Hussey, Michael Edward Killeen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mike |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 27 May 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morley, Western Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
