A look at Michael Hussey’s career in international cricket
Famous Australian Cricketer, Michael Edward Killeen Hussey famously known as Mr. Cricket, was born on 27 May, 1965 in Perth, Australia.
Michael ‘Huss’ Hussey came a long way to become a top player in the cricket world. He has maintained his performance in the sport throughout his cricket career and is now considered as one of the finest left-handed batsmen in the world.
Domestic Cricket:
Hussey started playing cricket on domestic level in 1994 for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865 Warriors. He scored 6,471 runs in domestic cricket, which put him on the eighth position in the state run-makers.
Later, Huss moved to England, where he played cricket for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 in 2001. He scored the highest recorded score of 329 for the Club. Again in 2003, Hussey broke another record by scoring 331 against Somerset at Taunton. He also played county in
2004 and 2005 for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 respectively.
Test Cricket:
Michael Hussey played the first Test match of his career in 2005 in Brisbane against West Indies.
He played as a replacement for the Western Australia cricketer Justin Langer. He could not do well in the first Test, but in the second Test, he scored 137 and 31 not out and was declared man of the match.
Hussey played the third Test match at the Adelaide Oval, where he scored an unbeaten 130 in the first innings and 30 not out in the second innings, bringing his Test average up to 120.
Since then, Mr. Cricket has played a number of memorable knocks for Australia in the longest format of the game, the most recent ones being in 2010-11 Ashes series, where he scored two brilliant centuries.
One Day Internationals:
In February 2004, Hussey made his debut for the Australian ODI team at the Western Australia Cricket Association ground in Perth. Hussey scored an unbeaten 17 in his first ODI which helped the Kangaroos in winning the match by five wickets.
Hussey captained Australia in an ODI in 2006 in the DLF cup against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. Although Australia lost that match, yet Hussey featured in a world-record partnership with Brad Haddin for 165 runs for the sixth wicket.
In 2007, Hussey led Australia in the Chappell-Hadley trophy against New Zealand. Australia lost the first match by 10 wickets which was their biggest loss in terms of wickets. Although Hussey top scored with 42 runs, yet he could not save his team from a
record defeat.
Twenty20 Internationals:
Michael Hussey played in the ICC World Twenty20 2007, but unfortunately, Australia were eliminated in the semi-finals.
He played in all matches but picked up a hamstring injury in the tournament due to which he missed Australia’s tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 that followed.
His most memorable knock in the shortest format of the game came in ICC Twenty20 World Cup in May 2010 when he bludgeoned his way to 60 runs off 24 balls which turned a certain defeat into victory for Australia. The win enabled them to play the final of
the tournament, which they lost to eventual champions, England.
Indian Premier League:
Hussey was picked for the first season of the cash-rich Indian Premier League in 2008 by Chennai Super Kings. He became the second batsman to score a century in the grand event after Brendon McCullum of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
He could not play for the CSK in the second edition due to national duties, but returned to the side in 2010.
Chennai Super Kings have retained Hussey for a whopping $425,000 for the fourth season of the IPL, set to take place in 2011.
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