Michael Hussey : wiki | Biography | Centuries | Retirement news

Michael Hussey : wiki | Biography | Centuries | Retirement news

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman, Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket, Michael Hussey News, Michael Hussey Biography, Michael Hussey Centuries, Michael Hussey Retirement news

Michael Hussey

Full name Michael Edward Killeen Hussey
Born 27 May 1975 (1975-05-27) (age 35)
Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia
Nickname Mr. Cricket
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
Relations DJ Hussey (brother)
International information
National side Australia
Test debut (cap 393) 3 November 2005 v West Indies
Last Test 9 October 2010 v India
ODI debut (cap 150) 1 February 2004 v India
Last ODI 3 July 2010 v England
ODI shirt no. 48
Domestic team information
Years Team
1994 – Western Australia
2001 – 2003 Northamptonshire
2004 Gloucestershire
2005 Durham
2008-10 Chennai Super Kings (IPL)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 54 146 237 339
Runs scored 4,080 4,287 20,005 10,933
Batting average 49.75 51.65 52.64 45.17
100s/50s 11/21 2/31 52/92 11/82
Top score 182 109* 331* 123
Balls bowled 180 234 1,620 780
Wickets 2 2 22 20
Bowling average 51.50 113.50 39.77 41.05
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/3 1/22 3/34 3/52
Catches/stumpings 52/– 82/– 257/– 176/–

Michael Hussey Personal life

Hussey is married to Amy and has three children. His younger brother, David, is also a professional cricketer who plays for Victoria, Nottinghamshire, Kolkata Knight Riders and Australia. Prior to his entry into first-class cricket, Hussey studied to become a science teacher. He is also a fan of Manchester United due to his dad.

Michael Hussey Biography

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket.

Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut.However, he has had a highly successful international career, being the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world in 2006.He plays first-class cricket as vice-captain of the Western Warriors in Australia and has played for three counties in England. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings, although he opted out of the 2009 season. He is currently the only player in the history of cricket to average over 50 in both International Test and One Day cricket.

Michael Hussey International Career

Hussey earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004–05 after excelling in the ING Cup. Statistically, Hussey’s international career has been very successful, with his career batting average in tests being 52.16 and in ODIs 51.93 as of June 2010.

He is a very occasional medium pace bowler, bowling only 28 overs in his Test career, 23 of them in 2008. He is brought into the attack usually to give the pace bowlers a rest, although he was once brought on in India to stop Ricky Ponting getting a one-match ban for a slow over rate. On December 28, 2008, Day 3 of the Boxing Day test, he got his first test wicket, Paul Harris caught by Mitchell Johnson. He ended with figures of 1/22. He has taken two wickets in one-day internationals.

Michael Hussey International Centuries

Test Cricket

Michael Hussey’s Test Centuries.
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 137 2 West Indies Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2005
[2] 133* 3 West Indies Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2005
[3] 122 5 South Africa Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 2005
[4] 182 11 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2006
[5] 103 14 England Perth, Australia The WACA 2006
[6] 133 17 Sri Lanka Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2007
[7] 132 18 Sri Lanka Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2007
[8] 145* 20 India Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2008
[9] 146 27 India Bangalore, India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 2008
[10] 121 42 England London, England The Oval 2009
[11] 134* 47 Pakistan Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2010