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(born
27 May ,
1975 ,
Morley, Western Australia ) is an
Australia n
Cricketer . He is also known by his nicknames of ''Huss'', ''The Huss'', and ''Mr Cricket'', the latter due to his
Statto-like knowledge of his sport.
A left-handed as vice-captain for the
Western Warriors in Australia and has played for several counties in
England . He currently has the second highest test batting average and the highest ODI batting average.
He is married to Amy and has two children. His younger brother by 2 years,
David , plays for
Victoria and
Australia 'A' .
Hussey initially played for his native
Western Australian 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
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. During the 2007 20/20 Match against England, Hussey was seen with a new nickname on his Shirt. "Huss" was seen on it instead of the famous "Mr Cricket".
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 Tests is nearly 80 and in ODIs just under 60. He currently tops the list of best averages ever in ODI cricket. Hussey's ODI average would be lower were it not for an early string of
Not Out s, but nevertheless his
Strike Rate of 90.90 is very respectable. 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.
- 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
Fastest player to reach 1000 Test runs . 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 on 99.94. Hussey was the fastest player to reach the top 10 of the
LG ICC Cricket Ratings . He maintained an exceptional average of 105.25 in the three Ashes series, according to BBC sport.
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 from 66 balls. His partner,
Michael Clarke scored 21 not out.
Hussey surges into batting Top 10 .
On Saturday, December 16 Hussey scored 103 runs off 156 balls - his fifth test century - on the third day of the third match of the
2006-07 Ashes Series England at the
WACA ground in Perth.
On Saturday, January 6 after Australia's 5-nil Ashes series whitewash, Justin Langer anointed Hussey to be the next leader of the team's victory song
Under The Southern Cross I Stand .
- , 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.
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In the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Triangular Series, Australia were in trouble while chasing a target against England, and in a later match New Zealand. Both times Hussey guided the Australians to victory, and on both occasions was the only recognised batsman at the crease at the end of the match.
Hussey led Australia in the
Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after captain
Ricky Ponting and vice-captain
Adam Gilchrist were rested by the selectors. The first match against New Zealand saw a ten wicket loss, the first time Australia had lost by this margin in their one-day international history. Hussey top scored with 42 off 96 balls. Hussey's record as captain was further marred when Australia lost the top place in the ODI Rankings to South Africa for the first time since they were introduced in
2002 after losing to New Zealand two days later. Hussey top-scored for Australia with an aggressive 105 off 84. Another loss in the final match gave Hussey a captaincy record of four losses, having previously led Australia in September 2006 on a one off basis.
In early
2007 , Hussey had a major slump in form with an average of only 8 of over 10 innings, which scarcely improved in the
World Cup where he gained an average of 17.4 with 87 runs.
In August 2007, Mike Hussey became brand ambassador for Canada-based games publisher
Gamebience . According to the
Gamebience 's press release, they have acquired his exclusive rights whereby he will be endorsing their products including
Cricket Life 08 .
