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Mike Hussey

Full name: Michael Edward Killeen Hussey

Born: 27th May 1975, Morley, Western Australia, Australia

Batting: Left-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm medium pace

Occasional wicket-keeper

Relations: Brother: DJ Hussey

Teams: Australia (Test: 2005/06-2008); Australia (ODI: 2003/04-2008); Australia (Int Twenty20: 2004/05-2008); Western Australia (Main FC: 1994/95-2007/08); Northamptonshire (Main FC: 2001-2003); Gloucestershire (Main FC: 2004); Durham (Main FC: 2005); Western Australia (Main ListA: 1996/97-2007/08); Northamptonshire (Main ListA: 2001-2003); Gloucestershire (Main ListA: 2004); Durham (Main ListA: 2005); Northamptonshire (Main Twenty20: 2003); Gloucestershire (Main Twenty20: 2004); All teams

Northamptonshire Cap: 2001

Northamptonshire : 2002

Durham : 2005

Durham Cap: 2005

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Mike Hussey hits a boundary to bring up his century

Mike Hussey in action

Hussey plays a shot

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Hussey has an enviable record of scoring 15313 First Class runs before making an appearance for the national team and many pundits, domestic as well as international, are puzzled by this failure to his Test claims. Since making his Test debut, he has been nicknamed Mr Cricket, as he has proven to be dependable for whatever teams he plays for. He also owns the record for being the fastest player to score 1000 Test runs after taking only 166 days to overtake England's Andrew Strauss. After 22 Tests his mean of 78.14 is second only to Sir Don's and he is trying hard not to fall from greatness. He made a century in only his second Test match, following it up with three more hundreds in his first summer, and in the second season, scored four consecutive fifties and a century at Perth in the Ashes 2006 at home. Hussey underlined his credentials in the shorter version too, when picked in the ODI team for New Zealand in 2005, and achieved such outrageous figures that it took 29 matches for his average to drop below 100. His calm outlook, strong team qualities and ability to perform in both forms of the game earned him the captaincy for the Chappell-Hadlee Series in 2007, but it quickly became a tournament to forget with three severe losses. Subsequently the 2007 World Cup with just 87 runs became one of his rare failures in a brief period in the game. He was bought by the Chennai Super Kings to play in the IPL and he redeemed their decision by scoring one of the fastest hundreds in the tournament.
Profile DateLine: 3rd June 2008

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	25	42	8	2325	182	68.38	8	9	51.38	25

Test Career Bowling (2005/06-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Australia	66	2	37	0	0-2					3.36

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1994/95-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	205	366	36	17828	331*	54.02	47	78	227

First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	1506	53	809	20	3-34	40.45	0	0	75.30	3.22

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	90	68	26	2307	109*	54.92	2	14	85.63	53

One-Day International Career Bowling (2003/04-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	192	1	167	2	1-22	83.50	0	0	96.00	5.21

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	282	253	52	8881	123	44.18	11	64	76.05	146

One-Day Career Bowling (1999/00-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	738	3	761	20	3-52	38.05	0	0	36.90	6.18

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	13	7	1	137	37	22.83	0	0	129.24	8

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	25	18	3	652	116*	43.46	1	3	132.79	16

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia Under-19s	3	5	0	199	50	39.80	0	2	0

Youth Test Career Bowling (1993/94)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Australia Under-19s	282	12	179	5	3-32	35.80	0	0	56.40	3.80

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia Under-19s	3	3	0	174	81	58.00	0	2	2