Australia's greatest ODI XI of all time

#5 Mike Hussey

Mike Hussey

Michael Hussey was called “Mr. Cricket” by his teammates and excelled in all the aspects of the game. He was a brilliant middle-order batsman, a useful medium-pace bowler, an outstanding fielder and possessed an astute cricket brain. He played for Australia from 2004 to 2012 and contributed immensely to their stupendous success in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Hussey was a batsman who could score briskly without playing reckless shots. Whether he was leaning on to play his cover drives or falling back on his back foot to hit the pulls, he always remained a viewer’s delight. Most of his shots were copybook stuff, but very effective at the same time.

Hussey made 5442 runs from 185 ODIs for Australia at a staggering average of 48.1 and was also a member of the World Cup winning side in 2007. He could have a longer international career for Australia had it not been for the presence of the likes of Damien Martyn and Darren Lehmann in the international set-up for the Aussies.