Top 10 Australian batsmen of all time

8 Michael Hussey

Known as 'Mr. Cricket', one of Australia's greatest batsmen had to wait till he was almost 29 years old before he could make his first appearance in international cricket. But when he did, he became one of the world's leading batsmen across the three formats of the game.

The left-handed Michael Hussey could hold his own against any bowler and had a determination in his batting that remained unmatched in world cricket. He started off his career as an opening batsman, but played in the middle-order for Australia across all formats.

Hussey played 79 Tests in his eight-year career, and piled up 6345 runs at a highly impressive average of 51.52. He scored 19 centuries and 29 half-centuries in Test cricket. In one-day internationals, he averaged 48.15 over the course of 185 games and scored 5442 runs at a strike rate of 87.15.

He was an equally menacing batsman in T20 cricket, and won many tight games for Australia on his own.