Top 10 Australian middle-order batsmen of all time

#7 Mike Hussey

The Australian team of the early to mid-nineties was so strong that someone like Mike Hussey had to wait till he was 30 years old to get his first opportunity on the Test team.

However, when he did, he made it count and from 2005 to 2013, he was the world's leading middle-order batsman, who batted at all positions from number 4 to 7 and in fact, he had opened the innings 8 occasions for Australia as well.

Hussey had the defensive technique to play against any opposition and even though he was a limited stroke-maker, he was extremely strong in the strokes that he could play. For instance, the cut and pull were used frequently against the short stuff.

In the 76 Tests in which he batted in the middle-order, Hussey scored 5,848 runs and averaged an excellent 51.29. He had shepherded Australia out of trouble on many occasions and scored 18 centuries and 28 half-centuries in the process.