Top five 30-plus T20 specialists - Batsmen

David Hussey (No Tests; 221 T20s, Strike Rate – 134.38) – Hussey junior was supposed to follow the same route which his illustrious elder brother had taken – score tons of runs in the first class leagues of Australia and England before making it to the Test match squad.

The Test match call-up never came; for five years Hussey was bandied around the limited overs squads as an experienced old hand in a side undergoing a major transition. To be fair to him, he tried his best but clearly Cricket Australia didn’t see him as a long-term option. Even as he topped the run charts with almost 1000 runs in 2009-10 on his way to leading Victoria to the trophy, the Australian selectors were looking for younger soldiers.

Despite his desperation not to be typecast as a T20 player, it is this format that his crash-and-bang style suits the most. Hussey isn’t as much of a mercenary as he is made out to be – India is the only country where he has played in only one format (the IPL).

That hasn’t stopped him from being prolific in the shortest format – he averages over 30 with a strike rate in the 130s. Add to that his loopy offbreaks and superlative commitment to fielding and you get a T20 legend of sorts.