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Full name David John Hussey
Born July 15, 1977, Morley, Western Australia
Current age 30 years 307 days
Major teams Australia,Kolkata Knight Riders,Nottinghamshire,Sussex Cricket Board,Victoria
Nickname Huss
Playing role Lower middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
1.80 m
Relations Brother - MEK Hussey
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
First-class
120
184
20
9119
275
55.60
12888
70.75
32
39
143
0
List A
126
117
17
4064
130
40.64
6
24
60
0
Twenty20
55
52
7
1440
86
32.00
1038
138.72
0
9
102
63
35
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
T20Is
1
1
18
12
1
1/12
1/12
12.00
4.00
18.0
0
0
0
First-class
120
1791
1188
20
4/105
59.40
3.97
89.5
1
0
0
List A
126
941
856
22
3/26
3/26
38.90
5.45
42.7
0
0
0
Twenty20
55
19
268
331
16
2/10
2/10
20.68
7.41
16.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
Only T20I
Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2002/03
Last First-class
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Mar 15-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001
Last List A
Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nottinghamshire v Durham at Nottingham, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai, May 16, 2008 scorecard
Profile
As the younger brother of Michael, David Hussey has copied his sibling's talent for ridiculous scoring in the English county competition. Also like Michael, Hussey has been forced to pile up mountains of runs in Australia before gaining the confidence of the national selectors. It took his first thousand-run season in 2007-08 - he made 1008 in the Pura Cup at 56 - before he was finally chosen for a tour, the ODI series in the West Indies in 2008, and earned his first Cricket Australia contract. Earlier in the season he made his Twenty20 international debut against India at the MCG and was not required to bat, but picked up a wicket with his handy offspin. Hussey was one of the big surprises in the Indian Premier League auction when Kolkata paid $625,000 to secure him - far more than the sums offered for his brother and Ricky Ponting.
Despite his crash-and-bash style, Hussey is desperate not to be pigeon-holed as a Twenty20 player. His Pura Cup success suggests it is a fair request and only Simon Katich made more runs than him in the 2007-08 campaign. He only made two centuries and his best was 104 but his consistency was remarkable. Equally impressive was his 484 FR Cup runs at 44, including a 60-ball century - the second-fastest in Australia's domestic one-day history - that featured eight sixes. It was no surprise when Hussey was named Victoria's Player of the Year in all three formats. He had come off a prolific season at Nottinghamshire, where he made 1219 runs at 93.76, including 275 from 227 balls against Essex.
An aggressive batsman with a strong bottom-hand technique, Hussey hit a breathtaking, breakthrough 212 not out at nearly a run a ball in 2003-04, which was his first full-time season at first-class level. The innings came as Victoria chased a record-breaking 455 for a Pura Cup victory in Newcastle and Steve Waugh, the opposing captain, was impressed. The summer ended with 857 runs at 61 and was quickly followed by 1208 county runs in 2004. Repeating the local haul was difficult and despite starring for Australia A in one-day games - he hit a century against West Indies and a fifty against Pakistan - he was unable to hold his Pura Cup spot. The unhappy Hussey wanted a release to return to Western Australia, where he had played under-19 and 2nd XI games, but Cricket Victoria insisted he stay. Arriving in Nottingham he immediately fixed a minor technical problem and went on to gorge 1231 runs with a high of 232 not out as the county won the Championship. Another solid effort at Nottinghamshire in 2006 - he made 1103 runs at 50.13 - preceded his state-topping 911 Pura Cup runs at 53.58 in 2006-07, when he scored centuries in three consecutive matches.
Cricinfo staff April 2008
