No. 6: Michael Hussey
At No. 6 in the former Australia captain's Ashes XI: a man they called Mr Cricket
Ricky Ponting
11-Jul-2015
"One of the guys you love to have around the team because he will do anything for you. A team man and a classy middle-order player. When games were on the line, Michael Hussey generally stood up"
Stats
OVERALL: Matches 79 Innings 137 Runs 6235 Average 51.52 100s/50s 19/29
ASHES: Matches 15 Innings 24 Runs 1304 Average 59.27 100s/50s 4/9
ASHES: Matches 15 Innings 24 Runs 1304 Average 59.27 100s/50s 4/9
Who will bat at No. 6 in your Modern Ashes XI?
3 votesMichael Hussey
Andrew Flintoff
Marcus North
Ian Bell
Steve Waugh
Best performance
121 at The Oval, 2009
Australia faced the prospect of losing the Ashes once they were set a target of 546 in the final Test at The Oval. It was a crucial innings for Michael Hussey: his Test future seemed in doubt after a first-innings duck and a century-less streak of 28 innings. He joined Ponting with Australia at 90 for 2. The duo's partnership gave the visitors hope but an errant call for a run by Hussey led to Ponting's dismissal. Hussey found some support from Brad Haddin, but that was not enough as he was last man out for 121, an innings that kept his career alive.
Australia faced the prospect of losing the Ashes once they were set a target of 546 in the final Test at The Oval. It was a crucial innings for Michael Hussey: his Test future seemed in doubt after a first-innings duck and a century-less streak of 28 innings. He joined Ponting with Australia at 90 for 2. The duo's partnership gave the visitors hope but an errant call for a run by Hussey led to Ponting's dismissal. Hussey found some support from Brad Haddin, but that was not enough as he was last man out for 121, an innings that kept his career alive.
Trivia
Michael Hussey has the best average among left-hand batsmen who've scored more than 1000 runs in the Ashes.
One of cricket's modern greats, Ricky Ponting captained Australia in 324 matches and scored over 27,000 runs