Hussey M. - Lost Mojo

[PaddleFoot]

His 'bad patch' has become a gorilla. What is to be done ?

 

[blackhead&boil]

first thing to do is to get his weight off his heels. his general balance seems to be all wrong...

 

[superfreak]

Its got me stuffed why Hussey is batting at 4 and Clarke at 5.....surely its a no brainer to switch them over.

Hussey averages 47 batting at 4 and 55 batting at 5. I dont think he has had the same effect after being moved up the order. Clarke, whilst having struggled at 4 in the past (averages just 16), is the heir apparant to Ponting and needs to bat at 4. You best two batsmen bat at 3 and 4, end of story.

Having Hussey at 5 is also a calming influence as he has the ability to control the innings and right the ship if we strike trouble.

Another idea is to bat North at 4, Clarke at 5 and Hussey 6.....I wouldnt mind if they went with that option.

 

[ECHUCABOY]

Its got me stuffed why Hussey is batting at 4 and Clarke at 5.....surely its a no brainer to switch them over.

Hussey averages 47 batting at 4 and 55 batting at 5. I dont think he has had the same effect after being moved up the order. Clarke, whilst having struggled at 4 in the past (averages just 16), is the heir apparant to Ponting and needs to bat at 4. You best two batsmen bat at 3 and 4, end of story.

Having Hussey at 5 is also a calming influence as he has the ability to control the innings and right the ship if we strike trouble.

Another idea is to bat North at 4, Clarke at 5 and Hussey 6.....I wouldnt mind if they went with that option.

Yeah we saw Hussey start to get runs in the OD series and I thought he might be getting back to his best. He has always been a nervous starter and is getting out half playing at the ball a lot.

I don't think batting at 4 or 5 should make a difference, were talking about a bloke who has scored a million runs batting everywhere...Hopefully next dig the openers will get a few and allow huss to come in when the balls doing a bit less...he only needs one good knock and he'll be back, his from in the ODI's showed how quickly it can turn.

 

[legend166]

He's completely lost his cover drive, which is strange, because that was his best shot. If you watch him now, he leaves a lot of wide half volleys that he used to put away for four. He gets completely bogged down and then tries to play the shot, but never commits. The amount of times he's been out playing a weak drive outside the off stump is pretty staggering.

 

[blackhead&boil]

He's completely lost his cover drive, which is strange, because that was his best shot. If you watch him now, he leaves a lot of wide half volleys that he used to put away for four. He gets completely bogged down and then tries to play the shot, but never commits. The amount of times he's been out playing a weak drive outside the off stump is pretty staggering.

like I said earlier, his weight appears to be on his heels more, which is preventing him from moving towards the ball. during the one day series he started advancing down the pitch a few times and he looked like his old self, getting that forward movement back. now he seems to have lost that again...

 

[IAMDASH]

Two points:

He has finally come up against a couple of world class bowling attacks and his earlier numbers are being made to look very flattering.

The top order are failing therefore exposing him earlier to quality fast bowling.

Plus he is getting to his mid 30s.

 

[pluga_4]

his first 22 tests he had an average of 80
the last 13 test he has only averaged 40ish.

i'm guessing if the referral system was in over the aussie summer he would've benefited from it. he did get a few shockers.

hussey isn't getting any younger and it'll be interesting to see if he can finish with a career batting average of 50+.

 

[LIONS then DAYLIGHT]

I think this is over-reacting, if he fails for the rest of the tour he will still go to the Ashes. His too good a player, we saw in the ODI's that he found some good form so i think this is a bit premature. He got a good ball today on a pitch that had a fair bit in it. He be back with a vengenance in the 2nd innings.

 

[MckayMagic]

He should just be moved down to number 5 where he really made his name put Clarke back at 4. Clarke has matured as a batsmen and really looks as if he should be batting at 4. Although Clarke does have to stop going after really wide balls outside off.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

I think his main problem at the moment is he just doesn't even look like trying to score a run. He just gets very bogged down which seems to be his downfall.

 

[King Elvis]

He'll come good, no doubt about it.

But I don't mind the idea of putting him back at 5 or 6; he was so dominant there, and really thrived on having the responsibility of shepherding the lower order through the end of the innings.

He's been put under massive pressure now, coming in so earlier, and it really looks like he's struggling to play with any freedom because he's too concerned about trying to anchor in for a long innings.

 

[Belnakor]

I think his main problem at the moment is he just doesn't even look like trying to score a run. He just gets very bogged down which seems to be his downfall.

he had the same problem in state cricket every so often. He doesn't have the game to score off good deliveries, which means he has to wait for the bad ones, and SA don't dish up that many bad deliveries. So eventually he'll get a wicket-ball and if he is unlucky he's gone without making too many.

 

[Minotaur]

his first 22 tests he had an average of 80
the last 13 test he has only averaged 40ish.

i'm guessing if the referral system was in over the aussie summer he would've benefited from it. he did get a few shockers.

hussey isn't getting any younger and it'll be interesting to see if he can finish with a career batting average of 50+.[/QUOTE]


Good question. I think he must finish his career with an average over 50 because the sustained poor form he would need to continue to endure would see him dropped before he averaged dropped below 50. Although, I'm not sure how bad he would need to be and for how long. Also he is a bit too old to make it back I would have thought.

Which makes it quite interesting as to how he will be remember. If he continue to fail in this series and is dropped with an average of 55ish would he be remember as an all time great on the back of those 22 tests.

G. Pollock only played 20 odd tests I think and he is considered amongst the best ever.

Jimmy Adams had a ridiculously high average after 20 tests which then dropped and he is clearly not considered in the best ever.

How would the Huss be remembered?

 

[aussie1st]

He just needs that one big knock in a test and it should all come back to him hopefully. That's what happened in the ODIs, one good knock and after that the runs started flowing again.

 

[Romeo]

He also had a lot of luck early in his career, especially against this mob the last time he played them home and away.

 

[Xtreme]

The axe must surely be about to swing his way, a knee jerk reaction - he should be rested (or attempt to find form in the domestic / suburban comps) and another player brought up for some experience.

 

[crudbucket]

A golden duck won't help either !

 

[CanonNo1]

his first 22 tests he had an average of 80
the last 13 test he has only averaged 40ish.

i'm guessing if the referral system was in over the aussie summer he would've benefited from it. he did get a few shockers.

hussey isn't getting any younger and it'll be interesting to see if he can finish with a career batting average of 50+.[/QUOTE]


Good question. I think he must finish his career with an average over 50 because the sustained poor form he would need to continue to endure would see him dropped before he averaged dropped below 50. Although, I'm not sure how bad he would need to be and for how long. Also he is a bit too old to make it back I would have thought.

Which makes it quite interesting as to how he will be remember. If he continue to fail in this series and is dropped with an average of 55ish would he be remember as an all time great on the back of those 22 tests.

G. Pollock only played 20 odd tests I think and he is considered amongst the best ever.

Jimmy Adams had a ridiculously high average after 20 tests which then dropped and he is clearly not considered in the best ever.

How would the Huss be remembered?

He'll be remembered as a good cricketer. Not a great, but good, which is what he is. Typical media over reaction when he had the average of 100 and now decreasing rapidly. Will finish somewhere between 45 and 55.

2 100's in the past 32 innings
4 ducks in his past 10 innings

 

[The Passenger]

well that shot he played tonight was just dreadful. first ball when out of form, is not really the time to be pulling a ball thats pitch on a good length.

although he's still a likely starter for the ashes, he's definetaly no certainty.

 

[Ghostwriter]

Flat track bully, hid behind the likes of Ponting, Hayden, Gilchrist etc, now he has the pressure on, he can't handle it, get rid of now.

 

[The Passenger]

his formline now reads:

6 tests, 194 @ 19.40
9 tests, 411 @ 27.4
15 tests, 793 @ 30.50

not particularly pretty unfortunately....

 

[Cooldude]

If you look at a video of his batting stance when he's scoring runs and a vid of his stance right now, you'd see some big differences. His knees are too stiff and he's standing too upright. He needs to relax, bend his knees more and lower his centre of gravity, which helps him get the weight on the balls of his feet and allows a greater range on his footwork. At the moment his front foot movement's looking hopeless

 

[The Grover]

We need to persist but he is letting the team down badly against SA, he's the only batsmen who hasn't contributed something against them.

 

[XFactor1979]

at the way hes going he'll probably average barely above 50 (or even slightly less than) at the end of his career...

a theory to his decline, age? reflexes, technique not the same... oh another asset he had in his prime: his running between wickets, he had that as an asset in one day cricket. it also means his fielding has declined as well