Mike Hussey - The Greatest Man Alive?

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Yeah no batsmen are allowed to show emotion when they get out anymore. Every player has lost his head at some stage. Hussey is a great player and role model due to his hard work and determination.
 

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Surely plenty of guys play cricket... if you truly value your wicket, if the dismissal has any part of doubt, you feel slightly pissed off. But you get back to the shed, complain about it, and get over it. It just happens that he has the cameras on him for his walk back.

Such a terrible bloke.

In my opinion, the opposing view to this is that he values his wicket, is proud to represent his country and is critical of his game. He trains hard, when he gets out cheaply or the dismissal is dodgy... I don't blame him for getting a bit frustrated.

Great bloke :thumbsu:
 

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Number of times dismissed lbw :

2006 - 3
2007 - 2
2008 - 3
2009 - 4
2010 - 4
2011 - 3
2012 - 1

Total of 20 times dismissed lbw, of those only once was Hussey given out lbw after on referral after he was originally given not out by the umpire.

Further, going by the cricinfo commentary 3 of the times he was dismissed in 2010 and his dismissal in 2012 he could consider himself unlucky

Hard to claim his average has dropped due to drs
golions got lawyered. /thread
 

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Yeah no batsmen are allowed to show emotion when they get out anymore. Every player has lost his head at some stage. Hussey is a great player and role model due to his hard work and determination.
I remember reading in one of his books that he used to do 6-8 hour net sessions; his logic was, if I plan to bat all day in a Test, then I need to train that way as well.
 

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I remember reading in one of his books that he used to do 6-8 hour net sessions; his logic was, if I plan to bat all day in a Test, then I need to train that way as well.
I've also read/heard that. Absolute dedication, and it's why everyone respects and admires the man.

Does need to tone down the ass slapping though :p
 

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M. Hussey has been fantastic for his country. He's obviously cut from some different cloth than his brother who many consider to be a cheat & a poor example to young cricketers.
 

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Generally a likeable chap.

He did have a book released like a year after he started playing international cricket, and it was littered with statistics and averages highlighting his own achievements among fine company such as Bradman and the like. I do remember chuckling to myself and thinking 'mate, play more than a year and let's see how your averages are. Bit soon to be grouping yourself with legends like that'. Try-hardesque.

In that same book, I read a begging and pleading letter to Steve Waugh asking for the secrets to mental toughness, which I found slightly amusing. I do not know whether Steve replied to this or whether he turfed it with all the other fanboy mail, who knows.

He does strike me as the sort of man who would rock up to a party with his own bottled water, before leaving at 8:00.

I'm sure, too, that he remembers his 462* scored against David in the Hussey backyard in 1983, and that he assembled his own blackboard-scoreboard in chalk (which still hasn't been rubbed out) to commemorate this.

BUT

I like him very, very much. He can bat anywhere. His body language in the field is fantastic for the team. He's a handy bowler. It's a freaking damn shame his career only started in his 30's.

The above stuff was only poking fun at him, you know, taking the pee Aussie style.
 

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There would've been threads like this about Simon Katich about two years ago.
was that before or after he showed himself to be a massive sook?

i am fairly certain i have never, ever heard anyone say Katich was a good bloke...yes, he scored a few runs in his third Test career but he was on a par with S. Magill for teammate popularity!

i know this is just a forum and everyone's entitled to an opinion but seriously, that must have been a wind up

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I disagree with some of the points above and I'll explain why:

He comes across as a good bloke when things are going his way, but his true colours come out when things aren't so rosy. The issue of umpiring decisions highlights this perfectly.

(diatribe deleted)
* shakes head *

there are plenty of boofheads who play cricket - if you need to make yourself feel adequate by slagging off someone, pick one of them instead

Hussey is a good guy of the game - ultra-competitive but still humble...an all-round cricketer...a hard worker...a great ambassador

i am utterly unconvinced you were serious when you wrote this post

peace
 

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Generally a likeable chap.

He did have a book released like a year after he started playing international cricket, and it was littered with statistics and averages highlighting his own achievements among fine company such as Bradman and the like. I do remember chuckling to myself and thinking 'mate, play more than a year and let's see how your averages are. Bit soon to be grouping yourself with legends like that'. Try-hardesque.

In that same book, I read a begging and pleading letter to Steve Waugh asking for the secrets to mental toughness, which I found slightly amusing. I do not know whether Steve replied to this or whether he turfed it with all the other fanboy mail, who knows.

He does strike me as the sort of man who would rock up to a party with his own bottled water, before leaving at 8:00.

I'm sure, too, that he remembers his 462* scored against David in the Hussey backyard in 1983, and that he assembled his own blackboard-scoreboard in chalk (which still hasn't been rubbed out) to commemorate this.

BUT

I like him very, very much. He can bat anywhere. His body language in the field is fantastic for the team. He's a handy bowler. It's a freaking damn shame his career only started in his 30's.

The above stuff was only poking fun at him, you know, taking the pee Aussie style.

I know you said you were taking the piss, but Hussey wouldn't have any input in the inclusion of statistics in his book, the editor takes care of all of that stuff. Also he wrote the letter to Steve Waugh after being psyched out by the formidable experienced Queensland lineup of the mid to late 90's repeatedly. He wrote the letter, but decided not to send it.
 
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