Thread: Mike Hussey - Just How Great Is He
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Old 07-03-2008, 12:23 PM in reply to flanflinger's post starting "Aurey, I am with you. I think the use..."
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Originally Posted by flanflinger View Post
22 Tests is not long enough to judge, but his average is almost Bradmanesque, and you cannot deny that maybe he was ready for Test cricket 3 or 4 years before he actually got selected.
Right on Flanny!

I thought he could easily have been put in after Mark Waugh retired in '03. Waugh was 38, Hussey was 27-28- but Lehmann, the man who got his spot, was about 33. I'd have much rather that he was replaced by Hussey, especially as he now holds down the no. 4 position anyway.
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