David Hussey is the brother of Mr Cricket Michael Hussey and he is one of the most underrated cricketers of Australia. David Hussey could not play test cricket and he was a good player in white ball cricket. He has played 69 ODIs in his career. And in those Matches he has scored 1796 runs at an average of 32.65 and he has also made 1 hundred in ODI Cricket. He has also played 39 T20Is and in those Matches he has made 756 runs at an average of 23.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Performances of David Hussey
1) 111 vs Scotland (2009)
This was his highest score of his international career and he made his only century in international cricket. He was playing against Scotland and he absolutely smashed the bowling as he only took 83 balls to make 111 runs. He hit 10 fours and 5 sixes in this innings meaning a total of 70 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 134 in this innings. David Hussey was instrumental in Australia winning this match by 189 Runs.
2) 79 vs New Zealand (2009)
This was one of his best match winning performances of his career. This was also in 2009 and at that time David Hussey was one of the best batters in the world batting lower down the order. He was absolutely amazing In this match against New Zealand. He made a match winning 79 runs from 96 balls at a strike rate of 83. He only hit 6 fours in this innings meaning 24 runs in boundaries. He ran for the rest of the 55 Runs and he won the match for Australia by 6 Wickets.
3) 68* vs England (2011)
This was also in his Top 5 Best Batting Performances because it came against England in a tough batting pitch. Australia were chasing and it seems like David Hussey liked chasing against the bigger teams. In this match he was absolutely brilliant as he hit 68 not out from 89 balls with 6 fours and 1 six meaning 30 runs in boundaries. He played a lot of dot balls in this Innings as he has a strike rate of 79. In the end , Australia won the match by 4 wickets.
4) 60* vs Sri Lanka (2013)
This was in the later stages of his career and this was his most brutal ODI innings of his career. He made 60 not out from just 34 balls with a strike rate of 175. He smashed the Sri Lankan bowlers to all parts of the ground as he hit 6 fours and 1 six meaning 30 runs in boundaries. He was at his attacking best and it was due to this innings that Australia won this match by a whopping 107 runs against a top Team.
5) 88* vs South Africa (2009)
This was his highest score in T20Is and even though Australia lost this match, it does not take away from the brilliance that was this outstanding innings. David Hussey was at his best as he only took 44 balls to make 88 not out. He smashed 10 fours and 5 sixes meaning 70 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 200 in this match and the cricketing world saw how good he can be.
