Nasser Hussain is again one of those England players who were a part of the early 2000s and was the captain of the England team for a number of years as well as being one of the great batters of his time. Je was widely loved and respected and his contribution to the game has not stopped since the time he stopped playing as he is a great commentator for a number of years and has become one of the best in the world at that as well and all the fans love hearing him speak. Let’s look at his records below.
Nasser Hussain played international cricket from 1989-2004 and in those 15 years he was a dependable batter and someone who liked scoring big runs especially in test cricket and he has scored a total of 8000 runs and more. He has played 96 test matches for England and scored 5764 runs at an average of 37.19 with 14 Test hundreds and 1 Double Hundred. In ODIs he has played 88 Matches for England and he has made 2332 runs at an average of 30.29 and 1 Hundred in ODIs. Let’s look at his Top 5 Best Performances.
207 vs Australia (1997)
The best batting performance in the career of Nasser Hussain came against Australia as is the case with most England players and this double hundred helped England to win this match by 9 wickets. Nasser Hussain came to bat at number 4 and he took 337 balls to make 207 and he hit 38 fours in this innings meaning a total of 152 runs just in fours and he was striking at 61.42. This was a four hitting exhibition by Nasser Hussain and due to his innings England got ahead in this test match. It was special.
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146* vs South Africa (1999)
There is a reason why I have included this performance in my list and that is because we rarely see true test match innings where the batter takes time and frustrates the opposition so much and after batting 165 odd overs is still not out. This innings by Nasser Hussain was test match batting at its finest. He batted for 463 balls and for over 160 overs and he only hit 17 fours in this innings and his strike rate was a touch over 31. These types of innings are hard to play and when a batter is not out at the end it deserves a mention on our list.
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155 vs India (2002)
The third performance on my list is this innings against India that he played in 2002 and this was again a test match classic by this great batter from England. England were batting first and Nasser Hussain came to bat at number 3 and he played for 331 balls in this innings and hit 25 fours meaning 100 runs in boundaries alone meaning the discipline he showed by playing so many dot balls and only striking at 46.83 was incredible to watch. Nasser Hussain got in the heads of the Indian bowlers and as a result of his innings England won this match by 170 runs.
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103* vs New Zealand (2004)
This was the last test innings in the career of Nasser Hussain and what a knock to play and win this test match for England in the 4th innings where England needed 282 to win and it was a tough chase and Nasser Hussain stood there like a rock and played 204 balls and hit 15 fours in this innings meaning 60 runs in boundaries and he took England home and ended his career on the biggest high. This was one of the best last test innings of anyone’s career.
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93 vs Australia (1999)
One of the best ODI innings in the career of Nasser Hussain came in this match vs Australia when the Aussies were the best team in the world and Nasser Hussain played so well in that innings and made 93 from 114 balls and only hit 6 fours in this innings and he was striking at 81.58 and due to his innings England won this close match by 7 runs and this was one of the highlights in the career of Nasser Hussain. Wished he had played more ODIs in his career.
