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Michael Hussey
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
MEK Hussey is an Australian batter whose 331-match career spans Tests, One-Day Internationals, the IPL and domestic T20 competitions. He scored 14,152 runs at a batting average of 46.71, representing Australia Cricket in 253 matches and featuring for franchise sides including Chennai Super Kings, Sydney Thunder and Mumbai Indians. His primary competition is ODI cricket, where he accumulated 5,076 runs across 149 appearances at 48.34. His last recorded appearances came in the 2016 CPL and BBL seasons, where returns were limited, with a top score of 41 off 29 balls against Sydney Sixers at the SCG.
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Bat Avg
46.7
Bowl Avg
60.7
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder
Recent form
Hussey's last 10 appearances came in the 2016 CPL and BBL seasons, with scores ranging from 0 to 41, including a 41 off 29 balls for Sydney Thunder against Sydney Sixers at the SCG on 16 January 2016.
Strongest format
One-Day International — Hussey's 149 ODI appearances are his most in any single competition, with 5,076 runs at an average of 48.34 and a strike rate of 85.74. Those numbers
Career stats overview
75 Test · 149 ODI · 107 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
75 matches
5,779
Runs scored
7
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
149 matches
5,076
Runs scored
2
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
107 matches
3,297
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Over 14,000 career runs across five competitions
Hussey accumulated 14,152 runs from 331 matches at a batting average of 46.71. That consistency spans Tests, ODIs, IPL and domestic T20 cricket, with only 303 dismissals across the entire span.
Test average of 50.25 across 75 matches
In Test cricket, Hussey averages 50.25 from 75 matches with 5,779 runs. That figure places him firmly among the more reliable Test batters of his generation, scoring at a strike rate of 49.37 across 11,706 balls faced.
Exceptional record against Sri Lanka: average 70.33
Across 32 matches against Sri Lanka, Hussey scored 1,477 runs at an average of 70.33. That is comfortably his strongest head-to-head return against any major opponent, sitting well clear of his figures against India (50.51) and England (48.03).
The Gabba his most productive home ground
Hussey averages 75.21 at the Gabba from 18 matches, scoring 1,053 runs there. The SCG (54.86 from 28 matches) and Adelaide Oval (54.50 from 16) are also strong venues for him, though the Gabba figures stand apart.
T20 form in the IPL: 1,977 runs at a strike rate of 122.64
Over 58 IPL appearances, primarily with Chennai Super Kings, Hussey scored 1,977 runs at 40.35 with a strike rate of 122.64. His T20 International strike rate of 134.37 from 26 games confirms he adapted comfortably to the shortest format.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams MEK Hussey has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
South Africa
- Matches
- 43
- Runs
- 1,939
- Wickets
- 1
England
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 1,873
- Wickets
- 1
India
- Matches
- 35
- Runs
- 1,869
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 1,477
- Wickets
- 2
West Indies
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 1,536
- Wickets
- 2
New Zealand
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 1,191
- Wickets
- 2
Pakistan
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 1,010
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 483
- Wickets
- 1
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where MEK Hussey has turned out most often.
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 1,207
Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 875
- Wickets
- 1
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 848
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 799
The Gabba, Brisbane
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 1,053
- Wickets
- 2
Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 872
Bellerive Oval
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 658
- Wickets
- 1
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 282
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
MEK Hussey's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Michael Hussey — photo by YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source