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Michael Klinger joins Welsh Fire as women's head coach

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:17:48 GMT

Appointment of Washington Freedom director of cricket helps to strengthen ties at newly acquired franchise

Hussey: 'We're not going to panic and throw everything out'

Fri, 02 May 2025 13:41:19 GMT

CSK are out of contention for the playoffs, but they believe they can "definitely compete with any team in the competition"

Hussey: CSK 'want to improve at talent identification'

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:09:12 GMT

With their playoff hopes all but over, the team is looking to build a squad for the future

Hussey: 'We're certainly not putting the white flag up just yet'

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:28:45 GMT

Acknowledging the hurt their fans must be feeling, Hussey suggested this was the time "where you really find out who are your true supporters"

Vettori to leave Australia Test coaching duties for IPL auction

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:58:51 GMT

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach will attend the IPL auction in Jeddah during the first Test, despite being Australia's bowling coach

Hussey hopes Dhoni keeps going for 'another couple of years'

Thu, 16 May 2024 08:11:02 GMT

CSK batting coach says Dhoni "keeps his cards very, very close to his chest" when asked if he would be back next year

Axar, Mukesh speak out against Impact Player rule: 'It only works for a batter's convenience'

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:26:43 GMT

Michael Hussey, CSK's batting coach, said the rule had made IPL games "fun" to watch, but admitted that it's "scary" from a bowler's point of view

Hussey on Rizvi's first-ball six off Rashid: 'That's just crazy, isn't it?'

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 03:01:44 GMT

CSK's batting coach also hailed new captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for being 'a very cricket-savvy guy' and 'very well prepared'

Hussey on Warner's replacement: 'I'd go for a traditional opener, someone who has done it for a long period of time'

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 02:12:55 GMT

"If you haven't done it much in your first-class career, it's going to be very difficult to come up the order"

Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf 'gamble' returns dividends for Welsh Fire

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:24:13 GMT

Mike Hussey manages to hold 'em for six games before they walk away on Pakistan duty

Ambati Rayudu: 'A fairy-tale finish, I can smile for the rest of my life'

Tue, 30 May 2023 03:09:46 GMT

"The freedom which CSK gives, it's massive," says Rahane as Super Kings' players and staff react to their fifth IPL title

Stokes likely to start IPL as a specialist batter to manage knee injury

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:21:08 GMT

Batting coach Michael Hussey hopes to get Stokes "bowling at some stage in the tournament"

Hussey hopes Welsh Fire's 'gamble' on Shaheen, Rauf will have 'huge pay-off'

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:17:02 GMT

Pakistan pair will lead Hundred strugglers' pace attack, but their availability is unclear

Mike Hussey appointed men's head coach at Welsh Fire

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:14:42 GMT

Australian take charge after two disappointing seasons for Cardiff-based side

Mike Hussey, David Saker appointed to England's World Cup coaching staff

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:47:20 GMT

Former bowling coach to link up in Pakistan, Australia batter will join squad Down Under

'Difficult' to play T20 World Cup in India - Mike Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

"I think there will be a lot of cricket boards around the world that'd be pretty nervous about going back to India"

Michael Hussey, and rest of Australia contingent in Maldives, set to fly home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

While Hussey flies commercial via Doha, the group waiting in the Maldives will take a BCCI charter flight

Mike Hussey tests positive for Covid-19

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He is the first member of the overseas contingent to test positive in the 2021 IPL

South Australia's 'culture of mediocrity' targeted in Mike Hussey review

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The former Australia batsman has said that players should earn selection through Premier cricket

'MS Dhoni the best finisher of all time' - Michael Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Australia great delves into Dhoni's school of thought in run chases in a chat with Sanjay Manjrekar

Michael Hussey hopes to keep Australia mentoring role through to T20 World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former limited-overs star hopes Matthew Wade can "cement his place" in T20 middle order

Hamstring strain sidelines Bravo for two weeks

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Batting coach Mike Hussey believes Mohit Sharma and Shardul Thakur can do Bravo's job in the death overs

Cameron Bancroft 'is a different person now' - Marcus North on Durham captaincy call

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Director of cricket likens Australian to Michael Hussey as he prepares to take over from Paul Collingwood at Chester-le-Street

Kerry Packer tried to pick Michael Hussey for 2005 Oval Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The story emerged from a book due to be published to mark the 40th anniversary of the meeting between Packer and Bradman to end WSC

India 'surprised' by soft signal on Virat Kohli catch - Jasprit Bumrah

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia equally certain it was a fair catch, says Lyon, while former players criticise Kohli's behaviour in Perth

'Dhoni our key man on and off the field' - Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

CSK's batting coach also backs Ravindra Jadeja, saying that the allrounder has a "difficult role" to play for the team

Michael Hussey appointed CSK batting coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As a player, Hussey was first part of the CSK franchise from 2008 to 2013, before returning in 2015 following a season with the Mumbai Indians

Haddin, Hussey brothers set for coaching roles with Australia A

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brad Haddin, David Hussey and Michael Hussey will have a chance to demonstrate their coaching skills during Australia A's forthcoming winter fixtures

Michael Hussey reveals approach for India job

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey has revealed in his latest book that he had been asked by the BCCI last year whether he would be interested in coaching India

Joining Sydney Thunder the 'best decision' - Michael Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, the BBL winning captain, has said that joining Sydney Thunder is the "best decision" he has made

Khawaja 70 hands Thunder maiden title

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The fifth BBL final was a tale of two innings, and two collapses. Kevin Pietersen, who is in marvellous form, scored 74, before Usman Khawaja, who is in simply superhuman touch, made 70 which, as wickets tumbled, proved enough to hand Sydney Thunder their

Thunder hope to give Michael Hussey a winning send-off

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Having seen off the double champions Perth Scorchers, four-time semifinalists Sydney Thunder gear up to do battle against Melbourne Stars, who are hoping to give Michael Hussey a winning send-off

Watson, spinners keep Thunder in contention

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Needing a win to stay in contention for their first Big Bash League semi-finals, Sydney Thunder turned out in style in front of a record crowd to sink Sydney Sixers

Tait, Reed subdue Hussey brilliance as Hurricanes win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shaun Tait and Jake Reed helped Hobart Hurricanes overcome Michael Hussey's classy 71 to secure a 11-run win, their third of the season

Hussey leads Thunder to first win over Sixers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey will be a coaching consultant with Australia at the World Twenty20 in India next year, but the first night of the 2015-16 Big Bash League showed that he still has plenty to offer as a T20 batsman as well

Hussey, Sriram join Australia as World T20 mentors

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia have called on Michael Hussey as a coaching consultant for the World Twenty20 next year and have also enlisted former India ODI player Sridharan Sriram to help them prepare for the conditions in India

Michael Hussey to help South Africa with T20 batting

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has joined the South Africa coaching staff as a specialist batting consultant for the three-match T20 series against India, with the focus on preparation for the World T20 next year

Australia fear Pakistan on a roll

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson has said that he is wary of the threat posed by Pakistan, who he believes are a "dangerous" side during knockout games

Hussey hails South Africa's 'family feel'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, who is working with the South African World Cup side as a consultant, has urged the team not to imitate Australia in their outlook towards the game and the dressing-room atmosphere

SA forget mind games and focus on skill

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Though South Africa have not recruited a psychologist for this World Cup, the addition of Michael Hussey and his inputs on mindset and technique can help them acclimatise to pressure better

South Africa leave mind games behind

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

South Africa took what seemed like everything any team would want when they left for the World Cup, except one thing: a psychologist

Rogers to captain Prime Minister's XI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Test opener Chris Rogers will captain the Prime Minister's XI against England in Canberra this Wednesday after Michael Hussey was withdrawn from the match due to a calf injury

Michael Hussey to captain Prime Minister's XI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey will captain the Prime Minister's XI this summer when the team takes on England at Canberra's Manuka Oval on January 14

Player transfers before IPL 2015

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A list of IPL player transfers before the 2015 season

Simmons and I have good rapport in the middle - Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has said he has clicked with Lendl Simmons at the top of the order for Mumbai Indians, and considers theirs to be a "good partnership"

Mumbai stay alive with big win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mumbai Indians kept their qualifying chances alive with a much improved performance in two departments - batting and bowling - to surpass Southern Express' score of 161 with 22 balls to spare

Hussey won't play Shield for WA

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, the former Australia batsman, will not play for Western Australia for the second half of the Sheffield Shield season

Hussey fifty in vain as Thunder lose again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Again Michael Hussey played superbly, again his team-mates crumbled around him and Sydney Thunder lost their 18th consecutive match

WA open to Hussey Shield return

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey could make a return to Western Australia and first-class cricket after expressing a desire to play in the second half of the Sheffield Shield season

Hussey 85 in vain as Thunder lose again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Seven hundred and thirty five days and counting. That's how long it has been since the Sydney Thunder last won in the Big Bash League and on Friday, not even the most remarkable innings from a most remarkable cricketer could break that drought

BBL faces delicate balancing act

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Money isn't a worry for the Big Bash League organisers this year. However, the tournament built more around celebrity culture rather than quality cricket, still faces a challenge

Hussey recalls dark side of the game

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, the former Australian batsman, has said that he understands what Jonathan Trott is going through, after the England batsman withdrew from the ongoing Ashes with a stress-related illness

Probably a little bit wrong on Gurunath's CSK role - Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, the Chennai Super Kings and former Australia batsman, has said he might have been "a little bit wrong" when he wrote in his autobiography that Gurunath Meiyappan, who was arrested for alleged illegal betting in May, was in charge of Super

Hussey raised concerns about team culture

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, the former Australia batsman, has revealed how he had deep concerns about the direction the team was taking in regards to team culture as early as the West Indies tour of 2012, fearful of the insular thinking that was breeding through the

Gurunath 'ran the team', says Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has become the first player to suggest Gurunath Meiyappan was more than just a cricket "enthusiast" after N Srinivasan and India Cements have distanced themselves and Super Kings from Gurunath

Hussey and Lumb ease Notts worries

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Most professional sportsman aim to finish their careers on a high but few will beat the achievements of Nottinghamshire's David Hussey in the final few days of his life on the county circuit

Hussey tells of split in Australia camp

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has revealed in a new book that his failure to attend a boat party after his final Test contributed to a split in the Australian camp

Super Kings chase 186 with ease

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chennai Super Kings did what they set out to do, successfully chasing down a big total after putting Titans in to bat

Hussey joins Thunder, Warne retires as BBL season grows

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia has shelved its plan to tighten the BBL schedule this summer, instead expanding the time-frame from the opening match until the final by two weeks

Raina, Hussey consolidate No.1 spot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A predatory mauling that lasted for most of Chennai Super Kings' innings set up a mammoth 77-run for the visitors, who ruined Sunrisers Hyderabad's perfect home record and placed themselves on the very brink of another playoffs berth

Hussey undecided on Western Australia future

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The retired Test batsman Michael Hussey has not yet decided if he will play on for Western Australia next summer

Super Kings batting might trumps Watson ton

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chennai Super Kings have more match-turning batsmen than any other side in the tournament, and that was on display yet again as they hunted down 186

'Ashwin's role was to get us a quick start' - Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The idea behind Chennai Super Kings sending R Ashwin out to open at Eden Gardens was to get off to a rapid start on the sluggish track, Michael Hussey has said

Jadeja steals another win for Chennai

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Make them Sir jokes all you want, Ravindra Jadeja is arising again and again this Indian home season

Clinical Super Kings thump Delhi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the school of Chennai Super Kings cricket, they swear by a formula

Super Kings demolish listless Kings XI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There was no hiding the vast difference between the weakest batting line-up in the tournament and perhaps the strongest one

Would welcome Hussey back, if he returned - Arthur

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said the selectors would welcome Michael Hussey back if he decided to make a return for this year's Ashes series, given the lack of experience in Australia's Test squad

Truth behind Hussey's retirement secret

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey did not reveal his plans to retire at the end of the Australian summer because he feared he would have been dropped from the team had he done so

Hussey to commentate on Australia matches

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey will work at a quartet of limited overs matches as a television commentator

Broadcasters briefed on controversial ODI squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia met with Channel Nine ahead of the ODI team's announcement to explain why Michael Clarke and David Warner were to be rested and Michael Hussey dropped

Retiring Hussey steers Australia to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey is one of cricket's finest finishers, so it was only fitting that he ended his international career by steering Australia to victory and a series clean-sweep over Sri Lanka

Hughes, Khawaja tip out Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey will not get his desired ODI farewell at least partly to keep Usman Khawaja and Phillip Hughes away from the Twenty20 Big Bash League ahead of the India tour, the national selector John Inverarity has admitted

Five bowlers chase farewell win for Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As they seek one more chance for Michael Hussey to roar the team victory song, Australia will field four fast bowlers in a Sydney Test match for the first time in 58 years

Lessons of Hussey's long apprenticeship

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has said he'd have liked an earlier crack at international cricket, but the long spell at the domestic level honed his game to perfection

Michael Hussey to retire from international cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has decided to retire from international cricket at the end of the summer in Australia

Hussey, bowlers keep Australia in control

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On a rainy day in Hobart, Australia tightened their grip on the first Test considerably thanks to Michael Hussey's third century of the summer, a bold declaration from Michael Clarke, and a quartet of top-order wickets, including Sri Lanka's two best bats

Another Clarke double-ton deflates South Africa

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia piled on 482 runs on the first day in Adelaide, where Michael Clarke became the first player in Test history to score four double-centuries in a calendar year

Verbal battle set to resume in Adelaide

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey and AB de Villiers have indicated that the verbal duel between the two teams, which reached its height on the final afternoon in Brisbane, will resume in Adelaide

Brisbane dominance is history, says Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Any sense of haughtiness among Australia's players, after what amounted to a points-victory over South Africa in Brisbane, has been ardently shooed away by Michael Hussey

Australia on points as South Africa battle to draw

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

South Africa began the first Test looking every inch the world's best team. They ended it cornered, scrapping unattractively to secure a draw

Can Hussey shrug South African slump?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey hopes that one Sheffield Shield match and some net sessions against the red ball will be enough to turn his form against South Africa around

Hussey, Petersen not keen on night Tests

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey and Alviro Petersen were united in their hesitance about the prospect of day/night Test matches

Shield matches moved to ease Test preparation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ricky Ponting and Ben Hilfenhaus will be among the beneficiaries in Australia's Test team after the decision to move two Sheffield Shield fixtures forward by a day

Hussey flies home for personal reasons

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has flown home from the Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa for personal reasons

Narine battle key for Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Having dominated during the ODI series in the Caribbean, Sunil Narine is again the biggest threat to Australia

Expectations raised for both teams

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo previews the second World T20 semi-final between Australia and West Indies

Australia qualify despite big defeat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan spun a web around Australia's batsmen although both teams progress to semi-final

Watson carries Australia to victory again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson has carried Australia in every match of this tournament and has now all but muscled them into the semi-finals with another outstanding all-round performance against South Africa

'We're ready for Harbhajan's aggression' - Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has said his team is ready to face Harbhajan Singh, who has had confrontations with Australians in the past, when they take on India in the Super Eights in Colombo

England hold on for narrow win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The nine-run victory gave England immediate impetus and left Australia, whose T20 ranking briefly fell below Ireland's earlier this month, still searching for a solution

Michael Hussey open to promotion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey is happy to entertain the prospect of abandoning that role to open the batting should the dual duties of batting up top and keeping wicket be deemed too taxing for Matthew Wade

Wade concerns force batting re-think

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Wade's place in the Australian batting order against Pakistan may hinge on the outcome of the coin toss as concerns mount over his workload in the Sharjah heat

Clarke moves up to No. 3

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's captain Michael Clarke is expected to promote himself to the pivotal No. 3 spot in the ODI batting order for the matches against Afghanistan and Pakistan in the UAE

'They're the best we've got' - Inverarity

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

John Inverarity, Australia's national selector, is keen to give David Hussey, George Bailey, and Peter Forrest the best chances of exposure to England ahead of next year's Ashes series.

Michael Hussey out of England tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has been allowed to skip Australia's tour of Ireland and England to be with his family after the premature birth of his child

Kolkata take title after Bisla blitz

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The headlining performance came from little-known Manvinder Bisla as Kolkata Knight Riders prised the IPL trophy out of Chennai Super Kings' hands

Dhoni assault knocks out Mumbai

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chennai Super Kings seem to thrive in times of difficulty. At one point this season, they were hanging by a thread to stay alive and now they're just two wins away from a third straight title

Last-ball six keeps Chennai alive

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With Chennai Super Kings needing five runs to win off the final delivery, Rajat Bhatia bowled a full toss which Dwayne Bravo heaved over the long-on boundary

West Indies target Michael Hussey's wicket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Darren Sammy has pointed to Michael Hussey's wicket as the most critical for the hosts as they attempt to secure a share of the Test series

Australia take control with early wickets

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia took a long time to manoeuvre their position with the bat in Port-of-Spain but far less with the ball