Michael Hussey

On their next two tours, to India and England, Australia will greatly miss his skills against spin

The SCG for the Australia-Sri Lanka Test was a place for memories, goodbyes and a terrific show of support for a good cause

Australia have lost the services of Michael Hussey, one of the best middle-order batsmen in Tests and ODIs

Michael Hussey, the team man, was set apart as an individual as he batted for Australia one last time

For more than seven years, Michael Hussey was a permanent fixture in Australia's Test team and has played in 48 victories. Here ESPNcricinfo recalls five of his best Test performances

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

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

Despite taking a lead on the second day, Australia had something missing in their game

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

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

The cricket world reacts to Michael Hussey announcing his retirement

Michael Hussey's retirement has come as a surprise and it leaves Australia with a vast hole to fill ahead of a double Ashes year

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

Michael Hussey's latest century was another example of the hardworking, fluent and busy innings that have typified his style of play over his career

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

Australia's marks out of ten for the Test series against South Africa

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

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

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