The start of Hussey the finisher
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
AFP
Malcolm Conn, writing in The Australian, looks back at the moment when Michael Hussey started to fill the finishing role he has mastered since entering the one-day international scene.
He was due to be 12th man in a one-day match against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1999 when Damien Martyn injured his back and Simon Katich pulled out with what was eventually diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome.
"I came in as a late replacement down the order when we were in a lot of trouble and managed to get a hundred, so that's when it all started," Hussey said. "I was just trying to bat and it was one of those days when everything fell into place. I didn't try to do anything different."
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo