
Mike Hussey

Mike Hussey
‘Mr Cricket’
It seemed like Mike was reinventing himself for a final dash of glory but that never came as he announced his retirement suddenly in late 2012. It definitely came as a shock to the cricketing fraternity. It was around the same time that Australia also lost Ricky Ponting and the twin blows did hurt Australia a lot. Mike continued to be active in franchise T20 leagues having notable success in the IPL with the Chennai Super Kings and in the BBL where he signed off by leading the Sydney Thunder to a title win. That was Mike's final year in any form of the game, and he has worked as a TV commentator after his international retirement apart from also being a batting consultant. Very few players could pace the innings as well as Mike could, be it in Tests or limited-overs cricket and it's his immaculate brain that gave him the nickname 'Mr Cricket'.