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Hussey showed his support for Cancer Council WA by being their 2016 Ambassador.
Michael Edward Killeen Hussey was born on May 27, 1975, in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. He embarked on his cricketing journey playing for his native Western Australian Warriors. Despite his prolific run-scoring in first-class cricket, accumulating 15,313 runs, he was a relatively latecomer to international cricket, debuting for Australia’s One-Day International team at 28 and the Test team at 30. His early career saw him playing for English county teams Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire, and Durham, where he notably scored an unbeaten 329 for Northamptonshire in July 2001, a club record, and later surpassed it with 331 not out against Somerset in August 2003.
Hussey’s international career was remarkably successful. He earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004–05 and quickly made an impact, becoming the ICC’s ODI Player of the Year in 2006. He was part of Australian teams that won multiple ICC titles, including the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. In Test cricket, he achieved 19 centuries and maintained a batting average of 51.52. His one-day international batting average stood at 48.15, with three centuries. A key milestone in the Indian Premier League was his century (116 not out) for the Chennai Super Kings in 2008, becoming the second player to achieve this feat in the competition. He was also the highest run-scorer in the 2013 IPL season with 733 runs, playing for the Chennai Super Kings.
Hussey retired from international cricket in December 2012, playing his last Test match in January 2013. He continued his professional career in various T20 leagues, notably captaining the Big Bash League side Sydney Thunder to their first BBL title before retiring from all forms of cricket after the 2015–16 season. Following his playing career, Hussey transitioned into coaching and commentary, serving as a batting consultant for Australia in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and later becoming the batting coach for the Chennai Super Kings in 2018. He also joined Fox Sports as a commentator and was appointed Director of Cricket for the Sydney Thunder. In 2023, he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, a recognition of his significant contributions to the sport.
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