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[Vic Nicholas]

Heard this Hussey interview on the radio today and he sounds like your best mate down at the club who happened to become a test cricketer.

Super likeable!

https://soundcloud.com/sen1116/mike-hussey-on-the-run-home

[Twelfth Man]

Just had a listen and he seems like a great chap. Never had anything against him and would like to know if anyone has anything bad to say about Huss!

[Alvaro]

Great player. Watching the KP master class on Sky it was nice to hear him say effusively that he felt Mussey was a great. You could tell he meant it.

[Gingerbusiness]

Guess that's why everyone calls him "Mr Cricket"

[jamesisapayne]

Not only a great, great player but a great guy too. Proof that you don't have to be an as*hole to succeed in top level sport.

He'd fit right in here, and I'm sure could tell us a thing or two about bats!!!

[Vic Nicholas]

The thing with Hussey when you go through his life story, you see that he was not an instant success at any level he played at.

Struggled to begin with at Grade level.

Struggled  to begin with at First Class level.

Had a forgettable first test.

But he kept working hard and kept trying.

You have to admire that!

[Tail Ender]

He says in his book that he wasn't as naturally talented as Dave; maybe having to work harder for what he wanted is why he played Test cricket and his brother didn't?

[Alvaro]

He could play the short ball...

[Nato]

Deserves to go down as one of the greats. I don't think I've seen the results of lots of hard work so perfectly displayed.

[jamesisapayne]

Big, big fan of MH - he's in my top 5 for sure.

Being English I always had a love/hate thing for him when he played us. I could watch him bat till the cows come home, but he pretty much always scores heavily and is hard to get out.

[Alvaro]

This article is great - shows that talent isn't everything and how a mindset like Hussey's gets you further in the game.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/a-straight-bat-cricket-blog/2013/oct/25/shaun-marsh-the-special-one

[Vic Nicholas]

This article is great - shows that talent isn't everything and how a mindset like Hussey's gets you further in the game.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/a-straight-bat-cricket-blog/2013/oct/25/shaun-marsh-the-special-one

Exactly.

Hussey would practice for 6 hours a day.

2 hour session.
Break for lunch
2 hour session
Break for tea
2 hour session
Go for a thirty minute run and then go home.

That was Hussey's training regimen for five days a week, every week for years.

He would face the equivalent of every single ball of a test match every week.

That is how you go from being and OK player on the fringes, to a self made international batsman.

Shaun Marsh on the other hand would much rather get smashed on the piss and do some lines with mates rather than dedicate himself to even a third of Hussey's work ethic.

That is why one made it and the other never will - even though Marsh probably has the more natural talent.

[ppccopener]

excellent article quoted here from the guardian,just had a good read.

it seems many players looking for the quick money in IPL cricket-and not just that there are many 2020 tournaments round the world...rather than the long haul of trying everything to play test cricket.

we have our own ravi bops and owais shah....gifted players who wont/did'nt make it at test level,you could chuck in eoin morgan too.

australian cricket,after being the blueprint for years and years..now needs a root and branch restructure-probably starting at the top

[19reading87]

Exactly.

Hussey would practice for 6 hours a day.

2 hour session.
Break for lunch
2 hour session
Break for tea
2 hour session
Go for a thirty minute run and then go home.

That was Hussey's training regimen for five days a week, every week for years.

He would face the equivalent of every single ball of a test match every week.

That is how you go from being and OK player on the fringes, to a self made international batsman.

Shaun Marsh on the other hand would much rather get smashed on the piss and do some lines with mates rather than dedicate himself to even a third of Hussey's work ethic.

That is why one made it and the other never will - even though Marsh probably has the more natural talent.

Is that a known thing in Aus about Shaun Marsh then? Never struck me to be like that...

[The_Bird]

He's a piss head mate, him and his brother...!