Ranking David Hussey’s top 3 performances in T20I Cricket

Former Australian star David Hussey wasn’t just known as the brother of Michael Hussey but also was an amazing player in his own right. The explosive batter gained notoriety in the domestic circuit in the white ball formats for his explosive batting and ability to deliver the goods with the ball.

In 39 T20I matches that he played for Australia, David Hussey scored 756 runs with 3 half-centuries and a strike rate of 121 with a best of 88. With the ball, David Hussey picked 19 wickets with a best of 3/25 with an economy rate of 6.5 runs per over.

David Hussey made his T20I debut for Australia against India and picked the wicket of MS Dhoni. Australia had won the game by 9 wickets after they had bowled out the then T20 World Cup winners for less than 100 to make his debut special.

Here are the top 3 David Hussey performances in T20I Cricket

3- 53 vs Pakistan – St Lucia -2010

David Hussey got to his first ever T20I fifty in the game against Pakistan where he scored 53 off 29 balls. The right-handed batter hit 2 fours and 5 sixes in his knock as he helped Australia reach 191 on the board with Shane Watson scoring 81 runs. Australia won the match by 24 runs with Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes picking 3 wickets each while David Hussey picked the wicket of Mohammad Amir.

2- 88 vs South Africa – Wanderers -2009

David Hussey got his highest-ever T20I score in the game against South Africa in Johannesburg. The right-handed batter scored 88 runs from 44 balls with the help of five boundaries and 6 huge hits into the fence. Australia scored 166 on the board and saw the home team win the game with 4 balls and 4 wickets to spare.

1- 3/25 vs South Africa – MCG – 2008

In David Warner’s debut game, Australia managed to score 182 runs with the debutant scoring 89. South Africa were all out for 130 as David Hussey picked 3/25 with the ball which included the wickets of JP Duminy for 78, Mark Boucher for 5 and Dale Steyn for 1 to register his best figures in T20I cricket.

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