<p>Lean form and waning faith of bigwigs can put even the most hard-nosed pros under pressure, but Hussey was cut from different cloth. <br /><br />Mr Cricket, a sobriquet England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff had given to Hussey, silenced his detractors with a powerful show against India. Hussey gave an indication of things to come when he smashed his way to a 73 in the first one-dayer in Baroda, before notching up 53, 81 (n.o), 40 and 31 (n.o.) in the subsequent matches for a total of 278 runs to be among the top run-getters from either side. <br /><br />It was the kind of batting that made Hussey the mainstay of Australian middle-order in Tests and one-dayers. “At no stage, I was worried about my form. Personally, I knew I was just a one or two knocks away from regaining the rhythm. Just that you need not to worry and remain patient for your moment,” Hussey said. <br /><br />His unbeaten 81 on a slow and low Kotla pitch was a master class in innings building and was a testimony why Australians consider Hussey as the true successor of Michael Bevan in limited overs cricket. <br /><br />If Hussey was patient enough to wait for his chances during that innings, the left-hander showed a different face in the fifth one-dayer at Hyderabad. Hussey proved that aggressive ways were not alien to him while showing a penchant to manufacture shots out of good balls. <br /><br />“This tour has been so satisfying for me. It is tough to come to India when you are not doing great, but I have managed to buck the trend here while scoring some important runs for the team, hopefully I can continue to do that in the remainder of the series,” he said. <br /></p>
<p>Lean form and waning faith of bigwigs can put even the most hard-nosed pros under pressure, but Hussey was cut from different cloth. <br /><br />Mr Cricket, a sobriquet England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff had given to Hussey, silenced his detractors with a powerful show against India. Hussey gave an indication of things to come when he smashed his way to a 73 in the first one-dayer in Baroda, before notching up 53, 81 (n.o), 40 and 31 (n.o.) in the subsequent matches for a total of 278 runs to be among the top run-getters from either side. <br /><br />It was the kind of batting that made Hussey the mainstay of Australian middle-order in Tests and one-dayers. “At no stage, I was worried about my form. Personally, I knew I was just a one or two knocks away from regaining the rhythm. Just that you need not to worry and remain patient for your moment,” Hussey said. <br /><br />His unbeaten 81 on a slow and low Kotla pitch was a master class in innings building and was a testimony why Australians consider Hussey as the true successor of Michael Bevan in limited overs cricket. <br /><br />If Hussey was patient enough to wait for his chances during that innings, the left-hander showed a different face in the fifth one-dayer at Hyderabad. Hussey proved that aggressive ways were not alien to him while showing a penchant to manufacture shots out of good balls. <br /><br />“This tour has been so satisfying for me. It is tough to come to India when you are not doing great, but I have managed to buck the trend here while scoring some important runs for the team, hopefully I can continue to do that in the remainder of the series,” he said. <br /></p>