Australian batsman Michael Hussey has returned home from the Champions League Twenty20 here due to 'personal reasons' after his team was ousted from semifinal contention.
The drawing power of the Indian Premier League is destabilising national teams, says a column in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Images from Match No.13 of the Champions League T20 between Chennai Super Kings and Brisbane Heat at the JSCA stadium in Ranchi on Saturday.
Images from the first qualifier between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at Ferozshah Kotla on Tuesday.
Australia opener Ed Cowan believes the new batsmen in the Australian Test team will need to raise their game for the upcoming away series against India and the Ashes in the absence of seasoned campaigners like Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey.
A game-changer for Australia during his international career, Michael Hussey is fulfilling that role with elan for IPL side Chennai Super Kings now. The only difference is that he feels free to pick and choose his games unlike the hectic pre-retirement days.
Michael Hussey played a gem of an innings to overshadow Shane Watson's brilliant century and help Chennai Super Kings clinch a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in a thrilling Pepsi Indian Premier League match in Chennai, on Monday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's presence in the middle order makes it easier for him to nudge around singles and play his natural game, feels Aussie veteran Michael Hussey.
Former champions Chennai Super Kings handed the Delhi Daredevils their sixth consecutive defeat in the tournament this season. Here are the statistical highlights from the match played in New Delhi on Thursday.
Cricket Australia (CA) has released the list of contracted players for the 2013-14 season, including two Ashes series, and has awarded 20 contracts, with six new faces from the last season.
Batsmen in the mould of, or, as talented as Michael Clarke or the retired Ricky Ponting, may never be seen in Australia again if the 'holes in the production line' are not addressed by the country's cricket administrators, says former great Ian Chappell.
Ahead of Australia's first Super Eight clash against India, batsman Michael Hussey on Wednesday said the team is chalking out an appropriate strategy to cope with the variety of spinners on offer by the 2007 World Twenty20 Champions.
Australia have named a trio of unproven all-rounders in their Test squad for the tour of India and thrown a life-line to discarded spinner Xavier Doherty as they scramble to find a winning combination ahead of back-to-back Ashes campaigns.
Retired Test batsman Michael Hussey has said after looking at the struggles of the Brisbane Heat batsmen against top-quality Indian spinners that Australia not only has a problem with producing international standard spinners, but has one in facing them as well.
Australia skipper Michael Clarke came through a fitness Test on Tuesday, indicating he will play in this week's third Test against Sri Lanka and resolve at least one of the hosts' selection problems for the dead rubber match.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle believes his Sydney Thunder teammate Usman Khawaja can re-establish himself in the Australian Test team just like Michael Clarke, who was dropped in 2005 only to return later and become one of the world's best batsmen.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming praised his senior batsman Michael Hussey for his contribution to the team, describing the Australian as the pivot of CSK's batting in the IPL.
Australian batsman Michael Hussey smashed a stroke-filled 95 and affected a crucial run out as Chennai Super Kings survived a scare before eking out a 14-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a high-scoring Pepsi IPL match.
Opener Michael Hussey slammed a blistering 54-ball 86 as Chennai Super Kings produced an aggressive brand of cricket to roll over Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets.
Retired Australian batsman Michael Hussey has said that he did not reveal his plans to quit international cricket until the week before the Sydney Test in January because he had feared he would have been dropped earlier from the team had he done so.
Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey says he has no plans of coming out of international retirement and salvage the national team's pride after two heavy Test defeats in India.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming applauded Mike Hussey and S Badrinath for laying a solid platform for their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to launch an attack in death overs that turned the match in their favour against Mumbai Indians in the IPL eliminator in Bangalore.
Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey believes the loss of star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin may prove to be a big blow to the visitors' hopes of securing victory in the ongoing second Test in Perth.
Australia beat West Indies by 17 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain stopped play in the ICC World Twenty20 Group B match in Colombo.
Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja is taking the help of his state coach Darren Lehmann on how to fight against high-quality spin bowling in the Indian sub-continent.
Michael Hussey ended his Test career on a high when Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with a day to spare in the third Test on Sunday to sweep the series 3-0.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White said Seifert had returned seven negative tests in the 10 days leading up to his pre-departure protocols, and was confident he would be receiving the best of care from his franchise.
India have managed to keep a tight rein on Smith.
Michael Clarke hit a brilliant unbeaten 251 and Ricky Ponting his first hundred in two years as Australia took control of the second Test against India on Wednesday, finishing the second day on an imposing 482 for four.
The International Cricket Council has approved Indian speedster S Sreesanth's inclusion in the India's World Cup squad while also confirming Callum Ferguson and Jason Krejza as replacements in the Australian side.
Statistical highlights on Day 1 of the first Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Monday.
Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar struck fluent half-centuries in their record 163-run opening stand as Mumbai Indians cantered to a 10-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the last league game of the Indian Premier League in Jaipur.
Beleaguered Australian batsman Michael Hussey has vowed to give a tough time to Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the Test series starting in Melbourne on December 26.
Dwayne Bravo smashed a six off the last ball as Chennai Super Kings pulled off a stunning five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a dramatic Indian Premier League match to keep their hopes of a play-off berth alive in Kolkata.
Murali Vijay (95) and Michael Hussey (63) put together 159 runs, in just 89 balls, for the first wicket to virtually make the IPL final against Royal Challengers Bangalore a no-contest.
Most Australian players are heading off to join their India Premier League sides after beating Bangladesh 3-0 in just concluded ODI series.
Sri Lanka and Australia shared the spoils on the opening day of the third and final Test on Friday, the tourists putting up 235 for five before bad light stopped play. A sedate knock of 81 off 207 balls by Shaun Marsh held the Australian innings together as they struggled for runs throughout the rain-interrupted day.
Australia's pace bowlers took eight quick wickets to skittle out Sri Lanka for 174 runs on day one of the second Test in Kandy on Thursday, as the home team struggled against fast bowling from the start of the innings. Australia were 60 without loss at stumps. Shane Watson was unbeaten on 36, and Phil Hughes on 23.
In what would embarrass the national selectors, Michael Hussey, who was ignored for Australia's World Cup defence on count of injury, has been cleared to play for Western Australia against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield clash, starting next week.
The Indian cricket team seems down and out after back-to-back losses but senior Australian batsman Michael Hussey remains wary of the tourists as he feels their "pride and experience" can conquer the intimidating conditions that await them in the third Test starting in Perth on Friday.
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