Hussey's last knock proves right tonic

By Chris Barrett
January 7 2013 - 3:00am
One for prosperity … Michael Hussey strides for a run during his unbeaten knock of 27 at the SCG on Sunday. Hussey has called it quits after 79 Tests that yielded 6235 runs at an average of 51.52.
One for prosperity … Michael Hussey strides for a run during his unbeaten knock of 27 at the SCG on Sunday. Hussey has called it quits after 79 Tests that yielded 6235 runs at an average of 51.52.

AS THE audience of 10,505 found their voice in the afternoon, chanting ''Hussey, Hussey'', the focus of their adulation sat uncomfortably on the Australian team balcony in the SCG Members Pavilion. Ed Cowan and Michael Clarke were in the middle, chugging towards the modest victory target of 141. It was nothing in particular against those two batsmen; simply a demand for an encore, in his 79th and final Test, from Michael Hussey.

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