BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2015-16
MEK Hussey
Left-handed bat · Right-arm medium
MEK Hussey, a batter, played five BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
MEK Hussey's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Perth Scorchers.
That first season brought 1 match. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013-14, for Sydney Thunder: 258 runs at an average of 36.9, striking at 128.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 120.1, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 85.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2014-15: 168 runs at a strike rate of 137.7, 15 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
Club by club
2011-12 to 2012-13, Perth Scorchers. 4 matches and 35 runs.
2013-14 to 2015-16, Sydney Thunder. 19 matches and 636 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2013-14 to 2015-16.
How the runs came
Across the career, MEK Hussey struck at 129.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 122.8, so MEK Hussey scored about 7 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 49% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 52 fours and 20 sixes.
The legacy
MEK Hussey made 23 BBL appearances, the last for Sydney Thunder in 2015-16.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Perth Scorchers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Perth Scorchers | 3 | 35 | 21* | 17.5 | 116.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 258 | 85 | 36.9 | 128.4 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 168 | 96 | 42.0 | 137.7 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 210 | 71 | 35.0 | 126.5 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Perth Scorchers: 2011-12 to 2012-13
- Sydney Thunder: 2013-14 to 2015-16
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics