IPL playerAustralia2008 to 2015
Michael Hussey
On scorecards: MEK Hussey · Right-hand bat
Michael Hussey, a batter, played seven IPL seasons for two franchises. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
Michael Hussey arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹1 cr (US$250k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 4 matches and 168 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013, for Chennai Super Kings: 733 runs at an average of 52.4, striking at 129.5 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 6 fifties, and a highest score of 95. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2011 and 2013).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2008: 168 runs at a strike rate of 168.0, 39 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2013, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹1 cr. 46 matches and 1,691 runs; champions in 2010 and 2011.
2014, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹5 cr. 9 matches and 209 runs.
2015, Chennai Super Kings, second time round. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹1.50 cr. 4 matches and 77 runs.
3 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2008 to 2013. 2009 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Michael Hussey struck at 122.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.6, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 56% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 198 fours and 52 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37.6% of the balls Michael Hussey faced were dot balls, a higher share than 68% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 31 balls, and a four every 8.1.
The fielding record: 26 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Michael Hussey went under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹5 cr, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2014.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Michael Hussey made 59 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2015, and won 12 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 168 | 116* | 84.0 | 168.0 | 0/1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 37 | 15 | 18.5 | 84.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | Champions | |
| 2011 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 492 | 83* | 41.0 | 118.8 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | Champions |
| 2012 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 261 | 56 | 32.6 | 110.6 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 733 | 95 | 52.4 | 129.5 | 6/0 | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | |
| 2014 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 209 | 56 | 23.2 | 114.8 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 77 | 56 | 19.3 | 110.0 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2008 to 2013
- Mumbai Indians: 2014
- Chennai Super Kings: 2015
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.6% |
| Balls per four | 8.1 |
| Balls per six | 31 |
| Catches | 26 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Set C | ₹1 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹1 cr (US$250k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹90 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹1.91 cr (US$425k) |
| 2014 | M2 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹5 cr |
| 2015 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹1.50 cr |
| 2016 | Batter | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet