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It was on Gabba that Michael Hussey made his belated Test debut in November 2005 against the West Indies. This was eleven years after his first-class debut. He was 30 then and scored only one and 29 as an opener.
But the real Hussey stood up in the next two Tests as he stroked 137 and 31 not out in the second Test in Hobart and unbeaten scores of 133 and 30 in the final Test in Adelaide.
The aged debutant finished the series at a century-plus batting average of 120.33, a record in the series between Australia and the West Indies (In the last two Tests, his average was an incredible 331.00).
More centuries followed and Hussey went on to record 1000 Test runs in only 166 days, the fastest ever. And critics asked: “Where was Michael Hussey hiding all the time? Why did the selectors bypass him until then?”
He kept averaging in the 80s at Test level and statistical comparisons were drawn between him and Sir Donald Bradman.
It was the Cinderella story all over again as Michael “Who” of October 2005 became Mr Cricket in years to follow.
However, the boom of 2005-07 went bust in 2008-09 as runs dried up. But once a thoroughbred always a thoroughbred!
In the final Ashes Test at The Oval this August he was looking at the bottom of the barrel when he made a duck in the first innings.
Critics were penning his cricketing obituary when he scored a gallant 121 in the second innings. It was not exactly boom time again, but he was gaining self confidence.
Still his place in the Australian Test team was in doubt. But it was revived by his performances in six one-day internationals against India in India a few weeks ago.
For an injury-plagued Australian team, he top scored with 313 runs to average 104.33 in the drama-packed series which they won 4-2.
But for this run-making, it is possible that Mr. Cricket could have been omitted from the first Test starting today in Gabba, Brisbane.
What a rollercoaster ride for the classy batsman. Now it’s back to the future as he remembers his uneasy Test debut, same place but four years earlier, and feeling just as vulnerable.
In the 60 Tests Australia has played at home against the Windies, they have won 33, lost 18, and drawn 8, with one tied, the famous Brisbane thriller of November 1960.
In batting, the Windies dominate.
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