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Mike Hussey to retire at end of summer.

NUFAN

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Bring back Punter! But seriously this is cray-cray, but in some ways he leaves on his own terms which is always good.
 

ajdude

International Coach
thought the **** would play in his 40s tbh, he looked like he was really enjoying his cricket as of late
 

harsh.ag

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How in the wide world are the Aussies going to replace him? Not the right time to go, to be honest.
 

AlanJLegend

U19 Vice-Captain
It is a real shock to see him go, I would have thought for sure that he would have hung around until the end of next summer. Still he deserves a lot of respect for going out on his own terms before all the talk of dropping him starts (ala with Ponting) and giving Khawaja, Maxwell and others a huge opportunity.

Perhaps somebody else could follow by example

*cough*Tendulkar*cough*
 

morgieb

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Why? He looks like he enjoys cricket, he's not out of form and we still need his batting.

Pretty major day for departures.
 

Burgey

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FMD. Last time we had such an unestablished batting line up was the 1980s. It's time some of these young blokes really laid down a marker or two.

Step up, ****s.
 

Cruxdude

International Debutant
That is a major surprise. Was just reading some article about his bowling workload being reduced.

A very good player and great attitude. Loved watching him play.
 

Burgey

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Also, I would like to think he'd scheduled this announcement before the news of Greig's death came through. If not, his timing is pretty unfortunate tbh.
 

watson

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The pressure on Watson to succeed has just increased 10 fold.

The next most senior batsman after Watson is Warner and he's only been playing for about 2 minutes.This is not good.
 

Crazy Sam

International 12th Man
Didn't he miss part of a tour this year because of an ill child?

I wonder if he looked all the travel next year - India, Champions Trophy, England - and decided he simply can't spend that much time away from home.
 

BackFootPunch

International 12th Man
Obviously not great for the team but this is a retirement I can really respect. Hell of a guy, this Hussey bloke.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Clearly a **** you to the selectors for taking so long to pick him in the first place.

But seriously, FMD. Guess it's better to go out on top, but jeez.
 

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