I too have followed Hussey's career stats for a couple of years now and have patiently been waiting, so to speak, for it to plateau into something more "normal" i.e. mid-50s. But he just keeps going on and on.
I think he's an awesome batsman, I'd say Australia's second-best, even if he isn't as dominant as Hayden. He may not have the destroying qualities of Hayden or Ponting but he has that quality which is just as annoying of just hanging around and not being easy to dismiss. And because of that, the runs just come. If I had to make a comparison, I'd compare him to Dravid, who despite having averaged more than Tendulkar for good chunks of his career, has still been overshadowed by him.
Part of why Hussey hasn't been recognized as much as Tendulkar or Ponting or Lara have in the last decade, I feel, has to do with him having entered the Aussie team when it was at its peak. By then, everyone was just expecting Australia to roll over everyone, and that's kind of what he did. In as such, his over all impact on Australian cricket has probably not, and probably never will be, as great as Tendulkar's or Lara's impact in their respective countries. i.e. Would Australia still have been #1 for the past 5 years if they didn't have Hussey - very likely.
It's not a fair comparison, but I feel like it is something that will diminish Hussey's overall impact in the grand scheme of things and that is how his career has come to be judged.
Still, given Dravid's recent run of form, if I had to pick a batsman to bat for my life, it'd probably be Hussey!
