3. Michael Hussey
Michael Hussey’s unwavering consistency and resolute earned him the tag of “Mr. Cricket” in the cricketing circles. The Baggy Green southpaw was one of the most prolific batsmen of his time. In ODIs, Hussey is renowned as the best finisher for Australia while he is counted as one of the greatest finishers of all time in ODIs. Though it might be a debatable call but Hussey’s boundary and six hitting skills coupled with his strike-rate gives him an edge over Michael Bevan in the battle of Australia’s greatest ODI finisher ever. Hussey was not only a good chaser but he could set-up first inning totals as well.
The 11-time recipient of the Man-of-the-Match awards in ODIs, the Perth-born batter amassed 5,442 runs in 157 ODI innings at an incredible average of 48.15 and equally impressive strike-rate of 87.
