Michael Edward Killeen Hussey is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman.Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut.However, he has had a highly successful international career, being the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world in 2006. He plays first-class cricket as vice-captain of the Western Warriors in Australia and has played for three counties in England. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings, although he opted out of the 2009 season. He is currently the only player in the history of cricket to average over 50 in both International Test and One Day cricket.

Hussey earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004–05 after excelling in the ING Cup. Statistically, Hussey's international career has been very successful, with his career batting average in tests being 55.29 as of April 2009  and in ODIs 54.72. His Test average is among the highest of contemporary batsmen. He is currently second on the list of best averages ever in ODI cricket.He is a very occasional medium pace bowler, bowling only 28 overs in his Test career, 23 of them in 2008.He also plays for the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and he became only the second batsman to score a century in the competition, after New Zealand's Brendon McCullum.

In the first edition of IPL, Hussey scored 168 runs in his 3 innings in the middle, with a highest score of 116, at an average of 84, and a strike rate of 166.34. Hussey smashed 11 sixes and 12 fours in the tournament.

Hussey missed the early part of the second edition of the IPL because he was rested by Cricket Australia to prepare for Ashes campaign against England. Hussey was available for only the final two weeks of the IPL but he was not selected in the Chennai playing XI.