Talk of Michael Hussey being dropped are now rife following a less than impressive showing against New Zealand. The end of Hussey's career however, seems far away to me. Hussey was Australia's stand out performer in last summers Ashes, dominated in the Indian Premier League and not to mention his superb tour of Sri Lanka.
In comparison to Ricky Ponting, who has only two notable scores of recent and no centuries this year, last year or the most of the year previous. What justification is there in calls for Hussey to go? Any cricketer will tell you that it's unfair to expect big scores all the time. A few short comings are far from proof that a batsman is past their best.
Hussey has one of the best test records of any current Australian player and unlike Ponting, has scored five test hundreds in the past two years. The main thing that I believe separates Ponting and Hussey's cases, is the fact that when Ponting gets 'in', he still can't convert his score into a hundred. When Hussey gets going, he capitalises and can still score big.
I see no reason why Hussey cannot get back in his groove and continue to be one of Australia's best for the remainder of the summer, if not well into next year.
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