Michael Hussey Vs. JP Duminy

[TumTum]

JP's a bit new on the scene. Mike Hussey has been around for ages now. I'd pick Hussey when it comes to experience, but JP can bat and bowl as well.

2-1.

So I go for JP Duminy

What a terrible comparison, go back into your hole, leave us alone for atleast a day.

 

[Howsie]

JP's a bit new on the scene. Mike Hussey has been around for ages now. I'd pick Hussey when it comes to experience, but JP can bat and bowl as well.

2-1.

So I go for JP Duminy

Shocking way to choose Duminy over Hussey tbh. Although one could say Hussey > Duminy if you were going on there FC records with the ball.

 

[drainpipe32]

^What they said....

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I'd like Duminy in my side cause he's young and has a future, and seems to be more capable of taking a game away from the opposition than Hussey.

 

[TumTum]

I'd like Duminy in my side cause he's young and has a future, and seems to be more capable of taking a game away from the opposition than Hussey.

What made you to come to that conclusion? Have you seen the Hussey from about 2-4 years ago?

 

[Robelinda]

Hussey started his bad trot around this time last year. He had a good series in india and at home vs NZ, but faltered against SA home and away. 6 tests, plus the first 4 in the UK were average but not poor, a few 50's here and there. Not the biggest lean trot ive ever seen. People are saying that his bad trot was 18 months long, that is some inventive maths indeed. Sachin had a crap year a few years ago, averaging 24 or something. So what, its how you come back from it that counts.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

What made you to come to that conclusion? Have you seen the Hussey from about 2-4 years ago?

Yes, in ODIs. Finishing games. But I wouldn't back Hussey to walk out in a Test match and take the innings by storm and change the game in a session. Duminy's more capable of that, he's a more naturally fluent batsman.

 

[TumTum]

Yes, in ODIs. Finishing games. But I wouldn't back Hussey to walk out in a Test match and take the innings by storm and change the game in a session. Duminy's more capable of that, he's a more naturally fluent batsman.

Take a look at this, better start to his Test career than Bradman:
All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

 

[ahmed shah]

hussey for sure

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Take a look at this, better start to his Test career than Bradman:
All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

How does that prove he can change a game within a session? It doesn't, it just shows he's capable of scoring tons of runs, but his form has fallen away as of late, and he's just a very good test batsman now instead of the invincible force he was when he started. And I'd take Duminy over a very good test batsman as he's much younger, very talented, and has the ability to turn a game around while still capable of playing a mature innings.

 

[drainpipe32]

Hussey, because I'm biased.

 

[TumTum]

How does that prove he can change a game within a session? It doesn't, it just shows he's capable of scoring tons of runs, but his form has fallen away as of late, and he's just a very good test batsman now instead of the invincible force he was when he started. And I'd take Duminy over a very good test batsman as he's much younger, very talented, and has the ability to turn a game around while still capable of playing a mature innings.

Doesn't scoring tons of runs mean "turning a game"?

You make no sense.

 

[sami ullah khan]

Hussey. He is a great cricketer and will regain form in due time. Duminy is not consistent enough these day.

 

[sameer_st]

How does that prove he can change a game within a session? It doesn't, it just shows he's capable of scoring tons of runs, but his form has fallen away as of late, and he's just a very good test batsman now instead of the invincible force he was when he started. And I'd take Duminy over a very good test batsman as he's much younger, very talented, and has the ability to turn a game around while still capable of playing a mature innings.

lol what are you on? Duminy mite be very good for a shorter version of game where its all bawt slogging but when it comes to Test and Odi, there cannot not be any comparison between hussey and duminy.

Hussey is a pure class-once he is settled, he keeps scoring with ease and can be very attacking at times. Moreover Hussey has a 50+ battiing average after playing 126 mathces, which is simply incredible. There;s nothing much to say bout duminy, he is way far too inconsistent.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

*sigh*


Changing a game = an innings like 100 off 120 balls or a blazing fifty in trying circumstances. Not a 100 off 170 balls. That's not something that turns a game in a session.

And I didn't say Duminy scores more run that Hussey I said I would like Duminy because he's young, got a future, and can change a game in a session. Hussey's form is already falling and he's not got that many years left. Duminy's got a good decade or so to go, and can accomplish great things, and will probably end up with a 50+ average too.

I don't remember seeing Hussey scoring aggressively in a test match, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have the ability to play a initiative-seizing, counter attacking innings when placed on a difficult wicket. Duminy has that ability though, he's got more natural talent.