David Hussey clings to Test dreams

David Hussey has not given up on his ambition of playing Test cricket

Despite losing his Cricket Australia contract during the off-season. Although the incumbent Test No. 6 Marcus North is wobbling, time is against Hussey, who at 33 is already three years older than his brother Michael was when he made his long-awaited Test debut back in 2005.


But while younger men such as Usman Khawaja and Callum Ferguson are on the selection panel's radar, Hussey continues to pile up runs at domestic level.


He was the leading run scorer in the Sheffield Shield last summer and he hopes that if he can repeat the effort this season he might make the selectors think again.

"I still think there's a massive opportunity to play Test cricket and one-day cricket for Australia," Hussey

The leading run scorer in Sheffield Shield cricket again."

Despite a formidable first-class record of more than 11,000 runs at an average in the mid-50s, Hussey is often pigeon-holed as a limited-overs specialist.

key player in helping Australia reach the ICC World Twenty20 final earlier this year.

He is one of several fringe ODI batsmen aiming for a place in Australia's World Cup title defence next February

"It's the ultimate in one-day cricket, playing against the best in a World Cup," Hussey said.