6 Pairs of Cricketers with almost the same game

5. Michael Bevan & Mike Hussey (Australia):

How they reflect each other?: What would you do if the gear-box of your bike needs a replacement? You’d get a new one to fulfill the requirement. The Australian Cricket team unknowingly did something similar when they got Mike Hussey in the team. Lacking a good finisher after the abrupt disappearance of Michael Bevan from the cricket-world, Australia found him again in Mr. Cricket. Regarded as one of the finest finishers of the game, Michael Bevan did wonders for the team in the 2003 WC, especially against England where he teamed up with tail-ender Andy Bichel and brought his side back in a seemingly lost game. It is therefore inevitable that the greatest similarity Michael Bevan and Mike Hussey had between themselves was the way they handled pressure.

Knowing what kind of cricket is required at what point, both of them devised peculiar ways of playing which were very similar to each other. The very, very different type of shot selection which included continuous alteration of risky and safe strokes made them the benchmark of how a finisher should ideally be. Apart from this playing style, both of them were the best fielders in the entire team in their respective times!

What is the difference?: Hussey was far better than Bevan on a lot of fronts – particularly adapting different strokes on different types of wickets. This was because of the fact that Hussey did not merely play cricket, he saw and read about it equally much to continuously improvise his game – an attribute Bevan lacked.