nasser hussain Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
nasser hussain is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Nasser Hussain
Born
March 28, 1968, Madras (now Chennai), India
Age
55 years old
Nicknames
Nashwan
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Height
6ft
Education
Forest School, Snaresbrook,; Durham University
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 96 | 88 | - | - |
Inn | 171 | 87 | - | - |
Runs | 5764 | 2332 | - | - |
Avg | 36.48 | 30.29 | - | - |
SR | 40.39 | 66.99 | - | - |
HS | 207 | 115 | - | - |
NO | 13 | 10 | - | - |
100s | 14 | 1 | - | - |
50s | 33 | 16 | - | - |
4s | 734 | 208 | - | - |
6s | 24 | 15 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 96 | 88 | - | - |
Inn | 1 | - | - | - |
Balls | 30 | - | - | - |
Runs | 15 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 15 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 15 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 3.0 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- M Hussain
- R Jawad Hussain
- A Hussain
- R Hussain
- England
- Essex
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Hussain made his Test debut in 1990 against the West Indies, which England lost 1-2 but lost his place immediately owing to some inconsistent selection policies. He then returned in the 3rd Ashes Test 1993 and put up scores of 71 and 47 not out, only to be dropped again at the end of the series. He managed to seal his spot only in 1996, when he returned to the squad to face India. He responded with a score of 128 in the first innings and hit another century in the last Test to become the Man of the Series, and take over the number 3 spot for years to come.
More than his batting skills, it was his leadership abilities that had a major impact on England cricket over the years. He took over as skipper in 1999 under tough circumstances and had a poor start, when England lost to New Zealand at home. But Hussain and England bounced back soon, and went on to win four Test series in a row and also rise to 3rd position in the ICC Test rankings when it was launched. Even when his batting let him down, his innovative captaincy skills and his ability to extract the best from his players kept him in firm control of the team.
Hussain's One Day International career followed a similar pattern to his Test career. He made his debut as early as 1989 but became a regular only as late as 1996-97. He went on to make 16 fifties and a lone century against India at Lord's in 2002. He resigned from ODI captaincy after England's first round exit in the 2003 WC and relinquished the Test captaincy later in the same year. He bowed out of cricket on a high after scoring a century at Lord's in his farewell match against New Zealand in 2004.
Interesting facts: Nasser Hussain was under tremendous pressure, especially from Sky Sports' commentary team in 2002 as there were doubts about his suitability to the number 3 spot in ODIs. After scoring his only ODI ton, he gestured wildly to the press box and pointed to the jersey number 3 on his back to the commentary team. Little did he know that he would become their colleague soon, as Hussain joined Sky Sports soon after his retirement.
By Karthik Lakshmanan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Brought up by his Indian-born, Essex-based coach of a father with the ambition to represent England, Nasser Hussain's desire was such that he was prepared to forgo his natural style - opening the face of the bat, running the ball to third man - to succeed at Test level. His success was a triumph of willpower over several technical deficiencies including a dominant bottom hand and unorthodox leg and head positions which led him to lean back in the drive.
Taking over from Alec Stewart in July 1999, Hussain established himself as the best and - not coincidentally - the most articulate England captain since Mike Brearley. Under Hussain, England won four Test series in a row for the first time since Brearley, and rose to third place in the ICC Test Championship table when it was launched, after being ninth and last in the prototype Wisden World Championship in September 1999. Hussain's style of captaincy was a reflection of his personality, never static, always full of energy and ideas.
He was known to make four field-changes in one over in a Test match, searching for the solution, trying to make up for the lack of variety among his attack of mostly right-arm seamers with his own imaginative placements. His batting while captain veered from one extreme to another, from the heights of England's tour to South Africa to a worse run than even Brearley knew.
Yet so widespread was the recognition of Hussain's merit as captain that his place was never questioned, unlike Brearley's. Nor were there many calls for his head despite consecutive Ashes drubbings in 2001 and 2002-03.
However, after a disappointing performance by England in the 2003 World Cup, Hussain relinquished the one-day international captaincy, and he resigned the Test captaincy during the series against South Afrcia later in the summer explaining that he had "grown tired" of the role.
He played on in the team in that series, and toured Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies that winter, playing a big part in helping England to their first win in the Caribbean for 36 years. However, the calls for his resignation increased, and he finally resigned from all forms of cricket in May 2004, three days after an unbeaten hundred against New Zealand at Lord's. He immediately joined Sky Sports' commentary team, and quickly became one of its more incisive members.
A firebrand in his youth, renowned for looking after number one in run-out situations, Hussain tempered his fire into a fierce commitment to England's cause - when his brittle fingers weren't broken, that is. He has also shared the quality of the finest captains in being lucky, not with the toss, but in seeing central contracts introduced during his time and in having Duncan Fletcher by his side as coach. He will be remembered as one of England's finest captains.
Scyld Berry