I’m happy just to be playing in the same side, says Hussey by CricketArchive staff reporter

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RT Ponting, MEK Hussey

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DateLine: 20th September 2006

 

Michael Hussey has brushed off talk of wanting to succeed Ricky Ponting as Australian captain.

 

Hussey took charge of his first game as skipper on Monday in the DLF Cup here against the West Indies and led from the front, scoring a maiden one-day century only to see his side beaten by three wickets.

 

"I am happy just to be playing in the same side. I've mentioned a few times that I'm 100 percent behind Ricky and Adam as captain and vice-captain of the team and I can't really see that changing for the foreseeable future," said Hussey, who was deputizing for a resting Ponting.

 

Hussey has emerged as an astute cricketing brain and also a valuable one-day batsman and said he thoroughly enjoyed his first outing as skipper.

 

"I enjoyed trying to come up with new ideas to find a wicket, or how we were going to keep it tight," he said.