MEK Hussey joined the select band of Australian batsmen who have aggregated 1000 runs in a calendar year. He reached the milestone when he was on 21 during the course of his knock of 81 not out in the third one day game against India at Delhi on 31.10.09. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 1060. He is the second batsman after RT Ponting {1076} to reach the milestone in 2009. Ponting had achieved the feat at Nagpur on 28.10.09.

Infact, Hussey is the third batsman to reach the milestone of 1000 runs in 2009, as H Masakadza of Zimbabwe has also aggregated 1064 runs in the third one day game between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at Mirpur on 31.01.09

Hussey’s fear provides the 15^th occasion of an Australian batsman reaching the milestone of 1000 plus runs in a calendar year. The following table enlists all the 15 occasions.

No	Batsmen	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Year
1	DM Jones	22	1174	145	69.05	4	7	1990
2	DC Boon	26	1073	98*	46.65	0	9	1994
3	ME Waugh	25	1059	130	46.04	4	5	1996
4	RT Ponting	24	1166	145	53.00	3	6	1998
5	AC Gilchrist	37	1241	154	33.54	2	6	1999
6	RT Ponting	32	1038	87*	39.92	0	5	1999
7	ME Waugh	36	1468	106	44.48	2	11	1999
8	AC Gilchrist	31	1098	111	37.86	1	8	2003
9	ML Hayden	32	1037	88	39.88	0	5	2003
10	RT Ponting	34	1154	140*	46.16	5	4	2003
11	RT Ponting	28	1076	141*	43.04	2	8	2005
12	ML Hayden	32	1601	181*	59.29	5	6	2007
13	RT Ponting	27	1424	134*	79.11	5	8	2007
14	MEK Hussey	30	1060	83*	46.08	0	11	2009
15	RT Ponting	26	1076	126	43.04	2	8	2009