By Tom Wald
July 12th 2009 @ 6:27am
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Paceman James Anderson admits England are trying to mess with Mike Hussey’s head during this Ashes series.
Hussey’s 150 against the England Lions in Worcester last week seemed a distant memory after Anderson extended the left-hander’s lean Test run in Cardiff on Friday.
Hussey made just three from 16 balls in the series opener before being caught [...]
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hazey.the.bear said | July 12th 2009 @ 3:38pm | Report comment
So the Poms have a plan for Hughes, and a plan for Hussey…………
Pity there’s 11 blokes in a cricket team, eh?