Bhubaneswar, Oct. 22 -- Former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey, affectionately known as Mr Cricket, has sparked plenty of chatter with a tongue-in-cheek remark about how his career might have stacked up against the great Sachin Tendulkar's. Reflecting on his late start in international cricket, Hussey said that if he'd debuted earlier, he might have ended up with 5,000 more runs than Tendulkar himself.

Speaking on The Grade Cricketer YouTube show, Hussey joked, "I've thought about it a lot. I'd probably be about 5,000 runs past Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer in the game. Most centuries, most wins, most Ashes, and the most World Cups too. Then I wake up, and it's just a dream!"

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