Hussey stunned by ‘bitter pill’ of World Cup exclusion

Mike Hussey

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Mike Hussey was  stunned to be dropped from the World Cup squad and felt the  selectors had ignored precedent in not giving him a chance to  recover from injury.

Hussey was Australia’s top batsman in the recent Ashes  series and selected for the Feb.19-April 2 tournament on the  subcontinent despite rupturing his hamstring in a one-dayer  against England last month.

On Tuesday, however, Cricket Australia decided they were not  prepared to take a chance on him recovering in time and he was