Hilfenhaus's amazing delivery

Twenty20 is not a game for faint-hearted bowlers but Ben Hilfenhaus has produced a ball that rivals the best seen in any format of the game to dismiss Mike Hussey. It is perhaps not unfair to say it rivals the 'Cook Ball' for the best seen from a quick this century.

Shane Warne's first ball in Ashes cricket quickly became known as the Gatting Ball, or the Ball of the Century, taking on a life of its own after the portly England No.3 was bamboozled at Old Trafford in 1983.

And Ryan Harris's delivery that flipped the bail from the off-stump of Alastair Cook, first ball of England's second innings in Perth, has its own place in Ashes folklore too.

There is no suggestion that dismissing a high-calibre but admittedly rusty batsman in an early round game of a franchise-based Twenty20 tournament carries the same weight of importance as an Ashes scalp.

But, on technical execution and the comprehensiveness with which the batsmen has been beaten, it is hard to find much between Harris's pill to Cook and the peach Hilfenhaus beat Hussey with.

Purists would consider it blasphemy to compare the feats of Twenty20 and Test cricket but there are a few constants between the deliveries.

Both batsmen are left-handers, both brought impressive records to the crease, both were struggling to find form when facing up, both attempted to play forward defensively, both had balls pitch on line and move away late, both had their off stumps pegged back, both left the wicket heads bowed with a feeling of defeat, simply beaten by a ball too good for them.

Harris's ball moved more in the air, seeming to straighten before pitching and moving away late. The Cook Ball took just the bails, and it was the very first of the innings at the end of which Australia regained the Ashes urn for the first time in seven years.

Hilfenhaus, playing for the Chennai Super Kings, got Hussey, in the blue of the Mumbai Indians, with his second ball at the batsman, but Hussey had already faced five before the Tasmanian came on to bowl.

"It is always nice to get Hussey’s wicket," said Hilfenhaus.

"He is such a dangerous player and to pick him up cheaply like we did set the ball rolling for us. It is nice to starve him for runs.

"I just tried to stay away from his strengths and got lucky at the end of the day. He is such a good player," Hilfenhaus told IPLT20.com

"In T20 cricket all you can do is control the areas where you want to bowl or else the batsmen will charge you or slog you and you will go for runs."

Hilfenhaus finished the match with 2-39 from his four overs, picking up Rohit Sharma in the 18th over.

The 30-year-old Tasmanian has 99 Test wickets to his name and many supporters who say he should be given another chance in the Baggy Green.

Despite losing his Cricket Australia central contract for the 2014-15 season, it's a dream Hilfenhaus has not given up on. The Reliance ICC Rankings still list him as the world's 20^th best bowler, eight ranking spots higher than James Pattinson who played Australia's last Test, in Cape Town.

Asked how he rates his current form, Hilfenhaus responded: "I have not been bad at times I would say. There are certain things that I feel I need to improve at.

"It gets tough to spend time in the nets when you have such a hectic schedule but hopefully we can keep improving in those couple of days between matches."

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