KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19: Michael Hussey has brushed off talk of wanting to succeed Ricky Ponting as Australian captain, saying he is happy just to be playing in the same side.

Hussey took charge of his first game as skipper on Monday in the DLF Cup against the West Indies and led from the front, scoring a maiden ODI century only to see his side beaten by three wickets.

His efforts came hot on the heels of a poll on leading website baggygreen.com that showed 54 percent of voters believed Hussey should be Australia's next captain.

Current vice-captain Adam Gilchrist attracted just 20.3 percent of the votes.

“I've mentioned a few times that I'm 100 per cent behind Ricky and Adam as captain and vice-captain of the team, and I can't really see that changing for the foreseeable future,” said Hussey, who was deputising for a resting Ponting.

“I'm really happy to get an opportunity, but I'm 100 percent behind them.”

Hussey has emerged as an astute cricketing brain and also a valuable one-day batsman, and said he thoroughly enjoyed his first outing as skipper.

“I enjoyed trying to come up with new ideas to find a wicket, or how we were going to keep it tight,” he said.—AFP