Australian Twenty20 batsman David Hussey says David Warner’s controversial switch-hitting technique should continue to be allowed in international cricket.

Left-hander Warner switched to batting right-handed mid-delivery on Wednesday night in the match against India at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium and hit a huge six to the delight of a crowd of almost 60,000.

Amid concerns it’s unfair to bowlers, Hussey says it’s great for the game and could become prominent in Test cricket in the future.

“It’s phenomenal. He’s a fantastic talent and, hopefully, he continues doing it,” Hussey said on Thursday.

“A 100-metre six, batting right-handed – it’s great for the crowd to watch.

“It’s innovative. Dave’s a very classy player.

“He can bat right-handed, left-handed. It’s just a new invention of T20 cricket.

“It definitely should be allowed. There’s no reason why you can’t do it in cricket.”

However Hussey admits he gets frustrated as a bowler during training sessions when Warner does the same thing to his bowling.

“Dave does it to me in the nets all the time it frustrated me so I beamed him, I tried to hit him in the head,” Hussey said.

“It didn’t go down very well so we had a bit of a falling out for a couple of moments.”

While Warner is being hailed as a pioneer of the stroke, England right-hander Kevin Pietersen hit two sixes with left-handed swipes in a one-day game against New Zealand in 2008.

The Marylebone Cricket Club deemed the shot exciting for cricket.

“The stroke conforms to the laws of cricket and will not be legislated against,” the MCC said in a statement.

Pietersen said in 2008 the switch-hit was an extremely high-risk shot and he didn’t agree that it was unfair for bowlers.

Hussey joked he hadn’t tried the shot himself because he wasn’t brave enough.

He said one strategy for bowlers would simply to be aim at the batsman’s toes.