Merv Hughes

Merv Hughes

Hughes in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Mervyn Gregory Hughes
Born	(1961-11-23) 23 November 1961 (age 62) Euroa, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Fruitfly[1]
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 332)	13 December 1985 v India
Last Test	17 March 1994 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 104)	11 December 1988 v Pakistan
Last ODI	23 May 1993 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981/82–1994/95	Victorian Bushrangers
1983	Essex
1997/98–1998/99	ACT Comets
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 53 33 165 88 Runs scored 1,032 100 2,649 264 Batting average 16.64 11.11 17.54 8.51 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/7 0/0 Top score 72* 20 72* 20 Balls bowled 12,285 1,639 34,881 4,466 Wickets 212 38 593 105 Bowling average 28.38 29.34 29.39 30.00 5 wickets in innings 7 0 21 1 10 wickets in match 1 0 3 0 Best bowling 8/87 4/44 8/87 5/41 Catches/stumpings 23/– 6/– 56/– 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2010

Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia in 53 Test matches between 1985 and 1994, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat-trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in 1988–89. In 1993, he took 31 wickets in the Ashes series against England. He was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in Tests and over 1,000 runs in all. He also represented the Victorian Bushrangers, Essex in English county cricket, the ACT Comets and Australia A in the World Series Cup.