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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mervyn Gregory Hughes | |||
| Born | 23 November 1961 Euroa, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Nickname | Fruitfly | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | 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 | |||
| 1997/98–1998/99 | Australian Capital Territory | |||
| 1983 | Essex | |||
| 1981/82–1994/95 | Victoria | |||
| 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 | –/2 | –/– | –/7 | –/– |
| Top scores | 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 | – | 21 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| 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 between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, 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, and went on to take 8-87. 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 Victorian Bushrangers, Essex in English county cricket, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 'A' (in the World Series Cup), and Australia.