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Former fast bowler Merv Hughes has become the latest inductee into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. In an international career spanning nine years, the burly Victorian with his famous handlebar moustache represented the national team in 53 Tests taking 212 wickets. He also played 33 ODIs including the 1992 World Cup at home.
“To come in alongside some of the names that are in there is overwhelming and I’m a little bit emotional,” Hughes said on Tuesday. “Now 26 years after I finished playing, to still be recognised, it has blown me away. It’s very humbling.”
In a first class career spanning 14 seasons and 165 matches, Hughes took 593 wickets including 21 five-wicket hauls at an average of 29.39. He is perhaps best remembered for a sensational 8 for 87 against the West Indies at the WACA, Perth in 1988 which included a hat-trick spread across three separate overs and two innings. That he achieved his feat after losing bowling partner Geoff Lawson to a broken jaw underscored his ability to hold a bowling attack together.
Former fast bowler Merv Hughes has become the latest inductee into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. In an international career spanning nine years, the burly Victorian with his famous handlebar moustache represented the national team in 53 Tests taking 212 wickets. He also played 33 ODIs including the 1992 World Cup at home.
“To come in alongside some of the names that are in there is overwhelming and I’m a little bit emotional,” Hughes said on Tuesday. “Now 26 years after I finished playing, to still be recognised, it has blown me away. It’s very humbling.”
In a first class career spanning 14 seasons and 165 matches, Hughes took 593 wickets including 21 five-wicket hauls at an average of 29.39. He is perhaps best remembered for a sensational 8 for 87 against the West Indies at the WACA, Perth in 1988 which included a hat-trick spread across three separate overs and two innings. That he achieved his feat after losing bowling partner Geoff Lawson to a broken jaw underscored his ability to hold a bowling attack together.
