18 Facts About Merv Hughes

Mervyn Gregory Hughes was born on 23 November 1961 and is a former Australian cricketer.

Merv Hughes played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets.

Merv Hughes was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in Tests and over 1,000 runs in all.

Merv Hughes represented the Victorian Bushrangers, Essex in English county cricket, the ACT Comets and Australia A in the World Series Cup.

Merv Hughes started kindergarten in Apollo Bay and his first year at school came when the family went back to Euroa.

Merv Hughes had Curtly Ambrose caught behind with the last ball of his 36th over; ended the West Indies' first innings in his 37th, by removing Patrick Patterson; and more than a day later, completed his hat-trick by trapping Gordon Greenidge lbw with the first ball of the West Indies' second innings.

Merv Hughes was generally only selected for the shorter game when another player was injured or otherwise unavailable.

Merv Hughes played his last Test in Cape Town against South Africa in 1994.

Late in his career, Merv Hughes undertook a stint with the ACT Comets, which turned out to be unsuccessful.

Merv Hughes claimed only five wickets at an average of 46.80 over six matches.

Merv Hughes replaced Allan Border in June 2005 as a selector for the Australian cricket team, although his performance as a selector came under much scrutiny after many controversial decisions and the loss of the number-one ranking in Test matches after the 2009 Ashes series.

Merv Hughes though, was later dropped as a selector for the Australian cricket team and subsequently replaced by Greg Chappell on 29 October 2010.

Merv Hughes is a prominent supporter of the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League and has done some acting, portraying Ivan Milat in the comedy movie Fat Pizza.

Additionally, Merv Hughes has appeared on TV commercials as well, featuring losing weight with "The 14-day All-Bran Challenge" and appearing as himself in the English comedy show Hale and Pace.

Merv Hughes was the top performer in the first season of the show.

Merv Hughes played Australian rules football during the winter in the late 1970s and early 1980s; at his peak, he was a key position player for the Werribee Football Club in the Victorian Football Association first division.

In 2015, Merv Hughes appeared on the Australian version of the TV show I'm a Celebrity.

Merv Hughes was English, and I told him I was with him 100 per cent.