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Well led by Allan Border, the team included the young cricketers Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, David Boon, Ian Healy and Steve Waugh, who were all to prove long-serving and successful Ashes competitors.
In the late 1980s, the warm up stretches performed by Merv Hughes would often be mimicked by the crowd at Bay 13.
To make matters worse, Australia's first-choice pace pairing of Craig McDermott and Merv Hughes missed the tour due to injury.
Waugh fell on tough times, being dismissed for a duck and four by Test bowler Merv Hughes in the next match against Victoria and then 17 and a run out for another duck against the touring New Zealand.
On 2 December 1988, Merv Hughes, playing for Australia, dismissing Curtly Ambrose with the last ball of his penultimate over and Patrick Patterson with the first ball of his next over, wrapping up the West Indies first innings.
Gatting's dismissal in the second innings was also unusual, in that he was bowled off the very last ball of the fourth day's play by Merv Hughes, meaning he was unable to help England bat out the last day.
Boon was formerly a member of the Cricket Australia selection board, along with Merv Hughes, Andrew Hilditch and the newly appointed Jamie Cox.
Footscray's Test representatives in order of debut are Ron Gaunt, Les Joslin, Ken Eastwood, Alan Hurst, Ray Bright, Merv Hughes, Tony Dodemaide and Colin Miller.
Haynes, when facing Australia in the bitter 1990 – 91 series, clashed verbally with Ian Healy, Merv Hughes, Craig McDermott and David Boon, who christened him ' Dessie '.
At Perth, in 1988 – 89, Merv Hughes completed a hat-trick spread across three separate overs and two different days.
* Patrick Keane, in association with Merv Hughes, Merv: the Full Story ( Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997 )
He also missed most of the 1993 Ashes tour when Shane Warne and Merv Hughes shared the spoils in his absence.
Playing defensively to try and draw the Test match against Australia, Gooch blocked a short ball from Merv Hughes.
Sledging is common at most levels of the game in Australia, but one Australian with a particular reputation for sledging was former fast bowler Merv Hughes.
* Merv Hughes took a hat trick in the Test against the West Indies in 1988 / 1989, and went on to take 8 – 87 in the innings.
Forming a potent pace bowling attack with Terry Alderman and Merv Hughes, Lawson finished with 29 wickets at 27. 27 as Australia won back the Ashes with a crushing 4 – 0 victory.
Greg Matthews was the most senior of bowlers, and had played as many Tests ( 17 ) as the others combined ; Bruce Reid ( 8 ), Steve Waugh ( 8 ), Merv Hughes ( 1 ) and Chris Matthews ( 0 ).
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