Merv

[fredfertang]

Merv

As England take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes, and James Pattinson is ruled out for the rest of the series, how Australia must wish they had someone like Merv Hughes to call on.

 

[Burgey]

So much love for Merv. He was a superb bowler for us in the latter part of his career. Top piece as always mate

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Good stuff. Even touching on his time at Essex. Excellent.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I hasten to add that I watched him as a young teenager at Lord's in 1993 (I think) and he played up to the group of us as we all told our stories about scary Merv Hughes, and he - standing right in front of us - turned around and shot us the Hughes stare and later a cheeky wink. What a legend.

 

[social]

About 10 years ago, I went to a function where Merv was the speaker and he gave CA and young cricketers in Oz a massive spray

Every word has proven true

Quality bowler, top bloke, **** selector

 

[Tangles]

I like Merv but I'd rather we had bats the caliber of Law or Love to call on. They would walk into this Aussie lineup.