CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Merv Hughes
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
MH
86Internationals
1,132Career runs
0Centuries
250Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 70
- Runs
- 1,032
- Average
- 16.64
- Strike rate
- 46.21
- Highest score
- 72*
- Not outs
- 8
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 2
- Ducks
- 10
- 4s
- 96
- 6s
- 17
- Balls faced
- 2,233
Bowling
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 97
- Balls
- 12,285
- Maidens
- 499
- Runs conceded
- 6,017
- Wickets
- 212
- Average
- 28.38
- Economy
- 2.93
- Strike rate
- 57.94
- Best innings
- 8/87
- Best match
- 13/217
- 4 wickets
- 14
- 5 wickets
- 7
- 10 wickets
- 1
Fielding
- Matches
- 53
- Innings
- 97
- Catches
- 23
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 23
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 23
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.237
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 33
- Innings
- 17
- Runs
- 100
- Average
- 11.11
- Strike rate
- 74.62
- Highest score
- 20
- Not outs
- 8
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- 6
- 6s
- 4
- Balls faced
- 134
Bowling
- Matches
- 33
- Innings
- 33
- Balls
- 1,639
- Maidens
- 22
- Runs conceded
- 1,115
- Wickets
- 38
- Average
- 29.34
- Economy
- 4.08
- Strike rate
- 43.13
- Best innings
- 4/44
- Best match
- 4/44
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 33
- Innings
- 33
- Catches
- 6
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 6
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 6
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.181
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
86 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-03-17 | Australia v South Africa | Test | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| 1994-03-04 | Australia v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by 197 runs |
| 1993-08-19 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 161 runs |
| 1993-08-05 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| 1993-07-22 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 148 runs |
| 1993-07-01 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1993-06-17 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by inns & 62 runs |
| 1993-06-03 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 179 runs |
| 1993-05-23 | Australia v England | ODI | Australia won by 19 runs |
| 1993-05-21 | Australia v England | ODI | Australia won by 6 wickets |
| 1993-05-19 | Australia v England | ODI | Australia won by 4 runs |
| 1993-03-28 | Australia v New Zealand | ODI | Australia won by 3 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 16.50 | 43.42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 59.25 | 3.38 | 105.00 |
| 1993 | 12 | 14 | 276 | 45 | 21.23 | 52.27 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 528 | 22 | 57 | 25.40 | 2.86 | 53.21 |
| 1992 | 5 | 10 | 142 | 26 | 15.77 | 36.13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 393 | 9 | 20 | 25.50 | 2.68 | 57.00 |
| 1991 | 9 | 13 | 119 | 36 | 9.15 | 36.39 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 327 | 17 | 36 | 26.88 | 2.99 | 53.91 |
| 1990 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 32 | 15.25 | 53.04 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 115 | 9 | 23 | 22.69 | 2.49 | 54.56 |
| 1989 | 11 | 12 | 332 | 72 | 33.20 | 59.71 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 556 | 20 | 38 | 31.57 | 3.07 | 61.52 |
| 1988 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 11.00 | 57.89 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 18 | 26.00 | 3.11 | 50.05 |
| 1987 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8.66 | 18.05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 4 | 7 | 26.71 | 2.96 | 54.00 |
| 1986 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2.50 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 44.25 | 3.26 | 81.37 |
| 1985 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 123.00 | 3.23 | 228.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 20 | 14.66 | 107.31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 7 | 39.57 | 3.90 | 60.85 |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 49.00 | 5.44 | 54.00 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11.00 | 3.35 | 19.66 |
| 1990 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 19.00 | 90.47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 41.50 | 3.89 | 64.00 |
| 1989 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 6.60 | 53.22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 15 | 26.00 | 4.27 | 36.53 |
| 1988 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | N/A | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19.50 | 4.17 | 28.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v India · Adelaide
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Sri Lanka · W.A.C.A
- Best recorded bowling · 8/87
Test v West Indies · W.A.C.A
- Highest recorded innings · 72* runs
Test v West Indies · Adelaide
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Cape Town