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Merv Hughes inducted into cricket Hall of Fame – Sydney Morning Herald

Merv Hughes is one of cricket’s great court jesters and played a key role in the rebirth of Australian cricket in the late 1980s.

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Skipper Allan Borders last chance to topple the Caribbean masters came at home in 1992-93 but a 1-0 series lead heading into the fourth Test was erased when tailender Craig McDermott was controversially given out caught behind the ball having either brushed his glove or helmet with the tourists one run ahead. Hughes had taken 5-64 in the first innings to level the West Indies for only 252. The series was lost in Perth when Curtly Ambrose and Ian Bishop ran amok to spear the visitors to an innings-and-25-run…

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