# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merv-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:26:32.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merv-hughes"
name: "Merv Hughes"
slug: "merv-hughes"
description: "Mervyn Gregory Hughes is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia in 53 Test matches between 1985 and 1994, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat-trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in 1988–89. In 1993, he took 31 wickets in the Ashes series against England. He was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in Tests and over 1,000 runs in all. He also represented the Victorian Bushrangers, Essex in English county cricket, the ACT Comets and Australia A in the World Series Cup."
tagline: "Australian cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merv_Hughes.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1961-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             18.74221370388117
  historical:           7.169914666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1389869/"
    handle:    "nm1389869"
sources:
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    title: "মার্ভ হিউজ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv_Hughes"
    title: "Merv Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv_Hughes"
    title: "Merv Hughes"
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  - url: "https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5_%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%9C"
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    title: "मर्व्ह ह्युस"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مرو ہیوز"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1421713"
    title: "Merv Hughes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump