Top 10 Players of all time from Victoria

4. Merv Hughes

Merv Hughes

Merv Hughes was Australia's pace spearhead along with Craig McDermott in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

He played 53 Tests for Australia during a period when the team were rising from their mid-1980s slump and the bulky Victorian helped them win a number of Test series' with his hostile fast bowling.

Born in Euroa, Victoria, Hughes first came to prominence with his performances for his home state in first-class cricket and remains the 6th highest wicket-taker in the history of the state's cricket team with 283 scalps to his name.

It is important to remember that despite being a regular for the national team, Hughes continued to play for Victoria whenever possible and hence his status as one of the state's finest is not one that is up for question.