Twenty years ago the England attack was dismantled by a young Australian batsman who was a key figure in the Ashes returning to Australian hands and staying there for a decade and a half. Steve Waugh came of age on the 1989 trip to England and this month he has been handing out advice to another young man who Australia hope can do a similar job on this year's tour:
By the time the 1989 Ashes came around, Waugh, 24, was already a veteran of 26 Tests but hadn't scored a century. He made up for it by pillaging 393 runs before England managed to dismiss him for the first time. There is some argument that Hughes, 20, has already come of age at Test level despite his career being only three matches old.
In his second Test, in Durban, he became the youngest player in history to score two centuries in a Test, knocking off George Headley's 79-year-old record in the process. But facing quality swing bowlers in English conditions will be a vastly different challenge and Hughes is therefore thrilled to be flying out on Wednesday to start a six-week stint with Middlesex.
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