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Australia will crush West Indies, says Hughes

Steve Waugh's record-breaking Australian cricket side will crush the West Indies in the five-Test series Down Under next summer, former Australian captain Kim Hughes forecast in Perth on Thursday.

"Australia will win 5-nil - I'll put my house on it," said Hughes.

"Our third team would beat them. The top eleven will murder them."

Hughes said the West Indies were short of batting talent and their bowlers were past their best.

Waugh's side have won 10 Tests in a row - a record for Australia - and need only one more victory to equal the West Indies' world record of 11 consecutive Test wins between 1983 and 1985.

Australia, World Cup one-day champions, have also recorded a world record unbeaten streak of 14 matches in limited-overs internationals.

Waugh has asserted his side are only at the start of their record-breaking march.