Over the tournament, Hogg had an economy rate of 6.19, the fifth best by a spinner in the tournament. His nicknames are Dodgeball, Bunkie. [9] Hogg made his first-class cricket and domestic limited overs debut for Western Australia in February 1994 as a middle order batsman. Later, he completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting & Marketing at Curtin University. [2] He is Australia's ninth most successful One Day International bowler and second most successful spinner in terms of wickets taken. They’ve got a successful ten years,” Hodge said. What do you actually want to do?’ You haven’t won in ten years, so if I’m not to win next year, how am I defined?” Hodge added. It doesn’t matter whether you win this year, next year or the year after. On 1 February 2012, Hogg returned to international cricket at the Sydney Olympic Stadium in a Twenty20 international against India, returning figures of one wicket (that of Virat Kohli) for 21 runs from four overs. Hogg is the world's current oldest top level cricket player, and the only player over 40 years of age to take 100 wickets in the T20 format.[5][6]. Here’s how to play Counter-Strike 1.6 on your web browser! I sort of said to the Kings XI Punjab (owners), ‘How do you define success?

Hogg faced a ban of between two and four Test matches after being charged with the level three offence under the International Cricket Council's Code of conduct which refers to abuse by reference to a player's "race, religion, gender, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin." See which cause Michael Jordan just donated a $100 Million to!

He made his Test debut against India in Delhi, taking 1/69 and making 1 and 4. He was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders at the 2015 IPL auction as a backup to replace Narine who was sidelined halfway into the season due to 'suspect bowling action'. Hogg triumphed in the role and took 9 wickets in six games, and won two man of the match awards before … [23] This earned him a recall to the Australian T20I team for the series in South Africa and the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Hogg released The Wrong'Un, an autobiography with Greg Growden, in November 2016[7] and enjoys a career as a cricket commentator and has become a popular media personality between cricket commitments.

[4], In a surprise comeback to the T20 format at the inaugural Big Bash League in 2011, Hogg became a cult hero of the short form, bringing about a call-up to the 2012 and 2014 T20 World Cup Australia sides, as well as international T20 contracts around the world. He was also picked up by Sylhet Royals for the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League,[18] the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras for the South African T20 League, the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League players auction,[19] and the Sri Lanka T20 Tournaments. In 2005-06, he became a one-day only player with Western Australian selectors preferring to play young spinner Beau Casson ahead of Hogg in the state's Pura Cup side.

Updated Mar 30, 2017, 11:42 am IST. He took 12 wickets in the tournament at an average of 13.5, better than any other spinner in the competition bettered in wickets only by James Faulkner and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan. Published Mar 30, 2017, 11:38 am IST. The 44-year-old played for Rajasthan Royals, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Kolkata Knight Riders before switching to a coaching role. On 23 January 2012, on the back of his form with the Scorchers, Hogg earned a recall to the Australian Twenty20 squad. Brad Hodge, the former Australia cricketer, has said the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a cut-throat space for coaches. He is a right-handed batsman who bats in the middle order, as well as a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. [24][25], He was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders at the 2015 IPL auction as a backup to replace Narine who was sidelined halfway into the season due to 'suspect bowling action'.

On 12 March that year he became the oldest player to play in T20I's, at 43 years and 34 days. [1], His earlier international career was revitalised by Shane Warne's absence from cricket in 2003 due to suspension from a drugs test and subsequent retirement from one-day cricket. On 28 April 2015, he became the oldest player ever to feature in an IPL match when he played against Chennai Super Kings at the age of 44 years and 81 days. In his book, Walking to Victory, Adam Gilchrist described it as "one of the balls of the tournament. In 2007-08, after a four-year layoff, Hogg was recalled to Test cricket to play against India after Stuart MacGill had to withdraw from the team due to suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome in his bowling hand. They've got a successful 10 years. If you don’t make the finals here, you pretty much pack your bags and walk out the door,” Hodge said at ESPNcricinfo’s Talking T20 podcast. “I sort of said to them (Kings XI owners), ‘How many times do you want to win (the IPL) in a decade?’ And I thought three is realistic.