Matthew Hoggard
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| Full name | Matthew James Hoggard MBE | |||
| Nickname | Hoggy, Oggie | |||
| Born | 31 December 1976 | |||
| Pudsey, Leeds, England | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 602) | 29 June 2000: v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 5 March 2008: v New Zealand | |||
| ODI debut (cap 165) | 3 October 2001: v Zimbabwe | |||
| Last ODI | 12 April 2006: v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 22 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1996–present | Yorkshire (squad no. 14) | |||
| 1999–2000 | Free State | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 67 | 26 | 156 | 122 |
| Runs scored | 473 | 17 | 1255 | 61 |
| Batting average | 7.27 | 4.25 | 9.02 | 3.58 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 38 | 17 | 89* | 7* |
| Balls bowled | 13909 | 1306 | 29042 | 5797 |
| Wickets | 248 | 32 | 546 | 174 |
| Bowling average | 30.50 | 36.00 | 27.29 | 24.53 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 7 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 7/61 | 5/49 | 7/49 | 5/28 |
| Catches/stumpings | 24/– | 5/– | 44/– | 14/– |
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Matthew James Hoggard MBE (born 31 December 1976, Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer.
The 6' 2" Hoggard is a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He plays county cricket for Yorkshire and was first selected for the England cricket team in 2000, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. However, in recent years he has been mainly viewed as a Test specialist by the England selectors, getting few opportunities in the shorter format.
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[edit] Technique
Matthew Hoggard is a specialist orthodox swing bowler, and usually takes the new ball for England in Test cricket. Hoggard's primary role in the team is to utilise the shine on the new ball to test the technique of top-order batsmen against the swinging delivery. If, due to pitch or atmospheric conditions, the new ball does not swing he can be ineffective.[1] Hoggard also has a sound defensive batting technique, but is not known for scoring runs, averaging only 7.40 with the bat. He can block up an end for the batsman at the other end to score, and is also used as a nightwatchman.
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Hoggard began his cricketing journey at his local team, the famous Bradford League club, Pudsey Congs CC.
Hoggard started his domestic career in first-class cricket in 1996. His debut List-A match followed in 1998.[1]
[edit] 2001—2003
Hoggard was initially brought into the England side under the wings of Nasser Hussain and Duncan Fletcher in 2001. He was brought into the NatWest Series as a replacement for the injured Andrew Caddick.[2] Having only played two tests, Hoggard led the attack during England's 2001—2002 tour of India, and later took 7/63 against New Zealand.[3] He then suffered a "horrific" winter tour of Australia at the hands of Matthew Hayden.[1]
[edit] 2004
During a successful tour of the West Indies for Hoggard,[4] he took the 34th hat-trick in Test cricket on 3 April 2004, helping England to bowl out the West Indies for 94 in their second innings of the Third Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. This took England to their first series win in the West Indies since 1967-68, becoming the first visiting team to win three Tests in a Caribbean series. Hoggard also scored his highest score with the bat, 38 against the West Indies in August 2004. He then took 12 wickets at Johannesburg against South Africa.[1]
[edit] 2005
In the 4th Test Match of the series in South Africa in January 2005 Hoggard took 12 wickets for 205. Of Englishmen, only Johnny Wardle, who took 12 for 89 in Cape Town in 1956-7, has bettered his figures in South Africa since World War II. His match figures were England's best anywhere since Ian Botham's 13 for 106 against India in 1979-80. During the 2005 Ashes series, Hoggard scored 8 not out with Ashley Giles against Australia in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge in the 2005 Ashes series, which included a well-executed cover drive for four off a Brett Lee full toss, as England struggled to a three-wicket win in reaching a low target of 129 to take a 2-1 series lead.
[edit] 2006
In the 2006 New Year's Honours List Hoggard was awarded the MBE for his role in the successful Ashes tournament. He was also named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in April 2006. On March 6, 2006, Hoggard was officially ranked the 4th best Test match bowler in the world. This was as a result of his Man of the Match performance for England against India in the First Test match at Nagpur in March, 2006. On 13 May 2006 he became the tenth England bowler to take 200 Test wickets.
During the Second Ashes Test at Adelaide in December 2006, Hoggard took 8 wickets in the match, with first innings figures of 7/109, in very unfavourable bowling and especially swing bowling conditions, though England still lost. Hoggard missed the fifth test in Sydney with a side-strain. It ended a run of 40 consecutive tests.[5] As of July 2007, Hoggard was sixth in the list of all-time English Test wicket-takers with 240 from 64 matches.
[edit] Sri Lanka 2007—2008
Hoggard performed well in the opening two warm up matches at the start of England's tour of Sri Lanka. In the second of these, against the Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI, Hoggard took 5-25 in a match that saw Steve Harmison and James Anderson fall foul of injuries.[6]
[edit] New Zealand 2008
After a disappointing performance where England lost the first test, Hoggard was dropped (along with long time bowling partner, Steve Harmison) for the second test.
[edit] Personal life
In May 2007 Hoggard's wife Sarah gave birth to a baby boy called Ernie, weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Matthew Hoggard at CricInfo retrieved November 27, 2007
- ^ Hoggard called up for injured Caddick CricInfo retrieved November 27, 2007
- ^ Game effort brings reward for tireless Hoggard CricInfo retrieved November 27, 2007
- ^ England sweep to victory CricInfo retrieved November 27, 2007
- ^ Fifth Test, day one as it happened BBC News retrieved November 27, 2007
- ^ Hoggard boosts troubled England BBC News retrieved November 26, 2007
- ^ England cricketer bowled over by birth of first child, Yorkshire Post, May 21 2007
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