Brad Hogg

George Bradley "Brad" Hogg (born 6 February 1971) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm wrist spin bowler, and a lower-order left-handed batsman.

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. He is Australia's sixth most successful One Day International bowler and second most successful spinner in terms of wickets taken. He was a member of Australia's victorious 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cup teams. He retired from International cricket on 4 March 2008 after the 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series.

Hogg also enjoys a career as cricket commentator and has become a popular media personality between cricket commitments.

Early life and career

Hogg grew up on a sheep farm in Williams, Western Australia and is a former pupil of Aquinas College, Perth. Later, he completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting & Marketing at Curtin University. Hogg made his first-class cricket and domestic limited overs debut for Western Australia in February 1994 as a middle order batsman. He didn't begin to bowl left-arm wrist-spin until former Australian test leg-spinner Tony Mann asked him to bowl them in the nets as preparation for the batsmen to face NSW spinner David Freedman. In 1999 he made a brief foray in umpiring Australian rules football, making his way up to Westar Rules Colts (under 18) level.

Brad Hogg (baseball)

Carter Bradley Hogg (March 26, 1889 – April 2, 1935) was an American baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1911 to 1919. He played for the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies. Previously he attended Mercer University.

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