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Matthew Hoggard

Matthew Hoggard
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Personal information
Full name Matthew James Hoggard MBE
Born (1976-12-31) 31 December 1976 (age 40)
Pudsey, Leeds, England
Nickname Hoggy, Oggie
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
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
1996–2009 Yorkshire (squad no. 14)
1999–2000 Free State
2010–2013 Leicestershire (squad no. 77)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 67 26 239 150
Runs scored 473 17 1,908 144
Batting average 7.27 4.25 9.04 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 38 7 89* 23
Balls bowled 13,909 1,306 42,349 6,932
Wickets 248 32 786 205
Bowling average 30.50 36.00 27.65 25.72
5 wickets in innings 7 1 26 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/– 63/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2013

Matthew James Hoggard MBE (born 31 December 1976) is a former English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000–2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. He was the captain of Leicestershire from 2010 until he announced his retirement in 2013. Previous to this he played for Yorkshire for a total of thirteen years.

Matthew Hoggard was a specialist orthodox swing bowler, and usually took the new ball for England in Test cricket. Hoggard's primary role in the team was 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 did not swing he could be ineffective. Hoggard was seen as the consistent bowler in the team. Hoggard also has a sound defensive batting technique, but was 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.

Hoggard began his cricketing journey at his local team, the famous Bradford League club, Pudsey Congs CC. He started his domestic career in first-class cricket in 1996. His debut List-A match followed in 1998.

Hoggard was initially brought into the England side under the wings of Nasser Hussain and Duncan Fletcher in 2000. He was brought into the NatWest Series as a replacement for the injured Andrew Caddick. 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. He then suffered an "horrific" winter tour of Australia at the hands of Matthew Hayden.


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