60 Facts About Rodney Hogg

Rodney Malcolm Hogg was born on 5 March 1951 and is an Australian former cricketer.

Rodney Hogg was born in Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of Thornbury.

Rodney Hogg had asthma as a child and battled it through his career.

Rodney Hogg started out as a batsman, once representing Victoria's Under-14 side against Queensland, before switching to be an aggressive fast bowler.

Rodney Hogg was never able to break into the Victorian side.

In December 1972 Rodney Hogg asked to be dropped down to the Northcote Seconds due to poor form.

Rodney Hogg had to withdraw from the Victorian Colts team in December 1974 because he was unable to get leave from his job.

In March 1975, Rodney Hogg announced he too would leave for Adelaide.

Rodney Hogg joined the Prospect District Cricket Club, although he later played for Woodville.

Rodney Hogg was eventually selected in the South Austrralian side and made his first-class debut that summer, taking seven wickets against Victoria.

South Australia won the Sheffield Shield that season, although Rodney Hogg's contribution was relatively minimal.

Rodney Hogg's selection was almost immediately in jeopardy when, in a Shield game against NSW, he had to minimise the amount of bowling due to stomach cramps and an asthma attack.

Rodney Hogg was then rested for a Shield game out of fear of injury.

Rodney Hogg asked to be not selected for the next international match, a one-day game, due to health concerns, to enable him to recover for the final test.

Rodney Hogg's 41 wickets in the series was a record for an Australian in an Ashes series, and is still equal fifth for any player in any series.

That summer Rodney Hogg was tempted to move to Queensland for financial reasons but accepted a job offer from Hindmarsh Building Society to stay in South Australia.

Rodney Hogg continued his good form into the two-match series with Pakistan.

Rodney Hogg was the centre of some controversy while batting when run out off a no ball.

However, by the end of the summer Rodney Hogg was easily the leading first class wicket taker in Australia with 76 wickets at 16.43.

Rodney Hogg toured England with Australia for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Rodney Hogg took Geoff Boycott's wicket in the game against England but Australia still lost.

Rodney Hogg was expected to be one of Australia's main weapons against India on the 1979 tour.

Rodney Hogg started badly, being ill with stomach cramps and was pelted with rocks and fruit during a match against South Zone.

Rodney Hogg contributed some useful tail end batting helping Australia escape with a draw.

Rodney Hogg was no balled fourteen times and wound up arguing with the umpire and bowling a beamer.

Rodney Hogg did his best to sort out his no-ball problem.

Rodney Hogg continued to cause controversy in his next game against Central Zone.

Captain Kim Hughes admitted for the first time that Rodney Hogg was struggling for his place in the team.

Rodney Hogg took 20 wickets at 37.35 for a whole tour.

Rodney Hogg took a long while to get to grips with the conditions.

Rodney Hogg was one of only four non-WSC players picked for the first test against the West Indies.

Rodney Hogg played in an ODI before the test against the West Indies.

Rodney Hogg dropped out of the Australian side for the rest of the summer.

Rodney Hogg had been picked in the initial 18-man squad to tour Pakistan but he pulled out because of the injury.

Rodney Hogg got into trouble in Sri Lanka after bowling beamers, but bowled well in early tour games.

Rodney Hogg was replaced by Ray Bright for the second test but passed a fitness test and was kept on in the squad.

However his back injury flared up again and Rodney Hogg was overlooked for the fifth test; Mike Whitney was called up to replace him.

Rodney Hogg passed a fitness test which meant he stayed with the squad.

Rodney Hogg took four wickets in a game against Sussex but was plagued with no ball problems and was ruled out for the sixth test.

On his return to Australia Rodney Hogg was diagnosed with Scheurmann's disease, a long-term degeneration of the vertebrae.

English captain Bob Wilis said Australia's fast bowling trio of Rodney Hogg, Lawson and Jeff Thomson was a key reason in Australia winning the Ashes.

Rodney Hogg was picked in Australia's one day team that summer.

Rodney Hogg was injured in a game against New Zealand but bowled extremely well in that format throughout the summer.

Rodney Hogg was picked in the squad for the 1983 World Cup.

Rodney Hogg bowled seven no balls in a game against India.

Rodney Hogg was selected in Australia's one day team to play in the World Series Cricket tri-tournament against Pakistan and West Indies.

Rodney Hogg had taken 32 first class wickets over the summer at 25.43.

Rodney Hogg had a good first test with the bat, making 52 and taking part in a last wicket partnership of 97 with Tom Hogan.

However Rodney Hogg returned home early due to a bronchial infection.

Rodney Hogg had just become a father and wanted to be closer to his family.

That would be the last test Rodney Hogg played for Australia.

Rodney Hogg was back in the Australian one day side following the fifth test, as vice captain.

Rodney Hogg played the majority of games but missed the first final.

Rodney Hogg met with Ali Bacher in London during the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Rodney Hogg later removed the tweet and apologised, claiming it was just a bad attempt at Australian humour.

Rodney Hogg said that former England captain Mike Brearley had a "degree in people".

In 1990, when Shane Warne made his first class debut, Rodney Hogg boldly predicted in his column in The Truth that Warne would play 100 tests and take 500 wickets.

Rodney Hogg said he was sacked from the column soon after, but Warne exceeded the prediction, taking 708 wickets in 145 tests.

Rodney Hogg has been a regular commentator for Channel 7 in Australia and since 2001 has been working as a corporate speaker throughout Australia.

On West Indies' tour to Australia in January 2024, Rodney Hogg called them out as "hopeless and pathetic".