Tom George Hogan was born on 23 September 1956 and is a former Australian cricketer.
27 Facts About Tom Hogan
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Tom Hogan scored 72 against NSW and took eight wickets against Qld.
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Tom Hogan was picked on a 1983 tour of Sri Lanka, one of two spinners.
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Tom Hogan was selected in the test, bowling in tandem with Yardley.
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Tom Hogan made 12 wickets at 16 for the tour, Australia's best performing bowler.
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Tom Hogan was selected over Bruce Yardley, who then retired from international cricket.
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Tom Hogan did not play for Australia in the initial games but was eventually picked to play against India, taking the place of Dennis Lillee who was made 12th man.
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Tom Hogan was picked in the Australian side for the first test against the touring Pakistan side.
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However captain Kim Hughes decided on using an all-pace attack and Tom Hogan was made 12th man.
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An injury to Carl Rackemann saw Tom Hogan selected for the 3rd test.
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Tom Hogan was later dropped from the Australian one day team.
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Tom Hogan took more first class wickets than any other Australian spinner.
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Tom Hogan was the sole specialist spinner in the Australian squad, and thus had an excellent chance of being given an extended run in the test team.
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Tom Hogan was picked in the side for the first test.
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Tom Hogan took 22 wickets at 39.45 for the tour and 8 at 60 for the series.
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Tom Hogan was picked in the 14 man squad to tour India for a series of one day matches; he and Bennett were the spinners.
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Tom Hogan took 26 wickets that season but at a very expensive average of 51.
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Tom Hogan replaced Bennett, who had originally signed to go but changed his mind after his international prospects improved.
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Tom Hogan was banned from test cricket for three years and Shield cricket for two years.
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Tom Hogan's form dropped away and he took 16 wickets at 38.6 in the first summer- although he still performed better than Trevor Hohns.
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Tom Hogan did not recover his form on the second tour, taking 10 first class wickets at 39.4.
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Tom Hogan was easily out bowled by Hohns who took 33 wickets.
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Tom Hogan was picked to play against Sri Lanka but did not bowl.
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Tom Hogan said he had been as "nervous as a newcomer" and had not bowled well early.
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Tom Hogan got back into the team to end the summer with 14 wickets at 36.5.
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Tom Hogan scored his maiden first class century, 115 against Victoria.
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Tom Hogan did help WA win the Shield for a third consecutive time and he got to tour India with a WA team.