Matthew Hoggard

Matthew Hoggard
Personal information
Full name
Matthew James Hoggard
Born (1976-12-31) 31 December 1976 (age 47)
Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England
NicknameHoggy, Oggie
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 602)29 June 2000 v West Indies
Last Test5 March 2008 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 165)3 October 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI12 April 2006 v India
ODI shirt no.22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–2009Yorkshire (squad no. 14)
1998/99–1999/00Free State
2010–2013Leicestershire (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 0 1 0
Best bowling 7/61 5/49 7/49 5/28
Catches/stumpings 24/– 5/– 63/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 September 2017

Matthew James Hoggard, MBE (born 31 December 1976) is a former English cricketer, who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman.

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.