Top_Cat said:
Oh come on! We're talking about someone who's only playing early days in his career! Sheesh, if you judge a player so harshly early on, I guess you'd look at Marvan Atapattu and say he was a liability after his first 6 Test innings...............
No we aren't, we're talking about a player who has been playing FC cricket for 7 or 8 seasons, and hasn't done anything in FC cricket or domestic OD cricket to be given his place in this Australian team.
Top_Cat said:
1) He's not a liability in the field at all. He's actually well known around Australia as a VERY good fielder. He had a bad night and missed one chance. He wasn't the only one. Would you call Bevan a liability in the field because of the easy catch he dropped? Of course not yet his was much easier than Hoggs.
I agree that Hogg is a good fielder, but that was a shocking attempt at a catch last night.
Top_Cat said:
2) He came out to bat when the slog was on and what he did just didn't come off.
agreed, and he's a better batsmen than bowler (thats pretty obvious) and he's batting is average at best.
Top_Cat said:
3) It's not as if he was the only bowler who got belted. ALL of the Aussie bowlers too a lot of stick and Shane Watson had THREE sixes hit off him alone. Does this mean he's a crappy bowler? No it means that Sanath Jayasuriya batted out of his skin last night.
Worst spinner in Australia? Yeah he must be bad. The Aussie selectors don't know what they're doing, right? :rolleyes:
He is the worst regular FC cricket in Australia, and i seriously don't know how he has gotten to play for WA for such a long time. His a part-time bowler and an average batsmen at best. Hes an average to good first grade cricketer.
Top_Cat said:
Brad Hogg didn't cover himself in glory there's no doubt about that. But neither did most of the other Aussies. Be reasonable.
Hogg has never covered himself in glory at any level. He really hasn't done anything in his FC career, but has got whole heap of matches.
Adrian Tucker, who played first grade for my club for 10 or so seasons is a much better bowler and he can bat abit - he retired at the start of last season.
There are many better players around than Brad Hogg, and i can not work out what he's done to get selected in the Australian team. To be honest, i dont know what he's done to keep his place in the WA team for so long.