Michael Garry Hogan (born 31 May 1981) is an Australian-English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who has played for

Glamorgan , HQ = Cardiff , Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974) , Origin= , Code = GLA , CodeName = Chapman code , Replace = * West Glamorgan * Mid Glamorgan * South Glamorgan , Motto ...

in English domestic cricket, and Western Australia and the Hobart Hurricanes in Australian matches. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Hogan originally played in local grade cricket matches, eventually moving to the Sydney grade cricket competition. A right-arm fast bowler, he was recruited to Western Australia prior to the 2009–10 season, and went on to make his debut in the first match of that season. A regular in Western Australia's first-class team from that season onwards, Hogan soon became one of the state's leading fast bowlers, taking 46 wickets in the 2011–12 season of the Sheffield Shield to finish second in the competition's wicket-taking. Holding dual Australian and British citizenship, in March 2012 he signed to play

county cricket Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship ...

for Glamorgan.

Domestic career

Hogan was born in Newcastle, New South Wales,Michael Hogan
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2011. where he grew up and he made his debut for Merewether in the Newcastle grade cricket competition in 2003, at the age of 23. After playing two seasons with the club he moved to

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

to play for Northern Districts in the Sydney grade cricket.Michael Hogan wins contract with Western Australia
– by Neil Goffet, ''

Newcastle Herald The ''Newcastle Herald'' (formerly branded as ''The Herald'') is a local tabloid newspaper published daily, Monday to Saturday, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the only local newspaper that serves the greater Hunter Region and ...

''. Published 26 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2011. After one season in Sydney, Hogan returned to Newcastle for the 2006–07 season, and went on to represent New South Wales Country in the 2006–07 National Country Cricket Championships,Other matches played by Michael Hogan
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2011. taking 19 wickets in five matches at an average of 15.95. For the 2008–09 season he again played grade cricket in Sydney, playing two matches for the New South Wales Second XI in the Cricket Australia Cup but failing to progress to the senior team. Hogan was recruited to Western Australia for the 2009–10 season by the team's coach at the time, Tom Moody. He made his

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

debut for Western Australia against Queensland in the first game of the 2009–10 Ford Ranger One-Day Cup, taking 1/31 off 10 overs. He went on to play seven further one-day matches for the season, taking six wickets at an average of 51.83. However, Hogan was more successful in the Sheffield Shield, playing seven matches and taking 23 wickets at an average of 30.91, with a best of 5/83 against South Australia. He also played three Twenty20 matches, taking two wickets. Hogan became one of Western Australia's leading fast bowlers for the 2010–11 season after

Ben Edmondson Ben Matthew Edmondson (born 28 September 1978 in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Western Warriors, Southern Redbacks and Gloucestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. After struggling to get a ...

moved interstate, Brett Dorey and

Steve Magoffin Steven James Magoffin (born 17 December 1979) is a former Australian cricketer, who most recently played for Worcestershire in English county cricket, and having previously played for Western Australia and Queensland in Australian domestic matc ...

were injured, and

Ashley Noffke Ashley Allan Noffke (born 30 April 1977) is a former Australian professional cricketer who played domestically for Queensland (1998–2009) and Western Australia (2009–2010). Noffke, who primarily played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, als ...

retired. He played ten Sheffield Shield matches, taking 31 wickets at an average of 33.96, including a haul of 6/70 against Tasmania. He also took 15 wickets in nine matches in the one-day competition, which included one five-wicket haul—5/44 against Victoria. At the end of the season, Hogan was awarded the Lawrie Sawle Medal for Western Australia's "most outstanding" player in domestic matches. Hogan signed for the Hobart Hurricanes in the

Big Bash League The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...

for the 2011–12 season. In March 2012, Hogan announced he had signed a three-year contract to play for

, the only Wales-based team in English county cricket. Western Australia's captain at the time, Marcus North, was Glamorgan's overseas player for the previous season, and recommended him to the team's coach, Matthew Mott. Qualifying for Glamorgan as the holder of British citizenship by descent (through his mother), Hogan was originally scheduled to play for the team in the last two months of the 2012 English season, but a change in Cricket Australia regulations meant he would have had to play any Australian domestic matches as an overseas player. He decided to postpone playing for Glamorgan until the 2013 English season, thus retaining eligibility to play as a non-overseas player for the remainder of the season in Australia. In July 2012, Hogan re-signed with the Hobart Hurricanes. In his first season of county cricket, Hogan took a total of 103 wickets, including 67 in the County Championship. He also took Glamorgan's Player of the Year award and was shortlisted for the PCA's Player of the Year award. His successful season prompted Glamorgan to give him a contract to the end to the 2016 season, which was then extended by another two seasons in 2015. Hogan continued to play for Western Australia until announcing his retirement from Australian cricket at the end of the 2015–16 season. He holds the record for the most runs made at the number 11 batting position in the Sheffield Shield with 599 runs, and also the WA 10th wicket partnership record of 94, with

Ashton Agar Ashton Charles Agar (born 14 October 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played all forms of the game at international level. Agar plays domestically for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. A left-handed spin bowling all rounder, he ...

. He will continue to play for Glamorgan until 2018 to complete his contract.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, Michael 1981 births Living people Australian cricket captains Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Glamorgan cricket captains Australian cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Hobart Hurricanes cricketers Western Australia cricketers Cricketers from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian emigrants to England English cricketers Southern Brave cricketers