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Tag: Brad Hogg

November 10, 2016 Australia

Brad Hogg shoved vitamin C up his jacksie – and there are still some unanswered questions about the story

< 1 minute read Another day, another pre-Christmas autobiography by a gnarly old Australian cricketer. Brad Hogg’s The Wrong ‘Un surely warrants a mention though, if only for the anecdote about when Steve Waugh tricked him into thinking that some vitamin C pills needed to be inserted into his outbox. The story itself has

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January 24, 2008 Australia / India

Brad Hogg bowling to Sachin Tendulkar

< 1 minute read “He hit my best ball for six,” Hogg said. Yes – and you get the impression that Sachin Tendulkar could quite easily hit any delivery he chooses for a boundary. He’s only holding back so that Hogg doesn’t get taken off. He and VVS Laxman got a bit carried away

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