It's never too late, even at 36
Dropped after his first Test, against India in 1996, Brad Hogg nearly quit the game to take up farming
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Dropped after his first Test, against India in 1996, Brad Hogg nearly quit the game to take up farming. Times have changed since then and if picked in the final XI on Boxing Day, Hogg, at 36, could be celebrating his second coming against the same opposition and carry forward his one-day exploits to the Tests. Hogg tells Will Swanton of the Sunday Age that he's excited but not overawed.
"During the West Indies series we were looking at our baggy greens. I was looking at Gilly's and it was all frayed but mine was pretty brand new. Gilly said, 'I wish my cap was more like yours. I told him I'd prefer his cap because it was full of blood, sweat and tears.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo