The Hoff prepares for Australia reunion
In the Sun-Herald Paul Hoffmann, who is from central Queensland but is playing for Scotland, looks back at his run-ins with Australia’s current players
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
In the Sun-Herald Paul Hoffmann, who is from central Queensland but is playing for Scotland, looks back at his run-ins with Australia’s current players. In Hoffmann’s younger days Adam Gilchrist hit him for his first six, he had Ricky Ponting dropped and picked up Andrew Symonds first ball. On Wednesday he will get another look at them in a World Cup match.
"Glenn McGrath and I opened the bowling together in a possibles-probables game at Sydney University. I chatted to him before that game, because he was a boy from the bush as well who had turned up in Sydney and lived for a year or two in a caravan. He was a real gentleman and he gave me some insoles when I told him I had struggled with shin splints."
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo