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Big, bustling, and with the sort of energy coaches kill for, Hoggard shapes the ball away from the right-hander at pace and is surprisingly slippery off the pitch, although he can be Fraserishly ineffective when the ball refuses to move. Hoggard was one of the leading lights among Yorkshire's bright young things, and has twinkled and flickered in equal measure for England when given the opportunity. With just two Tests under his belt, he was chosen to lead the attack on an arduous tour of India in 2001-02, where he charged in obediently and accurately. Three months later he capped his winter with career-best figures of 7 for 63 against New Zealand at Christchurch, and by the end of the following summer he had been voted the bowler of the season by readers of Wisden Cricket Monthly. But he endured a horrific winter Down Under, where his arcing inswing was meat and drink to Australia's legion of left-handers – in particular, Matthew Hayden. To his credit, Hoggard retreated to the ECB Academy in Adelaide, and returned with a snappier run-up to play his part in England's fifth-Test win at Sydney. His batting is limited, but under the tutelage of Duncan Fletcher, he has developed into a reliable tailend blocker. Lawrence Booth

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