“I’d stare at the sea and think, I could swim out to that groyne (stone or concrete structure), and if I make it back, fine. If I don’t make it back … well, hard luck.
“I was prepared to let fate decide. I was in a really dark place. I did that drive four times. And each time I thought about doing something really drastic.
“Thinking and doing are two completely different things, thankfully.”
He bounced back and Hogg, one of cricket’s fun-loving characters, was an ever-present in Australia’s one-day side in the latter stages of his international career, taking 156 wickets and averaging 20.25 with the bat in 123 one-dayers.
Last year he became the oldest player ever to feature in an Indian Premier League match at the age of 44 for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
The quirky left-arm spinner, now 45, is still playing for the Melbourne Renegades in this season’s Big Bash League.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.om)
