Brad Hogg Picks Top 5 Yorker Bowlers

Former Australian left-arm spin bowler Brad Hogg held an interactive session with the fans on Twitter, and he was bombarded with questions. No surprise. Coronavirus has forced the entire world in home confinement, and with no cricket action, or any sports for that matter, communication with the sports stars on social media is one of the few sources for the fans and alike to satiate their thirst for sports.

One of the most interesting questions a fan asked Hogg was to name the top 5 current “Yorker Bowler” in the world. He named Indian superstar Jasprit Bumrah, undoubtedly the most obvious choice these days when talking about the bowlers, as well as Sri Lankan slinger Lasith Malinga, Australia’s left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc, and to some extent the names that surprised most, Pakistani bowler Haris Rauf and English limited-overs specialist Chris Jordan.

Off the top of my head. Bumrah, Malinga, Starc, Rauf, Jordan. #Hoggytime https://t.co/AKR3TxxA1y

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) April 16, 2020

Though Bumrah, Malinga and Starc are arguably the best bowlers in the limited-overs, with each of them boasting various types of deliveries in their repertoires, including yorkers, Hogg’s choice to include Rauf and Jordan, in this list can be questioned, especially when you consider that South African hot-shot Kagiso Rabada and New Zealand’s current best bowler Trent Boult both have been playing the highest form of cricket for some time now and are the fulcrum of their nation’s bowling attack.

Hogg also posted a video on his official Twitter handle that he is against the idea of cancelling the upcoming T20 World Cup set to be played Down Under later this year, despite the big threat of Covid-19 pandemic.

“There is a lot of talk that the T20 World Cup in Australia could be cancelled or rescheduled to a later date. I don’t like that…But there are a few issues which we got to address.”

“A lot of players have been in lockdown. They haven’t been able to go out, train and prepare for a tournament such as the T20 World Cup. So we got to get them here a month, a month-and-a-half earlier than what we would have done in a normal situation,” he added.

Big question: what happens to this year's T20 World Cup? Begins in around 6 months. Cancel it? Or just go ahead as planned? Time to talk about that on today's episode of Hogg's Vlog.

Your thoughts on this matter? Let me know in the comments below. Let's discuss! pic.twitter.com/Ih0r2VNRe6

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) April 15, 2020