Brad Hogg

Brad Hogg added to his Test credentials with 5 for 62 in a Man-of-the-Match performance as Western Australia crushed Victoria by 288 runs at the MCG

It was a tale of two Brads at the MCG, where Brad Hogg put Western Australia in a winning position and Brad Hodge watched his Test hopes slip further away with a first-ball duck

Western Australia extended their lead to 244 with the best partnership of the match after Brad Hogg and Steve Magoffin helped restrict Victoria to a mediocre 114 at the MCG

Australians will learn more about the direction favoured by the nation's cricket decision makers in the next month

Brad Hogg has been one of the key differences between the two teams through the series

Australia clinched the series with one match to spare, easing to an 18-run win in the sixth game in Nagpur

Brad Hogg has been lifted by the news his Test career is not over

There were plenty of records and milestones over the 47 days of the World Cup. Cricinfo looks at some of the more prominent ones

Adam Gilchrist says Brad Hogg is capable of being Australia's Test spinner next summer

We asked members of our staff to select their best World Cup XI and there were no surprises that Australian players dominated the list

Ricky Ponting believes Brad Hogg will play a key role when Australia take on South Africa in Wednesday's semi-final in St Lucia

The finals finally start next week but the increased importance of the affairs will not change Australian moods

Ricky Ponting said Brad Hogg was at the peak of his bowling powers

A couple of Sri Lanka batting collapses turned a potentially cracking contest into a one-sided affair, as Australia wrapped up a comprehensive seven-wicket win

Australia have now won 22 of their last 23 matches in World Cup competitions dating back to 1999 - a run that has been interrupted only by that famous tie at Edgbaston

West Indies suffered their first loss of the tournament, and it was a thumping 103-run defeat to a rampant Australian team

Australia motored along like a well-oiled machine

Ricky Ponting carved out an authoritative hundred as Australia beat Scotland by 203 runs

Shane Warne believes Stuart Clark should open the bowling with Glenn McGrath during the World Cup but Shaun Tait could be trusted with the important final overs