Top 5 England cricketers who never played the Cricket World Cup

#2 Matthew Hoggard

Hoggard was never given an opportunity to play a single match at the 2003 World Cup

Matthew Hoggard has made quite a name for himself in England’s Test Cricket history, being their 9th highest wicket-taker with 248 wickets including 26 five-wicket hauls. Hoggard’s List-A record is also pretty good with 205 wickets including 4 five-wicket hauls.

However, his ODI numbers aren’t as impressive as his Test or List-A numbers. He has 32 wickets to his name in 26 ODIs across five years. Hoggard had a brilliant start to his ODI career though. He was the highest wicket-taker in his debut series against Zimbabwe in October 2001 with 10 wickets including his best spell of 5/49 at Harare.

He produced a few decent spells in 2002 and found a place in the 2003 World Cup. However, he was always in the pavilion as the likes of Craig White, Ronnie Irani, Andrew Caddick and James Anderson were preferred. Hoggard then made a few sporadic ODI appearances from post 2003 World Cup to 2006. He was dropped from the ODI team after the Tour of India and was never recalled.