[9] Hogg made his first-class cricket and domestic limited overs debut for Western Australia in February 1994 as a middle order batsman.

However, Warne then tested positive to a banned diuretic in a pre-World Cup drugs test, leaving Hogg to play as Australia's specialist spinner in Australia's Cup winning side and filled that role until his own retirement, this was due to Warne's retirement from the one day game.

Hogg was recalled to the Australian Test team to tour the West Indies in April 2003, where he played two matches.

[13] He also played against Zimbabwe at the SCG later that year, but was upstaged by part-time slow left-arm wrist-spin Simon Katich, who took 6/90 for the match (Hogg took 3/119).

In 2005–06, he became a one-day only player with Western Australian selectors preferring to play young spinner Beau Casson ahead of Hogg in the state's Pura Cup side.

In 2007–08, after a four-year layoff, Hogg was recalled to Test cricket to play against India after Stuart MacGill had to withdraw from the team due to suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome in his bowling hand.

[15] It was alleged that in that match Hogg called the Indian captain Anil Kumble and vice-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni "bastards".

[22] On 4 November 2011, Hogg signed with the Perth Scorchers, one of the franchises in the Australian domestic Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League.

[25] In the second match of the Twenty20 series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he took the wicket of Virender Sehwag in his first over,[26] and ended up with bowling figures of 1/19.

[29][30] He was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders at the 2015 IPL auction as a backup to replace Narine who was sidelined halfway into the season due to 'suspect bowling action'.

Hogg triumphed in the role and took 9 wickets in six games,[31] and won two-man of the match awards before Narine assumed his position in the team again.

[32][33] On 28 April 2015, he became the oldest player ever to feature in an IPL match when he played against Chennai Super Kings at the age of 44 years and 81 days.