New Delhi, July 18 -- Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg said the slow over-rates in Test cricket are justified as long as player's intent, character and tension is revealed during the course of a match, which makes it "quality cricket".

Hogg's comments came after England's win at Lord's third Test, following which they lost two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over rate.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Hogg, who took 180 wickets in 145 matches for Australia and also scored 1,031 runs at an average of 20.62 with three fifties, said, "As a player and the personality I had, I wanted the game to keep going. When I look at the bigger picture, Test cricket is about the storyline, about the players' intent. When thi...