| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Bradley John Hodge | |||
| Born | 29 December 1974 Sandringham, Victoria, Australia |
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| Nickname | Dodgeball, Bunkie | |||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Role | Specialist middle-order batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Australia | |||
| Test debut (cap 394) | 17 November 2005 v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 22 May 2008 v West Indies | |||
| ODI debut (cap 154) | 3 December 2005 v New Zealand | |||
| Last ODI | 17 October 2007 v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 17 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1993–present | Victoria | |||
| 2005–2011 | Lancashire | |||
| 2003–2004 | Leicestershire | |||
| 2002 | Durham | |||
| 2008–2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| 2011–present | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | |||
| 2011–present | Melbourne Renegades | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 6 | 25 | 223[1] | 249 |
| Runs scored | 603 | 786 | 18,009 | 9,070 |
| Batting average | 59.88 | 34.48 | 54.89 | 43.39 |
| 100s/50s | 2/3 | 1/3 | 51/64 | 29/38 |
| Top score | 203* | 123* | 302* | 164 |
| Balls bowled | 12 | 66 | 5,583 | 1,734 |
| Wickets | 0 | 1 | 74 | 40 |
| Bowling average | – | 51.00 | 41.70 | 38.85 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 0/8 | 1/17 | 4/17 | 5/28 |
| Catches/stumpings | 9/– | 16/– | 127/– | 93/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 22 November 2011 | ||||
Bradley John Hodge (born 29 December 1974) is an Australian and Victorian cricketer. He attended St Bede's College in Mentone, Victoria. He is a right hand batsman who bats in the middle order, as well as a part time right arm off spin bowler.
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Hodge debuted for the Victorian Bushrangers as a 19-year-old and was nicknamed "Glovelick" by Dean Jones for the fact that he shared a bunkbed with his brother at the time of his debut. He was also called "Bunkie" for the same reason.
Hodge played Lancashire League Cricket for Ramsbottom in 2000 and 2001 breaking the clubs batting record in 2001.
Hodge has played with County Cricket teams Durham, Lancashire and Leicestershire, where he made his highest first class score of 302*. During his time at Leicestershire he was accused of cheating by then Derbyshire captain, Dominic Cork by claiming a catch although it appeared that he had stepped over the boundary rope in a Twenty20 match in June 2003.[2][3] Hodge denied the accusation.[4]
Hodge scored many runs for Victoria and his consistency came together by the 2000–01 season where he was consistently overlooked for selection despite being one of Australia's premier domestic batsmen.
On 21 November 2007, playing for Victoria against Queensland, Hodge made his highest Pura Cup score of 286*. He and Nick Jewell had batted undefeated for the entire third day of the game, only the fourth wicketless day's play in the history of the competition.
During the match against Queensland at the MCG on 7 March 2009, he scored 261. During this innings he became the 6th batsman to pass 10,000 Sheffield Shield runs.[5]
He also became the first to score a century in Australian domestic Twenty20, scoring 106 off 54 deliveries for Victoria against New South Wales at North Sydney, 21 January 2006.
In December 2009, Hodge announced his retirement from first class cricket to focus on the one-day and Twenty20 versions of the game. Hodge finished his domestic first class career as Victoria's all time leading run scorer.
After a long time waiting for an international debut, he finally debuted for the Australian team against the West Indies in November 2005 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart during the 2005–06 Test Series, becoming the 394th player to wear the baggy green for Australia.
Hodge scored his maiden Test century for Australia against South Africa in Perth on 19 December 2005. After ending the third day on 91 not out Hodge displayed some nervousness in media interviews about reaching his century, but by the end of the innings he managed to finish with an unbeaten score of 203. This innings was criticised by some Australian fans who felt that captain Ricky Ponting declared too late in allowing Hodge to chase his double century. This criticism came after Australia did not bowl out South Africa in the 4th innings (despite having 120 overs to do so), with the match ending in a draw.
Hodge later made his One-day International debut and after two initial modest scores he scored a half-century. This earned him a recall for somes games against South Africa in the VB Series, however he failed to capitalise and was dropped from the ODI side.
Hodge was dropped after only five tests in the team, and only three tests after scoring his double century against South Africa. The selectors stated that the decision was made on the back of a poor Pura Cup season by Hodge, averaging around 25 for the summer when the team was selected (he finished the season with an average of 33.3).[6] The decision was unpopular amongst Victorian fans, particularly since his replacement, Damien Martyn, had averaged only 23.7 in the same Pura Cup season.[7] He did get back, however, albeit more than two years later when included in Australia's squad that toured the West Indies in May/June 2008. On 22 May in what proved to be his final test, he made 67 and 27 with the bat.
Brad Hodge made 99 not out off 86 balls to steer Australia to victory against New Zealand on 4 February 2007 when he was called into the team because Andrew Symonds had pulled out with a torn biceps.
On 18 February 2007 Brad Hodge scored 97 not out off 86 balls as he helped Australia to 4/336 off their 50 overs.
On 18 March 2007, in World Cup, Hodge scored his maiden one day century against Holland. He scored 123 off just 89 balls including 7 sixes and 8 fours in a record 4th wicket partnership with Michael Clarke.
On 24 March 2007, Hodge was dropped from the Australian ODI side starting 11 in the World Cup after making a century and being named man of the match in the sides last outing against cricketing minnows the Netherlands. Andrew Symonds, after recovering from a shoulder injury, was named as his replacement. Hodge later returned to the starting 11 when Shane Watson was injured.
He played for Australia in a Twenty20 against India on 1 February 2008.
In December 2010 Hodge was named in Australia's initial World Cup side for the following year. However he was not named in the final squad.
On 26 April 2008, it was confirmed that Hodge would represent the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League for five weeks.[8] He played three matches in the first edition without any success. In the second edition, he was the highest scorer for his team. He was also the most consistent player of the team. But in the fourth edition of the IPL he was signed by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
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