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(born
December 29 ,
1974 in
Sandringham ,
Victoria ) is an
Australia n and
Victorian Cricketer . A naturally talented cricketer, he is a right hand batsman who bats in the middle order. He is also a part time right arm
Off Spin bowler.
Hodge debuted for the
Victorian Bushrangers as a 19-year-old and was
Nicknamed "Bunkie" by
Dean Jones for the fact that he shared a
Bunk bed with his brother at the time of his debut.
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.
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 December 19, 2005. After ending the third day on 90 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 bowl them out), with the match ending in a draw.
He also became the first to score a century in Australian domestic Twenty20, scoring 106 of 54 deliveries for Victoria against New South Wales at North Sydney, January 21, 2006.
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 with a recall looking very unlikely.
Despite his solid Test performances, Hodge was dropped after only 5 Tests in the team and only 3 Tests after scoring a double century for Australia's 2005/06 Test tour of South Africa. This decision was made on the back of some poor
Pura Cup performances by Hodge, who averaged around 25 for the season. However, he was dropped in favour of
Damien Martyn , whose Pura Cup averages for the season were even lower, and whose most last Test series included an average of 19 in
The Ashes series. Hodge had averaged 58 from his only 5 Tests in the side but in a surprise selection it was decided that Martyn would be selected based on his reputation as a prolific run scorer in past seasons for Australia.
Brad Hodge played Lancashire League Cricket for Ramsbottom in 2000 and 2001 breaking the clubs batting record in 2001
