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Hodge was Australia's unluckiest casualty of the 2005-06 season of batting change. Picked for his first Test in November after being the reserve on tours to India, New Zealand and...
- Male
- January 29, 1975
- Australia
Arguably the most unluckiest Australian player of the last two decades, Brad Hodge would have been a legend in most other countries.
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 the World Cup , Hodge scored his maiden one-day century against Holland.
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- Talent and misfortune. Every country in world cricket has that one player who would have made the cut had he been born in a different era. For Australia, that man is Bradley John Hodge.
- T20 player par excellence. Apart from playing T20 cricket for Australia, Hodge has appeared for domestic T20 teams all over the world. He has played for Indian Premier League (IPL) teams Kolkata Knight Riders, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Rajasthan Royals, Australian teams Victoria, Melbourne Renegades, Adelaide Strikers, and Melbourne Stars, Kiwi teams Northern Districts, Auckland, and Wellington, county teams Leicestershire and Lancashire, Bangladesh Premier League team Barisal Burners, and Sri Lankan Premier League team Basnahira Cricket Dundee.
- T20 batting legend. Hodge was once the leading run-scorer in all T20 cricket, but retired as the second-highest run-scorer, behind only Chris Gayle. Hodge scored 6,343 runs in 232 matches at an average of 36.87.
- Family man. Hodge and his wife Megan are the proud parents of two; their son Jesse is three years older than their daughter Sophie. One of the reasons Hodge chose to give up First-Class cricket in favour of T20 was his family.
One of the most unluckiest Australian players to play in the last generation, Brad Hodge is arguably one of the greatest domestic players of all time who adapted and thrived to every form of the game. His career unfortunately overlapped with the greatest batsman of the generation for Australia, Ricky Ponting, playing behind his shadows.
- Male
- 28 Dec 1974
- Australian
- Sandringham, Victoria
Feb 28, 2012 · At number four is the man many regarded the “unluckiest of them all”, Victorian Brad Hodge. Hodge played just six tests for Australia, averaging 55.88 and scoring a test double century.
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Aug 12, 2019 · Brad Hodge (C) Possibly the poster child for Test misfortune, Hodge earned himself six Test matches for Australia but even after the exodus that followed the 2006/07 Ashes, he couldn’t force his ...
