Brad Hodge Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	5	14
Runs scored	409	364
Batting average	58.42	33.09
100s/50s	1/1	-/3
Top score	203*	99*
Balls bowled	12	54
Wickets	-	1
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	9/-	8/-
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Bradley John Hodge (born December 29, 1974 in Sandringham, Victoria) is an Australian and Victorian cricketer. His high school was St.Bedes in Mentone. 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. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Sandringham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... The Victorian Bushrangers are an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... Animation of a typical off spin (finger spin) delivery. ...

First-class career

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 bunkbed with his brother at the time of his debut. The Victorian Bushrangers are an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dean Mervyn Jones (born March 24, 1961 in Coburg, Victoria) was an Australian Cricketer. ... Bunk in the ship Seawahanka A bunk is a bed or other place for sleeping, particularly a narrow bed built like a shelf into or against a wall, as in a ships cabin, or several like beds stacked over one another known as a bunkbed. ...

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.

Australian career

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. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2005 as part of the 2005-06 Australian cricket season. ... A Baggy green is a hat of green colour only given to Australian test cricketers. ...

Hodge has played with County Cricket teams Durham, Lancashire and Leicestershire, where he made his highest first class score of 302*. Statistics Population: 42,939 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ274424 Administration District: City of Durham Shire county: Durham Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Durham Historic county: Durham Services Police force: County Durham Ambulance service: North East Post office and telephone... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Leicestershire (IPA: , abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ...

Hodge scored his maiden Test century for Australia against South Africa in Perth on December 19, 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 bowl them out), with the match ending in a draw. Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australian cricket team (for both One-day International and Test cricket). ...

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, 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. The VB Series is the current name for the international cricket tournament held in the height of the Australian cricket season, i. ...

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 recent 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. The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... Damien Richard Martyn (born October 21, 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a former Australian cricketer. ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England(the mighty mighty england, barmy army barmy army) and Australia - it is international crickets oldest and most celebrated rivalry dating back to 1882. ...

Brad Hodge played Lancashire League Cricket for Ramsbottom in 2000 and 2001 breaking the clubs batting record in 2001

Brad Hodge made 99 not out off 86 balls to steer Australia to victory against New Zealand on the 4th of February, 2007 when he was called into the team because Andrew Symonds had pulled out with a torn bicep.

On February 18, 2007 Brad Hodge scored 97 not out off 86 balls as he helped Australia to 4/336 off their 50 overs. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

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