brad hodge Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
brad hodge is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Bradley John Hodge
Born
December 29, 1974, Sandringham, Victoria
Age
48 years old
Nicknames
Hodgey, Dodgeball
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Height
1.78 m
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 25 | 15 | 66 |
Inn | 11 | 21 | 11 | 63 |
Runs | 503 | 575 | 183 | 1400 |
Avg | 55.89 | 30.26 | 26.14 | 33.33 |
SR | 52.12 | 87.52 | 127.08 | 125.22 |
HS | 203 | 123 | 36 | 73 |
NO | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
100s | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
4s | 60 | 51 | 9 | 122 |
6s | 1 | 12 | 7 | 43 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 25 | 15 | 66 |
Inn | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Balls | 12 | 66 | 30 | 234 |
Runs | 8 | 51 | 43 | 303 |
Wkt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
BBI | 8 / 0 | 17 / 1 | 13 / 1 | 13 / 1 |
BBM | 8 / 0 | 17 / 1 | 13 / 1 | 13 / 1 |
Eco | 4.0 | 4.64 | 8.6 | 7.77 |
Avg | 0.0 | 51.0 | 43.0 | 17.82 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Adelaide Strikers
- Auckland
- Barisal Burners
- Durham
- Guyana Amazon Warriors
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Melbourne Renegades
- Northern Districts
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Rajasthan Royals
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
- Victoria
- Wellington
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Hodge's path to a national call up was similar to Michael Hussey. Both had to wait for an eternity before getting the nod but unlike the southpaw who immediately grabbed his chances and shot to fame, Hodge couldn't get going. Luck was an important thing too that he lacked, for the timing of his call ups would often leave him in the nothing-to-gain situation that only puts pressure on the fringe players. Despite all this, he had his moments. In the 2005 tour of South Africa, he smashed a double ton in the Test series which suggested that he was finally cementing his spot. Similarly in the 2006-07 season, he got a few opportunities when Ricky Ponting opted to rest and made it count, thereby earning a place in the World Cup squad next year. He also had a century to show in the showpiece event but mostly remained on the bench. Hodge's Test form also fizzed off after the initial promise.
The 2008 Test tour of West Indies was Hodge's last red-ball assignment for Australia. He never played ODIs again either after a dismal tour to India in 2007. But his prowess in the shortest format meant that he got the odd opportunities over the years, the last one being in the 2014 World T20. His international career never really took off fully but Hodge had a fantastic time in the county circuit, firstly with Durham before then leading Leicestershire to glory and ultimately, joining Lancashire. His greatness in domestic cricket and versatility in the T20 format made him a compelling name to have in the Franchise leagues across the globe. Apart from being a big name in the BBL, Hodge also took part in the IPL albeit with moderate success.
Hodge quit First-class cricket in 2009 and was focussing on limited-overs cricket, T20s in particular. After close to another decade more, he decided to quit from all forms of the game in early 2018 due to health issues. The age was also a factor for him in making the call and he felt that it was time for him to take mentoring/coaching roles. Having done a similar role for the Gujarat Lions, Hodge joined Kings XI Punjab as their chief coach. A terrific player with over a whooping 33,000 runs in domestic cricket across formats in about 25 years, it's unfortunate that Hodge couldn't carve a niche for himself in international cricket. A smooth timer of the ball, Hodge's strengths were the back foot punch through cover and the inside out lofted stroke, both of which he played with elan even under pressure. He was also a strong cutter/puller of the ball like most Australians are.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Brad Hodge will go down as one of the unluckiest nearly-men in Australian cricket. When he was dropped with an average of 58.42 only five matches into his Test career in 2005-06, he vowed to win back his place. He added only one Test, as a fill-in during a tour of the West Indies two years later, before his tally was permanently stalled at six matches in the baggy green. It was not an adequate reward for one of the most prolific run scorers in the modern era of Australia's domestic game.
By the time the 2009-10 season arrived, Hodge's heart was no longer in first-class cricket. He began the summer with 195 against South Australia but had an epiphany when he had reached his century, stumps was near and he launched the new ball over the bowler's head for six. Hodge said it signified he no longer had the drive to play the longer format and he soon retired, although he announced he would stay on in Victoria's limited-overs teams for another two seasons. And why not? He comfortably topped the FR Cup tally in 2009-10 with 622 runs at 69.11, including four centuries, and remained one of the world's best Twenty20 batsmen.
In 2006-07 he had forced his way into the ODI side when Ricky Ponting rested, and a 97 and 99 not out won him a place in the World Cup squad. In the Caribbean, he finally reached three figures with 123 off 89 balls against the Netherlands, but it was his last bat in the tournament and he watched the final from the dressing room. It had become an all-too familiar viewing platform. 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 England, he opened with a fluent 60 and by the end of the home summer had 409 runs at an envious average.
Still it wasn't enough to earn a spot on the South Africa trip as the selectors returned to Damien Martyn and Michael Clarke. Included in his five outings was an unbeaten 203 against South Africa in Perth, where he joined his boyhood idol Dean Jones as one of five Australians to make their maiden century a double. Two Tests later, Hodge, a tiny right-hander who is more quiet and laid back than Jones, was dropped amid whispers of a technical flaw against fast bowling, a short drought in the Pura Cup and a selection "judgment call". He picked himself up with a century in the domestic final loss to Queensland but remained on the fringes of the national side, making occasional one-day and Twenty20 appearances. He held on to his Cricket Australia contract until 2009-10, but was never viewed by the selectors as anything but a back-up plan.
A regular and consistent performer for his state and counties, Hodge's Victorian debut came in 1993-94 as an 18-year-old and he almost compiled 1000 runs in the season as he settled quickly at No. 4. The following years were more difficult, but he returned from the dips as a more complete player, carrying a classical technique and the ability to direct shots to all parts of the ground. Around consistently impressive one-day returns, Hodge passed the 1000 barrier in the 2000-01 first-class summer when he was a key player in the Bushrangers' march to a second successive Pura Cup final. More of the same output was revealed in 2001-02, when he shared the domestic Player-of-the-Season award with Queensland's Jimmy Maher, and his consistency pushed him towards international honours.
After a brief spell with Durham in 2002, Hodge spent two productive summers at Leicestershire, leading them to a domestic one-day trophy in 2004 and making the county's highest individual score of 302 not out against Nottinghamshire the season before, but moved to Lancashire in 2005. Rewarded with his first Cricket Australia contract in 2004, he was picked for the India tour and considered for the opening Test, but narrowly missed a place taken spectacularly by Clarke.
Cricinfo staff August 2010