1. Bradley John Hodge was born on 29 December 1974 and is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer.
29 Facts About Brad Hodge
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Brad Hodge was a right-handed batsman who batted in the middle order, as well as a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler.
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Brad Hodge was a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket, holding the records for the most runs and most centuries in Australian interstate one-day matches.
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Brad Hodge is Victoria's highest ever run-scorer in the Sheffield Shield.
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Brad 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.
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Brad Hodge played Lancashire League Cricket for Ramsbottom in 2000 and 2001 scoring 1000 runs in each season, breaking the clubs batting record in 2001.
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Brad Hodge had actually completed the catch cleanly, before running over to the crowd to celebrate.
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Brad Hodge has argued he was the victim of New South Wales selection bias.
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On 21 November 2007, playing for Victoria against Queensland, Brad Hodge made his highest Pura Cup score of 286*.
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Brad Hodge 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, on 21 January 2006.
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In December 2009, Brad Hodge announced his retirement from first-class cricket to focus on the one-day and Twenty20 versions of the game.
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Brad Hodge finished his domestic first-class career as Victoria's all-time leading run-scorer.
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Brad Hodge was called up as part of Australia's 2005 Ashes squad but was not used throughout the series.
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Brad Hodge did take a number of catches in the third test as a substitute fielder to dismiss Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan both off the bowling of Brett Lee.
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Brad Hodge had his baggy green presented to him by Bill Lawry.
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Brad Hodge scored his maiden Test century for Australia against South Africa in Perth on 19 December 2005.
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Brad Hodge was dropped after only five tests in the team, and only three tests after scoring his double century against South Africa.
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The selectors stated that the decision was made on the back of a poor Pura Cup season by Brad Hodge, averaging around 25 for the summer when the team was selected.
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Brad Hodge scored an unbeaten 99 off 86 balls against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 4 February 2007 to guide Australia to a five wicket win in a chase of 291.
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On 18 March 2007, in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Brad Hodge scored his maiden one-day century against Holland.
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Brad Hodge scored 123 off just 89 balls, including 7 sixes and 8 fours and shared a record 4th-wicket partnership of 204 with Michael Clarke, the highest 4th wicket stand in World Cup history.
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Brad Hodge returned to the team for the Super 8 match against England in place of the injured Shane Watson but did not bat.
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Brad Hodge scored 152 runs from his two innings in five appearances at the tournament.
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Brad Hodge played for Australia in a Twenty20 against India on 1 February 2008.
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In December 2010, Brad Hodge was named in Australia's initial World Cup side for the following year.
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In January 2012, Brad Hodge announced his decision to retire from One-Day Cricket and to retire from Victoria.
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In 2014, Brad Hodge played for Australia in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 competition.
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Brad Hodge scored 50 runs and took one wicket across three matches as Australia won only one game and failed to make it past the group stage.
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In 2022, Brad Hodge was the narrator for Warnie, the posthumous tribute documentary for Shane Warne.