	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	11	2	503	203*	55.88	965	52.12	1	2	60	1	9
ODIs	25	21	2	575	123	30.26	657	87.51	1	3	51	12	16
T20Is	8	5	2	94	36	31.33	77	122.07	0	0	5	3	3
First-class	220	384	38	16808	302*	48.57			50	63			125
List A	223	213	26	7633	164	40.81			21	35			89
Twenty20	68	65	10	2288	106	41.60	1727	132.48	1	17	249	55	28

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	6	1	12	8	0	-	-	-	4.00	-	0	0
ODIs	25	3	66	51	1	1/17	1/17	51.00	4.63	66.0	0	0
T20Is	8	1	12	20	0	-	-	-	10.00	-	0	0
First-class	220		5481	3038	74	4/17		41.05	3.32	74.0		0
List A	223		1524	1344	38	5/28	5/28	35.36	5.29	40.1	0	1
Twenty20	68	35	522	664	31	4/17	4/17	21.41	7.63	16.8	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v West Indies at Hobart, Nov 17-21, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	West Indies v Australia at Kingston, May 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Dec 3, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Australia at Mumbai, Oct 17, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Australia v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1993/94
Last First-class	Victoria v Queensland at Melbourne, Mar 13-17, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1993/94
Last List A	Victoria v Queensland at Melbourne, Feb 22, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Durban, May 20, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Brad Hodge is still pushing hard to avoid becoming an Australian cricket nearly man. When he was dropped with an average of 58.42 only five matches into his Test career in 2005-06 it would have been easy for him to disappear into the first-class ranks he has dominated for most of his career. "Don't worry, I'll be back," was Hodge's response. He was right, even if it took more than two years.

In 2006-07 he smashed 765 Pura Cup runs at 85.00 to force himself into the one-day side when Ricky Ponting rested, but two failures put him in danger of immediate demotion until Andrew Symonds suffered an arm injury. His unfortunate streak remained only in that he was stranded on 99 not out when he hit the winning runs against New Zealand and was then one hefty shot out of reach when he posted an unbeaten 97 in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. The performances earned him a spot at the World Cup and he finally grabbed three figures with 123 off 89 balls against the Netherlands. It was his last bat in the tournament and he watched the final from the dressing room, which has 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 was again overlooked for the Bangladesh series and had a winter assignment with Lancashire. Staying on the fringes for the next couple of years, he was called into the squad as a shadow player for the 2008 West Indies tour when Clarke was a late arrival due to a family death. Expected to stay a week and return to the Indian Premier League, he won a Test recall when Matthew Hayden was injured, scoring a calm 67 before being squeezed out again. His 261 against Queensland in 2008-09 contributed to his 803 Sheffield Shield runs and his senior status helped him hold on to his Cricket Australia contract at the age of 34.

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 May 2009