How many centuries does Hodge need?

[jk20]

Seriously how many centuries does Brad Hodge have to score before he gets a look in to the ODI and 20/20 team. Seems like he is scoring centuries everytime he bats.
Would be a much better option the Voges.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

About another 30 or so should do it.

 

[mattys123]

Oh cmon, 700 runs in ODD cricket isn't enough.

4 hundreds in ODD isn't enough.

Being the best and most consistent batsman in the world in 20/20 isnt enough.

Stupid CA, he should have been playing One Dayers and 20/20's for years for Australia.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Oh cmon, 700 runs in ODD cricket isn't enough.

4 hundreds in ODD isn't enough.

Being the best and most consistent batsman in the world in 20/20 isnt enough.

Stupid CA, he should have been playing One Dayers and 20/20's for years for Australia.

So should Tim Zoehrer - but i daresay (from rumour) for similar reasons - both didn't go any further for regular selection

 

[Cleavy]

A century of hits upside Hilditch's head with his bat should do the trick

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

Didn't they give him a go playing every game in a 7 match series against India?

I think he averaged about about 9...

 

[JUBJUB]

Would be a much better option the Voges.

Hodge or Voges would be a better option in T20 than Clarke.If Ponting bothered playing T20 Clarke would be out on his arse.

 

[eddiesmith]

Problem for Hodgey is he cannot make runs in India in any form, at any level, obviously Australia gave him his only full ODI series in India which didnt help him, but with the next World Cup in India there isnt much point picking him. But he should still be in the T20 side

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

Yeah he should've at least been in the squad for the last T20 WC.

 

[Tambaran]

He had a long enough run in the ODI side to prove that, aside from his bad effect on team spirit, he wasn't good enough.

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

His already extremely poor ODI average is also pumped up by a score of 123 against cricketing powerhouses in the Netherlands

But yeah it's the selectors fault for him being complete crap in almost all the ODI games he's played in..

 

[damochandler]

they have moved on and i don't think he will be picked ever again tbh. when they rest one of theur regulars, they will bring in a young pup in that middle order from now on.

his international career is over

 

[Blue Dimension]

Hodge has had his chance and blew it, similarly to David Hussey. Neither took their opportunities and they had plenty.

Hodge also struggles in the subcontinent, and as eddiesmith said, with the next world cup in the subcontinent, he won't get near the ODI side.

 

[Cotchin 9]

Won't get a look in for the ODI's ever again, but he is a better T20 player than Clarke & Birt.

 

[HSSB]

A little too old to get a look in now, but he should have been in the 20/20 team and possibly the ODI team. Although his stats aren't good at all in ODI's.

Also I don't think many of the Australian players actually get along with him all that well.

 

[dr nick]

Hodge is regarded by selectors and players in the aussie team as a bit of a tosser and most of all a pea heart. He's not in the ODI plans, and the fact he gets runs domestically only serves to raise false hopes and get his mum some air time.

 

[JUBJUB]

A little too old to get a look in now

Dirk Nannes ain't no spring chicken and he's getting games for Aus now

 

[eth-dog]

One more than he has currently, one more each time he scores one

 

[Bombers_Forever]

He blew his chance, and his attitude towards selectors sealed it.

 

[Ill Chicken]

He had a long enough run in the ODI side to prove that, aside from his bad effect on team spirit, he wasn't good enough.

Well considering they changed him for David Hussey, who was given pretty much given the same run, they were better off just sticking with Hodge as they have done when other players are around situation like White and Waston who both only started to pay dividends around the 30 game mark.

 

[Tambaran]

Hussey and Hodge were mature age players. They, like M Hussey, don't get as long to prove their worth because they're expected to adjust quicker.

Neither did, sorry, no more chances.

 

[mediumsizered]

Would much rather Hodge play for the Vics. He took the Qld attack by the scruff of the neck yesterday & totally dictated terms. His pull shot off McDermott, after walking down the wicket & having the ball dropped short by McDermott, was just an example of him being a class above domestic bowling attacks. When Hodge is in the mood he was in yesterday, he is a delight to watch.

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

Would be a much better option the Voges.

Voges record at international level is better than Hodges.

 

[Ill Chicken]

Voges record at international level is better than Hodges.

Give him another ten games before you use that as a measurement.

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

Would much rather Hodge play for the Vics.

Agree with this, state level is were he has always belonged, it's his limit. Some players sadly just don't have it mentally to succeed at the highest level.