Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge will become Victoria's most-capped first-class player on Saturday when he takes the field in a Sheffield Shield game against Tasmania at the MCG and surpasses Darren Berry's record of 138 appearances for the state

Brad Hodge's second century of the season was not enough for Victoria, who lost their first match of the season as Tasmania jumped to the top of the FR Cup table with a 23-run win

Chris Rogers made his first century for his new state Victoria and helped them cruise to a first-innings lead over New South Wales at the SCG

Rob Quiney continued his outstanding week with a dynamic 73 that set Victoria on the course to pick up a bonus point in their seven-wicket win over Queensland

Brad Hodge has become Victoria's leading run scorer at first-class level, passing the mark of 10,412 runs set by his childhood hero Dean Jones

Centuries from Nick Jewell and Brad Hodge put Victoria in pole position at 352 for 2 on the first day of their match against South Australia in Adelaide

A century from the veteran Brad Hodge drove Victoria to an easy eight-wicket win over South Australia but the contributions from their two new men were just as pleasing for the Bushrangers

Lou Vincent will be at Lancashire for the rest of the season after Brad Hodge decided to stay in Australia to look after his ill wife, Meg

Cricinfo assesses the performances of Australia's players in their 2-0 series victory over West Indies

Australia received a jolt ahead of Friday's second Test with Matthew Hayden returning home after failing to recover from a lingering achilles injury

If there were any doubts how important Ricky Ponting's first-day 158 was to this match, they evaporated on the second day as batsmen from both sides struggled and Stuart Clark and Fidel Edwards thrived on the unpredictable pitch

After a long wait for another promotion, Brad Hodge stepped in with a confident contribution

Ricky Ponting said in the lead-up to the first Test that Australia, the No. 1-ranked team in the world, would show no mercy against West Indies, who are in eighth position. It took only one day of the series for Ponting to put his words into action as he

Since Australia captured the Frank Worrell Trophy in 1995, the West Indies has lost its cricket lustre to the point where Thursday's opening Test is no longer a major event

Simon Katich will return to the Test team as an opener after Matthew Hayden was ruled out of Thursday's opening match against West Indies with a heel injury

Simon Katich says the prospect of regaining his place in the Test side in Michael Clarke's absence is an "awkward situation"

Plays of the day for the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers

Brad Hodge, the Australian batsman, will miss the next five weeks of the county season with Lancashire after signing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL

Surrey have never been on the back foot in this match and it was the weather that stopped them making further inroads on the third day at The Oval.