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49-year-old Hodge played successful six Tests, 25 ODIs and 15 T20Is for Australia and retired from cricket successful 2018. (File)
Former Australian cricketer and adjunct batting manager Brad Hodge has been reported to beryllium the subordinate of the Australian squad enactment unit who ‘damaged the carpet,’ successful the Hobart dressing country successful what could beryllium the latest embarrassment to cricket Australia. As reported by Sydney Morning Herald, the erstwhile Australian cricketer had brought an e-bike into the Australian dressing country aft Australia’s seven-wicket triumph implicit Pakistan successful the 3rd T20I astatine Hobart and a bid of burnouts connected the carpet led to the damage.
‘Brad Hodge tin beryllium revealed arsenic the subordinate of Australian squad enactment unit who landed successful blistery h2o for damaging the carpet successful the Hobart dressing country aft the last crippled of the Twenty20 bid against Pakistan. Two sources with cognition of the incident, who would not beryllium quoted publicly, said Hodge, a recurring part-time subordinate of the Australian white-ball coaching unit and erstwhile Test player, brought an e-bike into the dressing country aft the game,” Sydney Morning Herald reported connected the incident.
Giving further details connected the incident, the study states, “Hodge past did a bid of burnouts connected the carpet, damaging the aboveground and resulting successful a ailment from Cricket Tasmania. The motorcycle had been utilized by different subordinate of the enactment unit to get to Bellerive Oval.”
After the incident, Cricket Australia had issued a connection and apologised to Cricket Tasmania implicit the incident. 49-year-old Hodge played successful six Tests, 25 ODIs and 15 T20Is for Australia and retired from cricket successful 2018. Hodge was besides portion of the Australian T20 cricket team’s coaching unit successful this year’s T20 World Cup successful USA and West Indies.
“We are alert immoderate harm was caused to the carpet successful the Australian dressing country astatine Bellerive Oval aft the Australia-Pakistan T20 and we person apologised to Cricket Tasmania for this. The outgo of the repairs volition beryllium passed connected to the idiosyncratic who caused the harm and they volition beryllium reminded of their work to instrumentality attraction of the facilities they are privileged to use,” Cricket Australia said successful a statement.
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