A thriving cricketer from a young age, the father of two was born and bred in Bayside and completed high school at St Bedes College. He now lives in Sandringham with his wife and two young children.
A T20 mastermind and arguably one of the best T20 batsmen in the world, Hodge has already compiled a mammoth 3,690 runs in his 127 T20 appearances at an average of 35.14 with a strike rate of 126.49.
The pocket rocket batsmen will be a force to be reckoned with this summer.