E-bike burnouts: Hodge revealed as culprit in dressing room damage drama

Brad Hodge can be revealed as the member of Australian team support staff who landed in hot water for damaging the carpet in the Hobart dressing room after the final game of the Twenty20 series against Pakistan.

Two sources with knowledge of the incident, who would not be quoted publicly, said Hodge, a recurring part-time member of the Australian white-ball coaching staff and former Test player, brought an e-bike into the dressing room after the game.

Brad Hodge working as an assistant coach for Australia. Credit: Getty Images

Hodge then did a series of burnouts on the carpet, damaging the surface and resulting in a complaint from Cricket Tasmania. The bike had been used by another member of the support staff to get to Bellerive Oval

Hodge has been contacted for comment.

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