Hodge, who is considered as the most devastating batsman in domestic cricket, played just six Tests for Australia despite averaging 55.88 and also having a double hundered to his name.

His ODI career lasted just 25 matches during which he scored three fifties and a century at an average of 30.26.

“There's two 37-year-olds (Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey, who is actually 36) doing pretty well now. If I was still there I'd be doing pretty well, I reckon,” said Hodge, who turned 37 last week and has not played international cricket since mid-2008.

“But I don't want to play for Australia again, no way," he said.

Hodge, instead, said he would like to spent the rest of his career as a freelancer in various Twenty20 tournaments around the world and represent his state team Victoria in domestic circuit.