Cricketers who have gotten injured in unusual ways

9. Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge is often considered one of the unluckiest players not to play more cricket for Australia. Despite scoring over 17000 runs in First-Class cricket, Hodge only played 6 Tests, 25 ODIs, and 15 T20Is for Australia, scoring over 1200 runs with a century each in Tests and ODIs. 

However, Hodge was also a victim of an unusual injury as well which made him miss a T20I match. In Perth ahead of a T20 against New Zealand in 2007, Hodge went to put on his team uniform, but when he was putting on his trousers, he felt a sharp pain in his back, which prevented him from playing. This led to Australia giving a debut to Luke Pomersbach, who was in the stands to watch the match.