5 players who made their Test debut after a long wait 

#3 Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge's Test career ended on an unfortunate note

In the list of 'the most unfortunate cricketers of all time', Brad Hodge's name will be at the top. The right-hand batsman's emergence in first-class cricket collided with that of Australian cricket's finest phase in Tests which saw their batting line-up tormenting bowling units across the world. Hence Hodge had to wait for an eternity to play Test cricket.

And when he finally made his Test debut in 2005, it wasn't an easy win. He had to wait for 166 first-class games and had to score runs in these games with an incredible consistency.

Hodge slammed a fifty on his Test debut and then, scored a double hundred against South Africa in his fifth innings. But these performances couldn't impress the selectors as they dropped him from the team in 2006 when he averaged 58.42 in Tests.

Hodge continued to score runs in first class-cricket and amassed 51 centuries but he didn't get any further Test call ups. Hence he shifted his focus on T20 cricket, a format in which he became one of the best batsmen in the world.