Chaka Jara Kwahme Hodge (born 20 November 1982) is an Anguillan cricketer who has played for the

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in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as several other teams. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman. Hodge made his first-class debut in February 2002, playing for

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in the

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.First-class matches played by Chaka Hodge
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2016. In the 2002–03 and

2003–04 Red Stripe Bowl The 2003–04 Red Stripe Bowl was the 30th edition of what is now the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It ran from 1 to 19 October 2003, with matches pla ...

s, he represented the Rest of Leeward Islands side that was competing while

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briefly competed separately. Hodge's senior Leeward Islands debut came in the

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, against

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. During the 2006–07 season, he recorded his only first-class five-wicket haul, taking 5/103 against Trinidad and Tobago. Hodge last played for the Leewards during the 2007–08 season, aged 25. In 2006 and 2008, he appeared for Anguilla in the

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, although his team was knocked out in the first round on both occasions. Hodge has also played several seasons in England, playing in the

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in 2001 (for

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) and 2003 (for Hampshire.Second Eleven Championship matches played by Chaka Hodge
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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* * 1982 births Living people Anguillan cricketers Leeward Islands cricketers Rest of Leeward Islands cricketers West Indies B cricketers People from The Valley, Anguilla {{Anguilla-cricket-bio-stub