Brad Hodge has alleged a bias in Australian cricket and criticised allowing wives and girlfriends on the overseas tours.

Victoria's Hodge, who was not part of Ashes squad and also does not figure in the one-day squad for upcoming series, said it was a bias toward NSW players that he has always been ignored despite putting up a consistent good show.

The out-of-favour batsman alleged that bias could be felt in the Australian dressing room as well.

"I guess every time that I was on tour I was a threat to someone else from a different state," Hodge was reported as telling sports radio SEN.

"I was looking to take someone else's spot. So they had allies and friends in that particular squad. "

Recounting an old experience he said, "For example in 2005, Simon Katich was struggling. So the chances were, if I was to bat, I was going to take his spot in the middle order.

"And that's the reality. But the reality is that it was only me as a Victorian apart from (Shane) Warne, but we also had five or six, seven or eight New South Welshmen in that squad.

"When you're not high up in the ranks, these people speak volumes about you in training and around the selection table and with the selectors. When you've got an opinion of a Brett Lee or a Michael Clarke or a Glenn McGrath, their opinion matters most," Hodge added.

He also flayed the policy of allowing WAGs on the foreign tours saying it left single players isolated.

"Take Shaun Tait for example. Shaun Tait was a young guy in the West Indies. Whilst everyone else had their families and friends over there. Shaun Tait was left there on his own. Unfortunately for Shaun, he was stuck in his hotel room," he fumed.