Chris Rogers (cricketer)

Chris Rogers

Personal information
Full name	Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers
Born	(1977-08-31) 31 August 1977 (age 47) St George, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Bucky
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Leg-break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Australia (2008–2015)
Test debut (cap 399)	16 January 2008 v India
Last Test	20 August 2015 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2008	Western Australia
2003	Shropshire
2004, 2008–2010	Derbyshire
2005	Leicestershire
2005	Wiltshire
2006–2007	Northamptonshire
2008–2015	Victoria
2011–2014	Middlesex
2016	Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 25 313 167 43 Runs scored 2,015 25,470 5,346 627 Batting average 42.87 49.55 36.86 17.41 100s/50s 5/14 76/122 5/36 0/3 Top score 173 319 140 58 Balls bowled – 248 24 – Wickets – 1 2 – Bowling average – 137.00 13.00 – 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 – 10 wickets in match – 0 0 – Best bowling – 1/16 2/22 – Catches/stumpings 15/– 244/– 74/– 22/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 September 2016

Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers (born 31 August 1977) is a former Australian cricketer who played for the Australian national team. Rogers is a left-handed opening batsman. He spent ten years playing for Western Australia, before moving to play for Victoria in 2008. He played county cricket in England for ten years representing five first-class teams: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex and Somerset. Rogers holds the record for most half centuries in consecutive innings.^[2]

Despite being colour blind^[3] and short sighted, he maintained a first-class average of nearly 50, yet he did not play for the Australia national cricket team until the age of 30, when he was selected for a single Test match in 2008. He was recalled to the Australia national team for the 2013 Ashes series, aged 35, and over the following two years played a further 24 Tests opening the batting for Australia before retiring after the 2015 Ashes series.^[4]