Chris Rogers (cricketer)

Chris Rogers

Personal information
Full name	Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers
Born	(1977-08-31) 31 August 1977 St George, Sydney, Australia
Nickname	Bucky, The Sandman
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Leg-break and googly
Role	Opening Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 399)	2008 v India
Last Test	2 December 2014 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2008	Western Australia
2003	Shropshire
2004–2005 & 2008–2010	Derbyshire
2005	Leicestershire
2005	Wiltshire
2006–2007	Northamptonshire
2008–	Victoria
2011–	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 20 283 167 43 Runs scored 1,535 23,384 5,346 627 Batting average 39.35 49.85 36.86 17.41 100s/50s 4/11 71/109 5/36 0/3 Top score 119 319 140 58 Balls bowled – 236 24 – Wickets – 1 2 – Bowling average – 133.00 13.00 – 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 – 10 wickets in match – 0 n/a n/a Best bowling – 1/16 2/22 – Catches/stumpings 14/– 232/– 74/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 January 2015

Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers (born 31 August 1977 in St George, Sydney) is an Australian cricketer.

Rogers is a left-handed opening batsman. He spent ten years playing for Western Australia, before moving to play for Victoria in 2008. He has played county cricket in England for the past ten years for many sides, including Derbyshire, where he was captain, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Middlesex.

Despite maintaining a first-class average of nearly 50, 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.

Early life

Rogers' father, John Rogers, played for New South Wales between 1969 and 1970. He is also a cousin of Australian chess grandmaster Ian Rogers.^[2]

Rogers made one Youth Test match appearance, against New Zealand in 1996. Rogers' batting talent had led some to anoint him as the next Australian opener, replacing Justin Langer.^[3]

Domestic career

He first came to England in 1996 to play in the Devon Premier League for North Devon CC under the watchful eye of former Gloucestershire player and Test match umpire David Shepherd. He came back the following year to score a league record aggregate of 1,273 runs but could not save the Instow Club from relegation.

In 2002 he played for Exeter, also in the Devon League and in 2003 he returned to England once again to play for Wellington CC in Shropshire League The welter of runs he contributed saw them move from the Furrow's Shropshire League to the Birmingham League where they were again promoted. He was unable to play Minor Counties cricket but did make one appearance for Shropshire in the Nat West Trophy where overseas players were allowed, but made a duck in his only game.

He made his first trip into English First Class cricket playing for Derbyshire in 2004, where despite suffering from a shoulder injury, played well. He moved to Leicestershire in the second half of the 2005 season, where he averaged over 70, and scored one double-century against the touring Australians.^[4] In 2006 he moved to Northamptonshire and immediately made his mark with fifty fours, two sixes, and a final score of 319 from 417 balls against Gloucestershire.

In October 2006 he and Marcus North put on a record domestic third wicket partnership of 459, Western Australia v Victoria, at the WACA. Rogers' score of 279 was the second highest ever by a West Australian, behind the 355 not out that Geoff Marsh scored at the same ground in December 1989. On 5 February 2007 Rogers was awarded the 'State Cricket Player of the Year' prize at the Allan Border Medal presentation.

He returned to Derbyshire for the 2008 season,^[5] playing as their overseas player when Mahela Jayawardene declared himself unavailable due to his commitments with Sri Lanka and the Indian Premier League, and has since become the temporary captain after the resignation of Rikki Clarke. Despite being both short-sighted and colourblind,^[3] Rogers has proven himself to be a sharp player both at and away from the crease. Rogers has also played for Shropshire, representing them during one match of the C&G Trophy. In 2008, he walked out on the Western Warriors, reportedly over his status as a fringe-player in state's one-day team, and joined Victoria for the 2008/2009 season.^[5]

In 2008, Rogers hit 248 not out, carrying his bat for Derbyshire against Warwickshire. The score is the third-highest single-innings total in a first-class match by a Derbyshire player, and the highest score for 62 years. The innings meant Rogers had registered a double century for all four first-class domestic teams that he had represented.^[6]

In 2010, after relinquishing the Derbyshire Captaincy to Greg Smith, Rogers joined Middlesex for the 2011 season. Since joining Middlesex he has been appointed captain for the 4 day LV County Championship side, he has scored a double century already in the 2013 season along with 184 showing his class to either save or win the game.

International career

In May 2007, Rogers was awarded his first national contract with Cricket Australia.^[7] On 13 January 2008 he was added to the Australia Test squad as a cover for the injured Matthew Hayden, who had torn a hamstring.^[8] On 15 January Rogers was confirmed as playing at the WACA Ground (in Perth) in the third Test against India which was to start the following day.^[9] Australia were chasing a world-record 17th consecutive Test victory, but found the going difficult. Rogers scored four runs in the first innings of 212 and 15 in the second innings as Australia unsuccessfully chased a target of over 400.^[10] His national contract was subsequently terminated in April 2008.^[5] Rogers commented that he "didn't see it coming, I'll have to accept it and try to get back in."^[5] On 24 April 2013, Chris Rogers was named in the Australian Test squad for the upcoming 2013 Ashes tour, more than five years after he played his first and only Test match for Australia. Rogers was one of 16 players selected for the tour.^[11][12] Just over a week before the tour, Australia coach Darren Lehmann announced that Rogers and Shane Watson would form the opening batting pair for the first Test.^[13]

On 12 August 2013, Rogers made his maiden Test century in Australia's first innings of the fourth Test of the 2013 Ashes series, played at the Riverside International Cricket Ground, Chester-le-Street, Durham.^[14] Rogers scored his second Test century, his first on Australian soil, on 29 December 2013 during the Boxing Day Test Match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[15] He backed up the performance with another Ashes century in the New Year's Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground with his current highest Test score of 119.^[16] He then scored a rearguard century of 107 against South Africa in the second innings of the second Test in Port Elizabeth in February 2014.^[17]

In the 4th Test against India in 2015, Rogers became the fourth Australian opener to score five consecutive scores of 50 or more in a series. Of those to achieve this feat, he is the only one not to convert any of them to a century. His highest score during that span was 95 in the first innings of the 4th Test when he was bowled by Mohammed Shami. In the second innings, he stretched the record to six when he was dismissed for 56.^[18]

International Centuries

Test centuries

Chris Rogers' Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	110	5	England	Chester-le-Street, England, United Kingdom	Riverside Ground	2013	Lost [14]
2	116	10	England	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2013	Won [15]
3	119	11	England	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2014	Won [16]
4	107	13	South Africa	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Park	2014	Lost [17]

Career Best Performances

as of 21 December 2014

	Batting
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	119	Australia v England	SCG, Sydney	2014[19]
FC	319	Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire	County Cricket Ground, Northampton	2011[20]
LA	140	Victoria v South Australia	MCG, Melbourne	2013[21]
T20	58	Leicestershire v Derbyshire	Grace Road, Leicester	2011[22]

References

External links

• Player profile: Chris Rogers from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Chris Rogers from ESPNcricinfo

Sporting positions
Preceded by Neil Dexter	Middlesex County cricket captain 2014	Succeeded by Adam Voges

Australian national cricket team – current squad 2 Bailey (ODI-VC) 3 Doherty 5 Cutting 6 Coulter-Nile 7 White 8 M Marsh 9 S Marsh 10 Siddle 13 Wade (†) 16 Finch (T20I-C) 17 Hodge 18 Muirhead 19 Pattinson 20 Hilfenhaus 21 Henriques 23 Clarke (Test-C) 24 Voges 25 Johnson 26 Bollinger 27 McKay 28 Sandhu 30 Cummins 31 Warner 32 Maxwell 33 Watson 38 Hazlewood 44 Faulkner 45 Harris 49 Smith (Test-VC) 50 Lynn 53 Maddinson 54 Christian 56 Starc 57 Haddin (†) 67 Lyon  Doolan  Rogers  Burns Coach: Lehmann Only players with 2013–14 Cricket Australia contracts or who have played in the most recent series are listed. A fuller list of recent players can be found at the main article.

Victorian Bushrangers – current squad 4 Ayre* (†) 5 Finch 6 Haberfield 8 Hussey 9 White 10 Keath 11 Hastings 12 Quiney 13 Wade (c, †) 14 Rogers 15 McKay 17 Muirhead 18 J. Holland 19 Pattinson 20 Siddle 24 Boland 26 Cameron* 32 Maxwell 34 Reed 35 Sidebottom 38 Stoinis 45 Christian 54 Handscomb (†) 80 Ahmed 99 Tremain  Short*  Walker*  Ashkenazi*  Gotch* Coach: Shipperd * denotes Rookie Listed players