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Chris Rogers (cricketer)

Chris Rogers
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Personal information
Full name Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers
Born (1977-08-31) 31 August 1977 (age 39)
St George, Sydney, Australia
Nickname Bucky
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style Left-hand
Bowling style Leg-break
Role Opening Batsman
International information
National side
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
2004–2005
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 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/16 2/22
Catches/stumpings 15/– 244/– 74/– 22/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 September 2016

Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers (born 31 August 1977) is a former Australian cricketer who played for Australia. 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 five first-class teams Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex and Somerset.

Despite being colour blind 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.

Born in St George, Sydney, Rogers' father, John Rogers played for New South Wales between 1969 and 1970. He is also a cousin of Australian chess grandmaster Ian Rogers.


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