Relic Rogers joins esteemed 300 club

have captain Somerset makes history, and flies flag played as the only Australian still his trade plying in the 20th century
From a technology, more due to Stoicism as style to the unfashionable Arm is that some former players should believe will be protected by the National Trust, Chris Rogers has long been carved as a cricketer from a bygone era seen. But as he prepares for his 300th first-class appearance - as captain of English county Somerset team against Lancashire in Taunton - Rogers extends its unique link to a story that can claim few contemporary players firsthand knowledge.
The 38-year-old, who has two Australian states and five counties, and his 25-Test international career and a number represented by representative League and is the only current Australian cricketers have seen on top-level action in the 20th century.
Even veteran contemporary Michael Klinger, records the show played its commencement first-class match for Australia Cricket Academy XI in matches against Zimbabwe A and a provincial Matabeleland team in Zimbabwe in 1999 not be Sheffield Shield debut for Victoria making until 2000 "it is still one of the best domestic sides that I have seen, they went through a really good time there and it was really hard to get in the side." Rogers recently from his Shield debut for Western Australia in 1998 against New South Wales at the SCG recalls. "There was a good group of batters who tried (to secure a spot.) - Rob Baker, Michael Dighton, Marcus North, I and one or two others." It was really competitive, and tough to get, "I was made quite naive back then and a few mistakes, but it was a big learning curve." The girl Shield game came one month after Rogers alongside Justin Langer, Simon Katich and Michael Hussey up for WA had fed against Nasser Hussain tours England team that also featured seamer Alan Mullally, who was born in England but grew up in Perth. And who had taken the new ball at random for the opposition in Rogers' first appearance on class cricket plane for South Perth a few years earlier.
Rogers will be 300 performances class scored far from the first Australian player, although today's sign and Testers are urged to register more than 25 per year given conflicting schedules and competing commitments limited acquisitions devices. The fact that ash tours in from decades past class games against every county outfit (and a few other invitational teams) coupled with the unrestricted access that foreign players won once in the UK domestic scene also meant players who the professional era ahead could play pretty much all year round. Neil Harvey, the only surviving member of Don Bradman in 1948 "Invincibles" who completed a Ashes tour unbeaten, played 306 first-class games 1946-1963 Allan Border (385), Steve Waugh (356) and Greg Chappell ( 321) are all members of the 300 Club, as Michael Di Venuto (336, although he never represented Australia at first-class level) and Justin Langer (360), which are - running at 28 382 - remains Australia's most prolific class batsman. Rogers is his next circle game requires a further 482 to be entering the eighth Australian batsman to reach 25,000 first-class runs and this season his last circuit will be specified after he quit Shield cricket last summer, will not threaten Langers benchmark. "You never say never, it depends on how it goes, but you can not play forever and will hopefully get other stuff," said Rogers cricket.com.au earlier this year before heading to Taunton its one-year to begin -Vertrag Somerset. Single Quick: Big bang Brathwaite Knight Riders "lifted Who knows, I could love in Somerset down and it's quite nice, because Devon was where I as a 18-year-old began the South West is - the next circle together - and all the people great Somerset were there followers. "So I somehow made the circuit and it's nice to go back there and see some old friends." still a few months before his 39th birthday, Rogers motivation from the knowledge he could collect is comfortable the "youngest" of the three current players have 20,000-plus first-class runs its name. the former England Test opener Marcus Trescothick, the bats directly via Rogers in Somerset top order, his 59th first-class booked a few days century at the age before 40 to lift his career running tally on 23,673. and evergreen West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul (25 472) have recently completed 25 first-class season with Guyana at the age of 41 in a team that his 19-year-old contains son Tagenarine. But the introduction of connected with the necessity "Kolpak" seek restrictions on counties overseas player to sign a third (T20) format in domestic seasons and the continued culling of tour matches means that could take over 25,000-run benchmark unattainable for those the consequences. Discarded England Test batsman Ian Bell, not yet 35, could for another five or more domestic seasons playing for Warwickshire to lift its total over its current 18 069 would but in his old age must be consistently productive to make this milestone. And it goes without saying that Sir Jack Hobbs career tally of 61,760 first-class runs will never be questioned. Regardless of the current advances in bat technology and Preventive Medicine.