Chris Rogers: from opening act to Masters' apprentice

By Peter Hanlon
Updated November 27 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 2:00pm
Chris Rogers after being dismissed by Mark Wood of England at The Oval in August. Photo: Ryan Pierse
Chris Rogers after being dismissed by Mark Wood of England at The Oval in August. Photo: Ryan Pierse

Before last weekend, the last ball Chris Rogers faced – on the last occasion he picked up a bat – was sent down by England's Mark Wood in front of a packed house at The Oval. He nicked it, Alastair Cook took the slips catch, and one of the great late-blooming careers was over.

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