5 successful cricketers who made their Test debut after the age of 30

#3. Chris Rogers:

Australian Cricket Team Ashes Portrait Session — Chris Rogers had a brief but a successful career for Australia

The journey of Chris Rogers has been an incredible one. After grinding hard in the domestic circuit, Rogers made his Test debut against India in the year 2008 at 30 years of age. Rogers had a forgettable outing and could score only 19 runs in the Test.

Thereafter, he was a forgotten name until 2013 and would have considered calling it a day after reaching the age of 35. However, he was recalled to the national team in 2013 and since then he did not look back. In 25 Tests, Rogers scored 2015 runs at an impressive average of 42. 87 with 5 hundreds and 14 half centuries.

Rogers was the main stay for Australia in the 2013 twin Ashes series in England and Australia when he was the highest run scorer in 10 Tests from both the teams. With Ricky Ponting and Simon Katich calling it a day, the presence and the experience of Rogers helped the Australian team and Rogers did create a name for himself in international cricket.

Rogers is both short-sighted and colour blind, but despite this, he had a successful, but brief, career.

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