Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers, the former Australia opener who announced his retirement last week, has suggested a similar change to the toss regulations introduced in England for the 2016 Championship season could also benefit Australian cricket

Somerset captain Chris Rogers bowed out with two hundreds in his final first-class match. His team-mates, current and former, led the way with tributes

That Chris Rogers' batting and leadership will be missed to the game is beyond dispute. But it is equally easy to conclude that the lessons learned over the past 18 years will be rare gold for Rogers in coaching ranks

It is a hard world in which you do almost all that is asked of you only to find it is not quite enough. That, though, may be Somerset's fate at some stage on Friday afternoon

Chris Rogers has announced his retirement from first-class cricket following Somerset's final County Championship match

Jack Leach spun Somerset close to a two-day victory with the ECB pitch inspector looking on but they will have to return on the morrow after Rikki Clarke and Chris Wright finally fashioned Warwickshire resistance on a turning surface

Senior players are important to the team, not only to act as calm heads in crisis situations but also to provide inspiration to younger talent

Harry Podmore claimed four wickets on his first County Championship appearance for Middlesex as Somerset were bowled out for 236 on the opening day of the match at Taunton

Somerset's last-wicket pair of Jack Leach and Tim Groenewald eked out the 31 runs required to secure a dramatic victory over Surrey

Chris Rogers enjoyed himself hugely on his return to Lord's as he scored 104 not out against his former county to guide Somerset to 219 for 2 on the opening day against Middlesex

Somerset failed in their concerted bid to beat Yorkshire on the final day of their Specsavers' County Championship game at the County Ground, Taunton

In some ways, every day is Marcus Trescothick Day at the county ground in Taunton, so greatly does his spirit seem to animate the place

Somerset's players skedaddled away from the Riverside before lunch on Wednesday with a draw in their results column and eight points gained from the match

Chris Rogers feels that "life has come full circle" as he settles in the south-west of England for the first time since he left Australia to pursue his cricket career as a fresh-faced 18-year-old

Marcus Trescothick has promised his "unconditional support" to his replacements having stepped down as captain of Somerset

Stuart Broad is one of England's finest. Yet he is baited abroad and only grudgingly admired back home

Chris Rogers has spoken of how angry and upset he was after being hit on the helmet while fielding at short leg last summer, and of the psychological effects of a number of blows to the head following the death of Phillip Hughes

Chris Rogers, the former Australia opener, has signed a one-year deal with Somerset who will become his fifth English county

The new man in the Australia squad is a fielder who has the potential to be ranked an allrounder by virtue of his skill close-in