A tribute to Australia's unsung hero- Chris Rogers.

Despite being colour blind and short sighted,  he has played county cricket in England for the past ten years for four first-class teams Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Middlesex Here's a tribute to the unsung hero:

He maintained a first class average of nearly 50 and he went to made on his debut for the Australian National cricket team at the age of 30 in the year 2008. He was recalled again after 5 long years to the Australia National team for the Ashes Series in 2013.

He first made his debut in 1996 in England to play in the Devon Premier League for North Devon CC under the watchful eye of former Gloucestershire player and Test match umpire David Shepherd. He came back the following year to score a league record aggregate of 1,273 runs.

In 2002 he played for Exeter also in the Devon league and in 2003 he returned to England to play for Wellington CC in Shropshire League. He went on to make a single appearance for Shropshire in the Nat West Trophy where overseas players were allowed, but made a duck in his only game.

Rogers made his first trip into English First class by playing for Derbyshire in 2004 where he had suffered shoulder injury and played immensely well.

In the year 2005 Pointing’s Australia was touring England in a high-stakes Ashes series. Australia had to play Leicestershire County in a 3-day Test match. In the second innings of the match, A Australian scored a double century for Leicestershire. He scored 209 runs in 219 balls, at a strike rate of 96. He mastered the likes of Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Michael Kasprowicz and Stuart Macgill

Alas as Australia was roaring on the top of their success with the best players ever. The talented lad was ignored.

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In October 2006 he and Marcus North put on a record domestic third wicket partnership of 459, Western Australia v Victoria, at the WACA.Rogers score of 279 was the second highest ever by a West Australian, The highest ever was scored by Geoff marsh in the same ground in December 1989 and he scored 355.

In May 2007, Rogers was awarded his first national contract with Cricket Australia He returned to play back for Derbyshire in the year 2008.    He debuted for Australia on 16^th January 2008 where he scored four in the first innings and in second innings he scored 15 and he was dismissed by Irfan Pathan in both the innings.

In 2008 he scored 248 where he was not out   carrying his bat for Derbyshire against Warwickshire. The score was the third highest in a single innings by a single Derbyshire player and this was the highest score ever in 62 years. An impeccable achievement by Rogers.

Here's a video to tribute to Rogers by Cricket Australia:

#ThanksBucky https://t.co/dp8YjcMmOp

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) August 23, 2015

Rogers joined Middle sex in the year 2011 and he has been appointed captain for the 4 day LV County Championship side, he has scored a double century already in the 2013 season along with 184 showing his class .As of 19 August 2015, he has amassed 73 first class centuries, most amongst active batsmen.

The major breakthrough came in the year 2013 for Ashes 2013 and that too in the age of 35. He was the opening batsman throughout the series and partnered with Watson and Warner and scored his maiden test century in the first innings of the fourth test and he went on to be the highest third scorer with an average of 367 runs at 40.77.

With the Success what he had achieved in England he got the position of an opening batsman and partnered well with David Warner.

In the Ashes series 2013/14 he scored 463 runs at 46.30 to again be Australia's third-highest scorer. He then scored a rearguard century of 107 against South Africa in the second innings of the second Test in Port Elizabeth in February 2014, which was his only score above 50 in the series where he averaged 30.16.     

Rogers continued his form during the 2014/15 summer, scoring 417 runs at 52.12 in the four-Test home series against India.

Rogers scored seven consecutive half-centuries in Tests and equaled the record set by Everton Weekes, Kumar Sangakkara, Andy Flower and Shivnarine Chanderpaul. His scores read –  

55, 55, 57, 69, 95, 56 and 95 . He had only played 21 Test matches and he was already counted among the greats of the game.

Before his retirement he made his highest test score which was 173 in the first innings of the second Test at Lord's and made an unbeaten 49 before retiring hurt in the second innings after suffering a dizzy spell.

At the end of the day we can say, this man has set an example for generations to come. A real fighter, he never looked back in spite of the drawbacks and always have his best. Cricket fans will surely miss him.

We asked you to send in your tributes with #ThanksBucky. Here are the best tweets:

Thankyou for those exceptional straight drives. You have been an amazing player. We love you Rogers. #ThanksBucky @TheCrickBlog

— Param Kothari (@kothari_param) August 23, 2015

Chris Rogers Man of the Series. Deserving. It will be tough to find such a consistent player. #ThanksBucky

— Nikhil Mane (@nikhiltait) August 23, 2015

Chris Rogers is one of the great stories of perseverance in Aussie sport. #nevergiveup #thanksBucky

— Neroli Meadows (@Neroli_M_FOX) August 22, 2015

Its been a wonderful 2 yr stint with @cricketaus.. Im sure all the other lads learnt a great deal from you. Go well bud #thanksbucky

— HawkeEye (@Legslipp) August 18, 2015

Chris Rogers has been a loyal servant since his recall. Sure some innings it's failed but he didn't give up #Ashes

— Davis Harrigan (@DeadlineDavis) August 18, 2015

Will miss Chris Rogers. One of the very few around who bats acc. to the textbook. Stylish and orthodox. Enjoyed watching him. #ThanksBucky

— Nadeem Ahmed (@NadAhmed07) August 18, 2015

Congrats Buck Rogers, tough uncompromising cricket from a plucky brave cricketer, great career & memories #ThanksBucky #Ashes2015 #legend

— Benjamin Smith (@BenjaminSmith22) August 18, 2015