Rogers feared career was over

BIRMINGHAM: Australia opener Chris Rogers has revealed how he thought his career was finished after suffering an on-field dizzy spell during the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.
The 37-year-old left-hander had to leave the field on the fourth and final day as Australia completed a 405-run thrashing of England to level the five-match series at 1-1.
A week of tests in London revealed nothing more serious than a balance problem in the inner ear, thought to have been caused when he was hit on the helmet by a short ball from James Anderson at Lord’s in his first-innings 173 — Rogers’s Test-best score.
The test results came amid fears Rogers had suffered concussion — something which forced him out of Australia’s preceding 2-0 Test series win in the West Indies after he was hit on the head batting in the nets.
“If it was concussion (at Lord’s), I would have definitely thought that maybe that was it (for my career),” said Rogers, who plans to retire after the Ashes.
He came through a training session on Monday which appeared to suggest he would retain his place for the third Test at Edgbaston starting on Wednesday.
“But speaking to the specialists, they ruled that out and said it was a completely different injury so that helped.
“It was a really weird sensation. It just looked like it (the Pavilion at Lord’s) was going from left to right, and almost like my eyes were jumping.”