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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, May 18 (IANS) Australia&#39;s opening batsman Chris Rogers on Monday indicated that he will drop the curtains on his Test career at the completion of the upcoming Ashes series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Rogers, 37, said signing off from his career that has so far netted him 20 Tests at the completion of the five-match Test series in Britain where he has played many seasons of country cricket would prove a fitting final act, reports cricket.com.au.The first Test of the Ashes series will start on July 8.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The left-hander who played one Test in his home town of Perth in 2008 before moving to Victoria where he continued to score heavily and was recalled to the Australia line-up for the 2013 Ashes campaign, is heading to the West Indies for Australia&rsquo;s upcoming two-Test series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I&rsquo;m very happy. I&rsquo;ve been pretty fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it. But time calls on everyone and I think it&rsquo;s nearly up for me,&quot; he told Fox Sports.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I think to go out in the Ashes and in England where I&rsquo;ve played a lot of cricket is pretty fitting.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In the wake of last summer&rsquo;s successful home Test campaign against India, Rogers hinted strongly that if he was part of Australia&rsquo;s touring party for the West Indies and England that would likely be his Test cricket swansong.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;With the amount of cricket I&rsquo;ve played and the length of time I&rsquo;ve spent there (in the UK) it would be maybe a great way to finish,&quot; he said in January of the chance to be part of the first Australian team to win an Ashes series away from home since 2001.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I&#39;m really looking forward to that if I get selected. It would round everything off and mean a lot. It would mean I&#39;ve completed or been part of something big so that would be an ideal way to finish, so we&rsquo;ll have to wait and see.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In his 20 Tests, Rogers has scored 1535 runs at an average of 39.35 with four centuries and a highest score of 119. He has formed an eclectic but highly effective Test opening partnership with David Warner, and has amassed almost 24,000 runs in a first-class career stretching back 17 years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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