Australia's Chris Rogers finally scored the big hundred he so craved in a brilliant innings of 158 not out against England in the second Ashes test at Lord's on Thursday.
The 37-year-old left-hander, apparently doomed to be a one-test wonder for most of his career, used all his experience to strike 25 crisp fours around the home of cricket and put his team in complete control of the match.
"It's one of the proudest moments of my career," Rogers said.
"I got a hundred at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), then at the SCG (Sydney Cricket ground) and to get one here... it's so special."
Rogers has scored eight fifties in his last nine test innings but had not gone on to record a century in that rich run of form.
The compact left-hander made 95 in the first innings in the last test in Cardiff before scoring just 10 in the second but he eased past three figures and his previous test best score of 119 in a 259-run partnership with Steve Smith at Lord's.
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