How were you dismissed Dad!

What if his son asks Chris Rogers this question, instead of inquiring, ‘Dad, what your first runs in test cricket were, and how you scored them?

Probably, Rogers will shake his head in disgust, and lament: Leg Before Wicket, and given out wrongly.

And the answer about the first runs would have been a cracking four to the covers, one of the best shots for an opener to help settle his nerves.

How in a matter of three deliveries the whole world of Rogers may have changed upside down. First he shows his class, then he leaves a good one, and then he leaves to India’s delight!

As Gavaskar said, people remember their first runs, be it in Test Cricket, State Cricket, or Club level cricket. But one can bet they will also be remembering their first dismissals, especially if they have been done in by the marginal ones.

But an unfortunate decision for Rogers was also a perfect case of divine justice. Had the benefit of doubt gone to Tendulkar and Dhoni, India would have been looking at at least 100 runs more than the eventual total. Still, they have Australia on the mat as of now, and that augurs good for the test.