Barney Rogers

However, a row over contracts led to him being sidelined despite his excellent ODI record just before the New Zealand series in 2005. To date, he has not been recalled or offered a contract.

Rogers was selected to tour England in 2003 but did not do well at all and was sent home after the Test series. But his domestic form for Mashonaland was good and he made his ODI debut against West Indies at the end of the year. In three games as opener he scored a fifty in the match Zimbabwe won. Against Bangladesh, he played as opener and scored a fifty in the decisive third ODI victory. He then joined Heath Streak's rebellion and played no part in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Australia and England. He was, along with Gavin Ewing and Charles Coventry the first player to settle the dispute with the board. He must have realised that as a young man he might only get this chance at high-class cricket.

Rogers was admitted to the CFX Academy in 2001 and impressed head coach David Houghton, playing as an opener in the Logan Cup and scoring four fifties in five games.

Barney Guy Rogers (born August 20, 1982 in Harare) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He is a left-handed batsman with a solid technique and a good range of judiciously applied attacking shots. He also bowls occasional offspin. Rogers was good enough at field hockey to play at U20 level for Zimbabwe and his favourite recreation is spear fishing.