Chris Rogers has refused to let his last chance at wearing a baggy green slip Chris Rogers wants his chance to wear the baggy green for Australia. HE's 35, played just one test for Australia, and that was five years ago but Chris Rogers has a message for selectors. "There will be no backward step," the fired-up batsman said yesterday of his last shot at wearing the baggy green. Rogers was playing for his Middlesex county side when the call came through saying he was being selected to replace the suspended David Warner in the Australian squad for the warm up tests against Somerset next week. Prove himself here and the left hander will earn a place on the pitch at Trent Bridge for the opening Ashes Test next month. It will be a dream come true for the man who has played for his country only once before and did not perform well enough for a recall. Five years on and with a batting average of 50 in first class cricket and the Sydney-born Rogers says he's ready for the chance again. "I think the fact I'm toward the end of my career and I know what my game's all about and I've played a lot of it over here and I hope that can make a difference whether I can pass that onto the other guys and make the most of it for myself - I just hope come that first Test I'm in the side and I can make a few runs," he told News Ltd yesterday. There's been times when sides have been picked and I've been disappointed I haven't been chosen so after those I thought maybe my time has past but you never give up hope and I've been playing quite well and that phone call arrived. British commentators have praised his selection into the Australian side. They know his work better than most since he's played for five county sides in the UK and scored double centuries for four of them. He knows the players, he knows the grounds and he knows what he can do. Wearing the "399" monogrammed shirt again yesterday, the number noting him as the 399th man to wear the baggy green back in 2008, he said he saw this as "a last chance" and while it was unfortunate for Warner he was going to make the most of it. "When you get left out of a side there's only one thing you can do and that's score runs and I've been trying to do that for a while now and hopefully its paid off and I'm back on the side," he said. Maybe mirroring his own career to some point, he said the Australian side had been very undervalued on this tour and that will only fire them up more. "I've played against all these guys who are in the Australian squad and I know the amount of talent that's in the squad so I have no doubt we can prove people wrong and if all of us find form we can shock a few people no doubt," he said. An Australia with their back to the wall is something to fear so I've no doubt come that first test there's going to be a lot of belief and a lot of confidence that we can put a lot of pressure on England. And does he feel his back is against the wall? I've set myself to fight hard on the next few games and hopefully I can take that into the first test. It was a sledge a few years ago that he once credited with inspiring him to lift his game and fight for selection in the 2008 team. He says now the supposed sledge from Matthew Hayden was said more in jest and was blown out of proportion. But this time around it's all up to him. "All I can do is score runs," he said.