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MIDDLESEX opener Chris Rogers believes his match-winning 241 not out against Yorkshire in the LV= County Championship is the greatest innings of his career.

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Rogers’ brilliant double-hundred inspired Middlesex to chase down 472 – their highest fourth-innings total ever at Lord’s – and record an incredible seven-wicket win over the Tykes.

The 36-year-old has hit 10 double-hundreds in his career and has four centuries at Test level. But he said: “I think it was the greatest innings I’ve hit.

To get over the line and still be there at the end is something to be very proud of

Chris Rogers

“There has been a couple of good ones but to be in a fourth innings and play like that and get a win, that doesn’t happen every day,” said Rogers, whose knock included 37 fours.

“That was what kept driving me on so to get over the line and still be there at the end is something to be very proud of.”

Yorkshire went into the final day as firm favourites to seal their second win of the season but Rogers, together with Sam Robson (77) and Neil Dexter (72), steered the hosts to the third-highest chase in County Championship history.

A poor first-innings score of 123 had put Yorkshire in control and Rogers said: “I said to the boys I thought the game was gone.

“The first innings was very disappointing, I just thought we were timid. They’ve got a very good attack, particularly in conditions that suit them and no one stood up and that was what annoyed me.

“I told the guys to go out and take their chance, be positive and we all did it – it won’t come off every day but it came off for us today.”