Fighting for survival: Australia's Ed Cowan bats during day three of the tour match between Worcestershire and Australia at New Rd in Worcester. Source: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images
ED Cowan was given a reprieve yesterday which could have a significant bearing on his immediate Test career.
Opening the batting in the second innings against Worcestershire the left-hander was dropped at slip before he had scored.
By lunch on day three, Cowan was unbeaten on 18 with Australia 1- 47, an overall lead of 159 after Worcestershire was bowled out for 284.
Phil Hughes was promoted to No.3 and went to lunch on one.
Ryan Harris claimed two and James Faulkner one of the remaining wickets yesterday morning.
Jackson Bird did not add to his overnight tally of four wickets, finishing with 4-48 from 25 overs.
Rogers was leg before wicket just before lunch for a run a ball 26 with six fours playing across a delivery from spinner Moin Ali.
For the second time in as many tour matches Watson was rested after a brilliant first-innings performance, this time a run a ball 109 on Tuesday.
Cowan, who scored 58 batting at No.3 in the first innings before running himself out in clumsy fashion, needs to keep pressing if he is to retain a place in the first Test, beginning at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.
He has already lost the opening spot to Rogers and is no certainty of remaining at three in the Test side given the intense competition for places.
Like too many players in the side, Cowan has been hampered by an inability to convert good starts into big scores.
He has just one century in 17 Tests and playing for Nottingham this England summer Cowan averaged 43 but he failed to convert any of his four half-centuries into hundreds.
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