Rogers, who was struck on the head by James Anderson in the first innings at Lord’s, retired in his second innings after dizzy spells.

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When we put on the hundred partnership in the second innings (at Lord’s), I came down the wicket and shook his hand and said “mate you can’t leave me”, {

-595483253}. Before narrating the seriousness of the situation, Warner joked that with all the talk about both the batsmen not getting along; Warner thought that his teammate didn’t want to talk to him.

“We certainly haven’t ruled him out of next week’s Test, it’s just a matter of seeing how he goes over the next 48 hours”. I think it’s fair to say that was a concern he had and we all had, given his recent history and so on. I was anxious. I had no idea what was going on.

“He said: “I don’t know what’s happening here”.

Rogers, 37, has spent the early part of this week seeing specialists and being scanned, accompanied by the Australia team doctor, Peter Brukner, but some irregularities in the findings have forced the tourists to take further precautions.

Rogers has still not been given the all-clear to play in the third Test and will have further scans this week, although the Australian medical team believe he is not suffering from concussion.

“Chris will remain in London where he will have further checks on Friday”, confirmed a Cricket Australia spokesperson.

For the time being, Brukner said the veteran left-hander is simply thankful to know that the problem he is now battling with is not related to the concussion that threatened to curtail his farewell tour, having announced this Ashes series will be his last as a Test player.

Warner is keen to extend their opening partnership beyond the five-Test series that is squared 1-1. Stricter controls guidelines around concussion injuries are in the process of being introduced in Australia as the game reacts to the death of Phillip Hughes past year. “He is on his Kindle but I’m on my iPhone looking at news”.

Rogers was not scheduled to play in a three-day tour match against county side Derbyshire at Derby starting on Thursday in any event.

Australia will continue to monitor Chris Rogers ahead of the third Ashes Test but they appear confident he will be involved. He’ll also have some treatment, there’s a physiotherapist who specialises in this area who is going to see him on Friday.

“There are different components of the vestibular and balance system and there’s various tests that can identify which of these components is working and which one is damaged”, Brukner added.