The slow ascension of Adam Voges to cricket immortality

West Australian batsman followed former team mates Mike Hussey and Chris Rogers into the Australian team as a mature player lacking opportunity. There is vast experience and a strong desire driving Voges' amazing returns in test cricket as an ultra reliable middle order batsman. 

Making his first class debut for Western Australia in the 2002/03 season, Voges showed plenty of promise, he was appointed captain of the state side a decade later after former test player Marcus North resigned in 2012. He made his Australian One Day International debut in 2007 but with only 31 matches to his name, he hasn't played a lot of ODI cricket. 

Nonetheless, Voges has scored 870 runs at a reasonable 45.78 average. On a first class level, Voges has a wealth of experience with 179 matches and a handy average of 48.12 runs with stints in English county cricket, the Indian T20 IPL, the Caribbean Premier League and Perth Scorchers.

Voges was called up for maiden Australian test duties against the West Indies  for the touring test series on the 3rd of June 2015. Adam immediately fired posting his maiden test century on debut in Dominica becoming the oldest player to score a century on debut, he also picked up man of the match - a reasonable debut. 

His batting return on his 14 test matches has yielded 1267 runs at a Bradman like average of 95.50 runs; Adam has a highest score of 269 not out with five centuries and three half centuries. What is truly amazing is his five centuries include two double centuries. At 36 years of age when most international players have already retired, the question is, how long can Adam Voges continue to play international test cricket for?