Kallis retaliates by resigning from vice-captaincy

The versatile cricketer, Jacques Kallis steps down from the the post of vice-captain for the South African team.

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The decision comes in wake of his resentment shown for his recent omission from the country's Twenty20 World Championship squad. Moreover, Kallis is also adamant in contemplating over his playing future for the team as well.

Disheartened Kallis said:

I have resigned as vice-captain and I'm considering my options with regard to the rest of my career. I have been thinking long and hard over the weekend and there is still a lot of emotion involved because I am extremely disappointed. I was very excited about the tournament and hoping to make a huge contribution. I feel I have a lot of good cricket left and my best years might even be ahead of me. Ideally, I would like to play many more years for my country but this weekend caused me to question my future for the first time.

African selectors on the other hand state that Kallis is being rested due to teams packed schedule following the Twenty20 World Cup. Other prominent players like Andre Nel and Andrew Hall have also been left citing same grounds.

It means that the South African squad will undoubtedly miss services of their recognised death bowlers in the shorter version of the game.

Kallis's slow scoring rate during the recent 50 Over World Cup, inspite being the leading run scorer and making a run-a-ball with relative sluggish starts in his half-dozen Twenty20 appearances at both domestic and international level, might have impelled the selectors of his non-selection.

The 31year old, ICC's top-ranked all-rounder Kallis, has so far played 107 Tests and 261 one-day internationals averaging 55.09 and 45.93 respectively. As of September 2006, he became the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 8,000 runs and claiming 200 wickets in both Test and One Day International podium.

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Via: Cricketnext