Does Kallis really need a 'rest'?
Neil Manthorp recalls the messy episode that Cricket South Africa had got into when it rested Lance Klusener for a tour to Bangladesh in a piece on the SuperCricket website
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Neil Manthorp recalls the messy episode that Cricket South Africa had got into when it rested Lance Klusener for a tour to Bangladesh in a piece on the SuperCricket website. He says the mistake has been repeated again with Jacques Kallis' omission from the Twenty20 squad. Manthorp believes a player of Kallis' stature should have been given the nod, though many may consider his batting style undesirable for the format.
Who is South Africa's leading six-hitter in both test and one-day cricket? Klusener, Justin Kemp? Shaun Pollock? No. Try someone else. Someone who isn't suited to 20-over cricket. Maybe Kallis really isn't suited to this game. But surely his status means he was worth a chance to prove it, a chance to bat without the constant threat of collapse at the other end weighing him down.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo