Media to blame for Kallis' 200 block

Wonder why Jacques Kallis has not managed to score a double century yet? Blame it on the media, writes Neil Manthorp in the Supercricket.co.za website.

It should suprise nobody that the media's obsession soon became his with the result that he concentrated his efforts on doing everything he could to raise his average. It meant, of course, that he could not get out. Not outs were the bricks and cement required to build a proper average. It meant that not only did a couple of potential double centuries go abegging, but even some centuries. Kallis was determined to cement his place in the team and if that meant scoring slowly and playing so far within his limits that even his fabled cover drive was limited to sporadic displays, then so be it.