Kallis urged not to quit as SA cricket vice-captain
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 14 (AFP): South African cricket authorities Tuesday said they hoped star all-rounder Jacques Kallis would withdraw his resignation as vice-captain of the national team.
Kallis rocked South African cricket by announcing his resignation two days after he was left out of his country's team for next month's ICC World Twenty20 championship in South Africa.
Kallis told the Cape Times newspaper: "I have resigned as vice-captain and I'm considering my options with regard to the rest of my career."
Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola said in a statement that Kallis had telephoned him Monday to say he was resigning as vice-captain.
"I said we all understood his disappointment, and appealed to him not to resign while in an emotional state but to rather meet with CSA to discuss the matter fully so that we could deal with all the issues at hand.
"It is most disappointing therefore that Jacques took a unilateral decision after speaking to me to publicly announce his resignation as vice-captain."
Majola said Kallis's actions were regrettable in view of a recent agreement between CSA and the South African Cricketers' Association which outlined the way issues involving players should be dealt with.
"Jacques is employed by CSA, and we expected him at least to sit down at a meeting and go through the matter before he made his own decision to make a public announcement.
"The reasons for his omission from the squad were fully explained to him as well as the prominent role he will play in a very full and varied season after the tournament.
"CSA hopes that Jacques will reconsider his decision because we believe that he has much to offer as vice-captain and has been a stalwart on the field for South African cricket for more than a decade”.
Kallis rocked South African cricket by announcing his resignation two days after he was left out of his country's team for next month's ICC World Twenty20 championship in South Africa.
Kallis told the Cape Times newspaper: "I have resigned as vice-captain and I'm considering my options with regard to the rest of my career."
Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola said in a statement that Kallis had telephoned him Monday to say he was resigning as vice-captain.
"I said we all understood his disappointment, and appealed to him not to resign while in an emotional state but to rather meet with CSA to discuss the matter fully so that we could deal with all the issues at hand.
"It is most disappointing therefore that Jacques took a unilateral decision after speaking to me to publicly announce his resignation as vice-captain."
Majola said Kallis's actions were regrettable in view of a recent agreement between CSA and the South African Cricketers' Association which outlined the way issues involving players should be dealt with.
"Jacques is employed by CSA, and we expected him at least to sit down at a meeting and go through the matter before he made his own decision to make a public announcement.
"The reasons for his omission from the squad were fully explained to him as well as the prominent role he will play in a very full and varied season after the tournament.
"CSA hopes that Jacques will reconsider his decision because we believe that he has much to offer as vice-captain and has been a stalwart on the field for South African cricket for more than a decade”.