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| Jacques Kallis has retired from international cricket, with the South Africa all-rounder admitting that next year’s World Cup was just out of his reach. | Jacques Kallis has retired from international cricket, with the South Africa all-rounder admitting that next year’s World Cup was just out of his reach. |
| The 38-year-old, who has been a mainstay since making his Test debut in 1995, will continue to play club cricket despite calling it a day in all forms of the international game. | The 38-year-old, who has been a mainstay since making his Test debut in 1995, will continue to play club cricket despite calling it a day in all forms of the international game. |
| Kallis stepped down from the Test side in December but has now confirmed he will no longer be available for one-day or Twenty20 teams. | |
| Having announced his Test retirement after accumulating 13,174 runs and 292 wickets in Tests, Kallis declared his intention to finish his South Africa career with a successful 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The former Middlesex and Glamorgan player has decided, however, that the recent 2-1 ODI series win in Sri Lanka will be his final outing. | |
| “I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far,” he said. “I just knew on that tour that I was done. The squad that was in Sri Lanka is an amazing one and I believe they have a good chance of bringing the trophy home in March. | “I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far,” he said. “I just knew on that tour that I was done. The squad that was in Sri Lanka is an amazing one and I believe they have a good chance of bringing the trophy home in March. |
| “I would like to thank Cricket South Africa, the team, the team sponsors, my sponsors, the fans and all the people who have been involved in my career. It has been an amazing journey. I am not retiring from all cricket as I have a two-year contract with the Sydney Thunder and, if possible, to help the Kolkata Knight Riders defend the IPL title we won earlier this year.” | “I would like to thank Cricket South Africa, the team, the team sponsors, my sponsors, the fans and all the people who have been involved in my career. It has been an amazing journey. I am not retiring from all cricket as I have a two-year contract with the Sydney Thunder and, if possible, to help the Kolkata Knight Riders defend the IPL title we won earlier this year.” |
| With South Africa the No1 ranked Test side and a decent chance of taking their maiden World Cup title next year, Kallis leaves with the team in good shape. | With South Africa the No1 ranked Test side and a decent chance of taking their maiden World Cup title next year, Kallis leaves with the team in good shape. |
| Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of CSA, was quick to praise the impact Kallis had on the sport. “South Africa has been blessed with one of the world’s greatest cricketing talents in Jacques Kallis,” he said. | Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of CSA, was quick to praise the impact Kallis had on the sport. “South Africa has been blessed with one of the world’s greatest cricketing talents in Jacques Kallis,” he said. |
| “He is undeniably one of the greatest players ever to have graced our wonderful game and he has certainly been the Proteas standard-bearer of excellence for nearly two decades. He has played a huge part in making cricket a truly national sport of winners and, in doing so, contributed so much to the important process of nation building. | “He is undeniably one of the greatest players ever to have graced our wonderful game and he has certainly been the Proteas standard-bearer of excellence for nearly two decades. He has played a huge part in making cricket a truly national sport of winners and, in doing so, contributed so much to the important process of nation building. |
| “To say that we will miss him on the playing field is stating the obvious. Each one of us from this day on will treasure the many fond memories of his awesome career. On behalf of CSA and all our stakeholders, I would like to sincerely thank Jacques for his huge contribution to the game of cricket and wish him only the best as he moves on from the international playing arena.” | “To say that we will miss him on the playing field is stating the obvious. Each one of us from this day on will treasure the many fond memories of his awesome career. On behalf of CSA and all our stakeholders, I would like to sincerely thank Jacques for his huge contribution to the game of cricket and wish him only the best as he moves on from the international playing arena.” |