Kallis resigns from South Africa role
Tuesday, 14 August 2007 10:41All-rounder Jacques Kallis has resigned as South African vice-captain after being left out of the Proteas Twenty20 World Cup squad.
Selectors insisted Kallis was being rested for the tournament, which will take place in South Africa next month.
Andre Nel and Andrew Hall were also left out of the equation when new convenor of selectors Joubert Strydom announced the side on Saturday.
But after revealing his disappointed at not being selected, Kallis decided to reconsider his future in the game.
'I have resigned as vice-captain and I'm considering my options with regard to the rest of my career,' Kallis told supercricket.co.za.
'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.'
Kallis, who has played 107 Tests and 261 one-day internationals, has been linked with a switch to County cricket in England with South African players able to take advantage of the Kolpak ruling to avoid overseas player quotas.
'I feel I have a lot of good cricket left and my best years might even be ahead of me,' he added.
'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.'
