Kallis wants to erase memory
2008-08-28 18:38
London - Jacques Kallis will take over
from the injured Graeme Smith as South Africa captain for the
third one day international against England, coach Mickey Arthur
said on Thursday.
Kallis, South Africa's highest test run-getter, looked
forward to putting some pressure back on England.
"It's a sad situation that I've come in to but we'll take
the opportunity, it's something that I have done before and I
have enjoyed it," he said.
"But losing Graeme is a huge loss to the side, you don't
replace guys like that easily."
Kallis said the team were determined to erase the memory of
Trent Bridge.
"We pride ourselves on our performance and we've played some
good cricket over the last two years," he said. "And the way of
performing in the last two games is nowhere near where we should
be performing.
"It is a changing side but there's no excuse to perform the
way we have...the pressure is now on England to win the series,"
said Kallis.
"They've been in a situation a few times before and not
followed through and we've been in a situation where we've been
2-0 down in a series and come back to win it so I think it's
going to be a hard, tough couple of games.
"Every game is our final."
South Africa need to win Friday's match at the Oval to keep
the series alive after being thrashed by 10 wickets in the
second ODI at Nottingham on Tuesday but Smith will be absent due
to a persistent elbow problem.
"Graeme, from the last Test match and the start of the one
dayers, has been pretty much playing on borrowed time with his
elbow unfortunately," Arthur told Sky Sports News.
Arthur said the captain, who would stay on with the rest of
the team, probably should not have played the fourth and final
test at the Oval.
"He's such a hard guy and such a driven person that we kept
him going and obviously things didn't go according to plan. We
thought we might get a little cushion and then we could rest him
but that hasn't happened," he said.
- Reuters