Injured Kallis hopeful of being fit for ODIs
Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-day international against Australia after suffering a groin injury in South Africa's victory in Cape Town
Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town
22-Mar-2009
Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-day international against Australia after suffering a groin injury in
South Africa's victory in Cape Town. Kallis, the stand-in captain,
left the field during the final session of Australia's second innings
and the leadership duties were taken over by the wicketkeeper Mark
Boucher.
Kallis had a heavy workload during the game, in which he scored a
century and bowled 20 overs in addition to his captaincy role. The
strain to his right groin will have extra time to heal as Kallis is
not part of the squad for the two Twenty20 internationals to be played
over the coming week.
"Hopefully I'll be all right," Kallis said. "I've got a scan tomorrow
morning, hopefully it's not too serious. I've got a couple of days off
now. I'm not in the Twenty20 squad so I've got two weeks before the
first one-day game. Hopefully I'll be ready for that."
The ODI series begins in Durban on April 3. Kallis' team-mates now
head to Johannesburg for the first Twenty20 international, which is
scheduled for Friday.
Brydon Coverdale is a staff writer at Cricinfo