{"id":7062,"date":"2012-01-15T20:44:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T18:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/cricket-kallis-amla-omitted-from-south-africa-odi-squad\/"},"modified":"2012-01-15T20:44:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T18:44:49","slug":"cricket-kallis-amla-omitted-from-south-africa-odi-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-kallis-amla-omitted-from-south-africa-odi-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Kallis, Amla omitted from South Africa ODI squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Jan 15 (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis and
\nHashim Amla have been omitted from South Africa’s one-day
\ninternational (ODI) squad for the remainder of the series
\nagainst Sri Lanka, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on
\nSunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All-rounder Kallis, 36, has been rested while Amla, the
\ntop-ranked batsman in ODIs, has been granted time off as his
\nwife is expecting the couple’s first child.<\/p>\n

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The other change to the original 14-man squad sees
\nall-rounder Rory Kleinveldt ruled out through injury.<\/p>\n

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Batsmen Alviro Petersen and Colin Ingram and all-rounder
\nVernon Philander were named as the replacements.<\/p>\n

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Philander, who played the last of his seven ODI’s in 2008,
\nearns a place in the squad on the back of an impressive
\nintroduction to test cricket after capturing 30 wickets in his
\nfirst four tests.<\/p>\n

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“Both Petersen and Philander showed excellent form in the
\nrecent test series against Sri Lanka and they have also
\nrepresented the Proteas in the ODI format before so I don’t
\nanticipate their having any problems adapting to 50 overs
\ncricket,” CSA selection convener Andrew Hudson said in a
\nstatement.<\/p>\n

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“Although we are sad to lose players such as Amla and Kallis
\nI see this as an opportunity to try out our options. There are
\nstill places up for grabs in our ODI squad and I must say I am
\nexcited to see the talent coming through our development
\npipeline.”<\/p>\n

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South Africa lead the five-match ODI series against Sri
\nLanka 2-0 with the third match scheduled for Tuesday in
\nBloemfontein. The series concludes in Johannesburg on Jan. 22.<\/p>\n

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South Africa squad – Johan Botha, AB de Villiers (capt), JP
\nDuminy, Francois du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Albie Morkel, Morne
\nMorkel, Wayne Parnell, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon
\nPhilander, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
\n (Reporting by Jason Humphries in Durban; Editing by Peter
\nRutherford)<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG Jan 15 (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla have been omitted from South Africa’s one-day international (ODI) squad for the remainder of the series against Sri Lanka, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Sunday. All-rounder Kallis, 36, has been rested while Amla, the top-ranked batsman in ODIs, has been granted time off as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-7062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}