28 Dec 2013

Kallis not required for world T20

11:20 am on 28 December 2013

Retiring Test all-rounder Jacques Kallis hasn't been included in South Africa's preliminary 30-man squad for the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 tournament to be played in Bangladesh in March and April next year.

Kallis announced midweek he would retire from Test cricket at the end of the current test against India but said he was available to play for South Africa in limited overs cricket.

In particular he stated his ambition to be part of his country's 50-overs World Cup campaign in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

A Cricket South Africa spokesman says there's nothing to be read into Kallis' non-selection with the 38-year-old not being part of the Twenty20 squad for some time.