South Africa head coach Mark Boucher wants Jacques Kallis back on the South African consulting team as he believes the legendary batsman can add great value to his side. (More Cricket News)
Kallis is a consultant to the England squad currently touring Sri Lanka.Â
He was not re-appointed to the Proteas support staff in the current season because the transformation policy of Cricket South Africa (CSA) did not allow a white person to be appointed if an equivalent black person was available for the post.
CSA took the position in its controversial attempts to create more opportunities for black players and managers to replace the former whites-only national squad under apartheid.
But, the new CSA Board has reversed that deicsion and is seeking legal advice on the restriction.
바카라If we can get him (Kallis) involved somewhere soon, maybe against Australia (in three Tests starting next month), I think we must,바카라 Boucher was quoted as saying by 'The Star' daily.
바카라There바카라s a lot of knowledge that Jacques can pass on to a lot of our batters. The batting knowledge that he has got (from over 150 tests), along with others in this country, needs to be utilised,바카라 Boucher said about his former national team-mate.
The head coach said he was still due to talk to Kallis but was confident that he could convince him to re-join the Proteas.
"I just hope that we treat him with care. I바카라ve seen that he바카라s got a lot of opportunities in world cricket at the moment.
바카라We바카라d be stupid not to hang onto him. I know that Jacques would love to working in South African cricket and after the conversations we바카라ve had, we바카라ll hopefully se him back here,바카라 Boucher said.
Kallis had said he had wanted to continue working with the Proteas but he also understood the reasoning behind the CSA decision at that time.
바카라I suppose it바카라s the way of our country 바카라 a lot of players have fallen away because of needing players of colour to be involved. It바카라s tough, but we understand where it comes from. It바카라s sad in a way that I can바카라t help out South Africa,바카라 Kallis said.
