SA rests Kallis from first ODI against Australia

MELBOURNE: South Africa has decided to rest their star all-rounder Jacques Kallis, who is yet to recover from a groin injury, for first encounter of the five-match ODI series against Australia on Friday.
"Jacques hasn't come through quite for Friday so he's going to be missing out," captain Graeme Smith was quoted as saying.
Earlier, a medical examination failed to trace anything serious about his injury, making the Proteas hopeful about availability of the 33-year-old cricketer in the first ODI in Durban.
Kallis captained the Proteas in absence of the injured skipper Graeme Smith in the Cape Town Test, during which he broke down with a groin-muscle injury while bowling on the last day of the match.
Smith, who like Kallis missed South Africa's two Twenty20 International wins against Australia last week because of injury, has returned to the side recovering from a fractured little finger.