Tuesday 31 March 2015 09:53, UK
Jacques Kallis and VVS Laxman bolstered our team of experts during the World Cup and we couldn’t let them head off to the IPL for their respective mentor roles without reflecting a little on their stellar international careers.
A little over eight months since Kallis played his last one-day international for South Africa, the 39-year-old looked back over his 19 years as one of the greatest all-rounders in the game.
Download the podcast to hear Kallis on a range of subjects, including:
- What he misses most about representing his country
- How he’s been spending his time since retiring as a player and the work the Jacques Kallis foundation is doing
- Whether a South African can win this year’s Masters
- Some of the highlights of his career, including winning the Test mace in 2012
- England’s Ashes chances and the challenge of travelling to South Africa in the winter
- How his spells in county cricket helped to develop his game
In the second half of the podcast, we catch up with VVS Laxman to reminisce about a career that spanned 134 Tests and hear about:
- The standout moment of his Test career and what it meant to be part of a ‘special team’
- Who he enjoyed batting with in a stellar line-up and why
- What it is like representing India and how much preparation was needed to stay at the top level
- If Test cricket can stand its own against the increasing popularity of T20 cricket in India
- His frustration at missing out on the 2003 World Cup and how he used the setback to his advantage
- What it was like meeting one of his cricketing heroes, David Gower!
Listen to our interviews with Jacques and Kallis by downloading the Sky Cricket Podcast
