Jacques Kallis Quotations

We've got a new challenge with the series against New Zealand. It'll be nice to see some black caps out there instead of the baggy green. So we're looking forward to that challenge. There is the danger that we've been playing some very hard cricket, but we've got 10 days off, which means the guys can go away and get mentally prepared for New Zealand. It's a huge series for us. I think it's a series that could define our season. We're going to be taking it very seriously - it's a very big series for us.

We have put ourselves in a good position.

When things don't go your way you do get a little frustrated. But it was nothing out of the ordinary.

But this one was right up there especially after we were 118 for six.

Fortunately Ashy and I managed to get one going but we just needed to be patient and keep building, waiting for the bad ball. Fortunately it's put us in a strong position after batting first at the SCG, which is what you need to do.

I think a lot of sides would have left it maybe a little bit earlier.

I woke up this morning and it was all right and I didn't have any worries with it today.

I still rate the one I got against Australia as my number one, but it was my first and that's always special,

We had to strike early with the new ball and we did. Unfortunately, Australia took it to us, played aggressively and took their chances.

We knew we had to strike early, and we managed that. But Australia played as aggressively as they have all series, and in the end they deserved to win.

We arrived this morning really believing we could win it, obviously we needed a few things to go our way.

We would have preferred to have been five down at the close.

We would have been happy with 240 for five, losing that last wicket was crucial.

The pitch did a bit this morning, and we lost a few wickets. But Shaun played magnificently and showed the value of his experience.

The pitch did a bit this morning, and we lost a few wickets, ... But Shaun played magnificently and showed the value of his experience.

We've put ourselves in a good position now and it's just a matter of following through.

I've started hitting some hard balls at training this week and I've felt really good. I've had a combination of rest and treatment and I've strengthened the elbow a lot. I haven't got any pain.

The momentum seems to be with us and Australia is feeling the pressure.

It's a tough one, we can only go on the evidence we saw on TV and you can't really say.

It's a wicket that goes around a bit and then becomes a good batting wicket.

The next two days are quite critical for him, but I think he'll be fine.

I want to challenge myself against the best and the Australians are the best. Glenn McGrath is a huge loss. The other pace bowlers haven't taken nearly as many wickets as Glenn and that might be to our advantage.

I had my first full-blooded throw-downs today and it's coming along. Hopefully I'll have a bat tomorrow and the next day. I'm pretty confident that I'll be 100 per cent fit.

I never thought it would come and definitely not so quickly.

He's put us under pressure right through the series. He's a tall guy that made all our batters play.

I'd rather be in our seat than theirs.

I am pretty confident I will be 100 per cent fit. I don't know if it's an injury that you can go in at about 90 per cent fit.

I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far,

The pressure on me is nothing compared to Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja, like Ram Gopal Verma, must always fail. The crowd always expects him to fail and it is too much pressure on him. And, he rarely disappoints them.

Had Rahul Dravid been born in any country other than India, he would have been much more famous than Sachin Tendulkar.