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Team mates put pressure on Kirsten

August 26, 2003 11:49 IST
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South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten said on Monday that his team mates were urging him to reconsider his decision to retire from Test cricket.

Kirsten, man of the match in the 191-run fourth Test win against England at Headingley, told a news conference: "I said this would be my last series but the guys have been putting some heat on me.

"I haven't made any decision but by the time I head back to South Africa I think they'll be demanding a decision.

"I'll speak to my six-month pregnant wife and see what she says."

Kirsten scored 130 and 60 on an unpredictable Headingley wicket against England, prompting England captain Michael Vaughan to say: "He won them the game."

The 35-year-old left-hander from Western Province has played in 92 Tests but has already quit one-day internationals. He averages over 40, the standard for world-class players, in both forms of the game.

In the series against England he is averaging 68.60, missing the Trent Bridge Test with an elbow problem.

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