KP, Trott and Kieswetter not missed in South African team: Steyn – Cricket News Update
South African pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 in particular, claiming that they would not be able to make it into the Proteas set-up now.
"Pietersen, Trott and Kieswetter are ... fantastic players but I'm not saying we're missing out because if I look at our team, who would they knock out? I think they'd have a hard time getting into our team," Steyn said in an interview with the Daily Mail.
With a much-hyped 3-match Test series between England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 scheduled to commence on July 19 at the Kennington Oval in London, the South African origins of several players in the home team’s set-up have been brought out into the limelight.
Pietersen and Trott are both South-African born, but the former is eligible to play for England owing to the fact that his mother is English, while the latter is a British passport holder owing to his English grandparents.
Trott recently ruffled many feathers with several strong statements regarding his “Britishness” – he insisted that he considered England his home, and did not enjoy visiting South Africa.
"I'm happy for them that they've come over here and made good lives for themselves and achieved fantastic things in cricket but I'm not saying that we miss them at all," Steyn insisted.
"... they will soon be playing for the No. 2 team in the world because we want to get to No. 1. The ranking is something we are really striving for. "
The upcoming series is more than a battle of nationalities and allegiances, however. The top spot on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in January/February this year, have reduced the margin of ratings between the top two teams.
The Poms currently have a rating of 117, while South Africa (at number 2) possess 116 points, and are well-placed to claim the top spot if they manage to defeat England in the upcoming series.
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