4 Sep 2008

Arthur threatens to axe South Africa's senior citizens

6:59 pm on 4 September 2008

South Africa's cricket coach Mickey Arthur has hinted that some of the senior members of his team may have played their last one-day internationals following the 4-0 one-day series defeat by England.

England dominated the one-day series after losing the Test series 2-1 in August but rain in Cardiff denied them a chance to claim a historic 5-0 series.

The experienced South African internationals Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs and Makhaya Ntini all endured a difficult limited-overs series.

Arthur says it may be time for a change of direction with five one-dayers from the end of October, against Kenya and Bangladesh a chance to bring in new young players.