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Mike, Jacques' mentor

AFP, Birmingham
Jacques Rudolph said here Monday that he aimed to follow the advice of former England captain Michael Atherton.
Atherton was renowned for his ability to concentrate for long periods and Rudolph, who had a conversation with the opening batsman, told reporters at Edgbaston here Monday: "He said class players are the ones who can compartmentalise things.
"When they need to concentrate on a certain thing they do."
Rudolph made an unbeaten 71 in South Africa's seven-wicket NatWest triangular series one-day international win over England at Old Trafford on Thursday.
During that match he shared an unbroken stand of 145 with inform batsman Jacques Kallis (82 not out).
Rudolph said Kallis, 27, was the perfect example of the point Atherton was making, having also made two series hundreds despite his father's ongoing battle against cancer, during the course of South Africa's march to Saturday's Lord's final against England.
But before then South Africa must play England at Edgbaston in a day-night triangular match on Tuesday before facing Zimbabwe at Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground on Thursday.
"It will give us the mental edge if we beat them (England) tomorrow and take that into the final," Rudolph said.
At the weekend Rudolph, 23, was described as the best South African left-hander since Graeme Pollock by his nephew Shaun Pollock, the former Proteas captain and still the team's new-ball spearhead.
That was high-praise considering that Graeme Pollock's Test batting average of 60.97 is second
only to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman's 99.94 in the all-time list, while the likes of Gary Kirsten and current skipper Graeme Smith have followed him as South African left-handed batsman.
However, Transvaal's Rudolph has already made some cricket history of his own.
In April, against Bangladesh, he became only the fifth player in history to score a double century on Test debut.
And last year in the Lancashire
League traditionally one of English cricket's strongest club competitions he made five successive hundreds for Lowerhouse, surpassing the 51-year-old record of West Indies great Sir Everton Weekes who scored three consecutive centuries for Bacup in 1951.
However, Rudolph played down his achievement. "I had to assess the wickets first. It was only in the latter part of the season that I scored five hundreds."
Rudolph was equally calm about the prospect of playing at Lord's, a major milestone in the career of any cricketer.
"As a young player you can get caught up in the hype of playing at Lord's. You just have to control the controllables."
"But to win there would be great," Rudolph, whose career has not been an uninterrupted climb to the top, admitted.
In November 2001 what should have been his Test debut against India at Centurion was eventually stripped of Test status after match referee Mike Denness was refused permission to officiate following Indian objections.
And in January of this year Rudolph again missed out on a Test bow when, after being included in the team to face Australia at Sydney, he was replaced by Justin Ontong after United Cricket Board of South Africa chief Percy Sonn insisted there had to be more nonwhite players in the team.
"I have no hard feelings against Ontong. Why should I, he did nothing wrong," Rudolph insisted. "You will have good and bad experiences throughout your career."