KLUSENER FACTFILE Born: Durban, 4/9/1971 Tests: 48 1904 runs, ave 33.40, high 174 78 wkts, ave 37.48, best 8-64 ODIs: 154 3381 runs, ave 43.34, high 103* 175 wkts, ave 29.37, best 6-49 Also: 1999 World Cup man of the series Feature: Farewell to folk hero Klusener

Klusener is pursuing the matter with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after he was discarded following the World Cup.

The 31-year-old says the UCB told him he was "rested" for the tour to Bangladesh and was promised a contract in time for South Africa's Test series against England.

Klusener is claiming for loss of earnings as he did not seek any county contracts under the impression he would be re-employed by South Africa.

Klusener's agent, Andrew Shedlock, said: "Although Lance just wants to play for South Africa again, he is also looking for compensation.

"Lance has been South Africa's best one-day cricketer since before the 1999 World Cup, so he couldn't have been dropped for cricketing reasons.

"Your guess is as good as mine as to what the real reasons are.

"But both the convenor of selectors, Omar Henry, who told him personally, and selector Hugh Page, on a television magazine show, said Lance was just being rested for the Bangladesh trip, so he was given expectations.

"To then just dump him was a terrible thing to do and, even if it was because of what he's supposedly like in the dressing room, why didn't he have a disciplinary hearing?"

A spokesman for the UCB told the BBC Sport website: "We are aware of the action Lance Klusener is taking but we have been advised by our lawyers to make no comment on the matter."