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Jacques Kallis

Full Name
Jacques Henry Kallis
Born
16-10-1975 Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Current Age
45 years old
Major Teams
South Africa, ICC World XI, African XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast-medium
Jacques Kallis

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Jacques Kallis Biography

Jacques Kallis is a marvel of the modern game, a colossus whose influence is felt across every facet of cricket.
 
He was one of the greatest Test batsmen of his era — a period that saw Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting. In 2001-02, he batted 1,241 minutes between dismissals in Tests, amounting to 456 runs across four innings. Two years later, he scored 158, 177, 130 not out, 130 not out and 150 not out in five successive Tests.

Yet, bowling is by no means a minor arrow in his quiver, but a weapon always potent and sometimes destructive. In between the marathon batting feats, he captured six for 53 to vanquish England at Headingley in 2003. At Cape Town in 1998-99, he was at his versatile best, scoring 110 and 88 and capturing two for 34 and five for 90. He thus became only the second South African, after the great Aubrey Faulkner, to score a century and a fifty as well as claim five wickets in an innings in the same Test match.

In the slips, he is safe as a bank, and often flies through the air swooping up travelling balls with ridiculous ease. There is only one genius in history that merits comparison — Garry Sobers; and although the old timers point at the versatility of the West Indian legend, Kallis got most of his runs batting higher up the order — as befits the best batsman of the side.

Kallis’s batting is rooted to the copybook principles, the lack of expression on his face matching the orthodoxy of his technique. With the ball, he is generally used as a support bowler, but can be fast, disconcertingly so, with the ability to swing the ball a long way — and has been compared to Alec Bedser. The absence of frills has raised occasional accusations of slow batting, but he can hit the ball hard and has the fastest 50 in Test cricket under his belt. Later in his career, he evolved his game sufficiently to flourish in the Indian Premier League.

Kallis continues in his multiple roles through the ability to manage the rigours of body and mind. He tends to switch off between deliveries to remain fresh and focused, regulates his training assiduously, keeping sessions intensive and short. He retired from Tests in 2013-14 and ODIs in 2014.

Arunabha Sengupta

Jacques Kallis Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 166 280 13289 40 224 55.37 28903 45.97 45 58 1488 97 200 0
ODIs 328 314 11579 53 139* 44.36 15883 72.90 17 86 911 137 131 0
T20s 25 23 666 4 73 35.05 558 119.3 0 5 56 20 7 0
World Cup 36 32 1148 7 128* 45.92 1543 74.40 1 9 86 13 13 0

Jacques Kallis Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 166 20232 9535 292 32.65 2.827 69. 5 0 6/54 9/92
ODIs 328 10750 8680 273 31.79 4.844 39.37 2 0 5/21 5/30
T20s 25 276 333 12 27.75 7.239 23.00 0 0 4/13 4/15
World Cup 36 1266 904 21 43.04 4.284 60.28 0 -- 3/41 5/30

Jacques Kallis Career statistics

Test Debut

South Africa v England at Kingsmead, Durban, December 14, 1995

Last Test

South Africa v India at Kingsmead, Durban, December 26, 2013

ODI Debut

South Africa v England at Newlands, Cape Town, January 9, 1996

Last ODI

Sri Lanka v South Africa at Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, July 12, 2014

T20 Debut

South Africa v New Zealand at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, October 21, 2005

Last T20

India v South Africa at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, October 2, 2012

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Jacques Kallis Appointed England Batting Consultant For Sri Lanka Tour Next Month

The 45-year-old Kallis worked in a similar role with the Proteas last year in the Test series against England.

ICC Hall of Fame: Jacques Kallis, Lisa Sthalekar And Zaheer Abbas Inducted

Referring to the trio as ''greats'', ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney thanked the three cricketers and said that their legacy will ...

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Stokes joined former England all-rounder Ian Botham in the club of 4000 Test runs and 150-plus wickets.

Sachin Tendulkar Greatest Batsman But Jacques Kallis Most Complete Cricketer: Brett Lee

Lee, a contemporary of Tendulkar, said he found that the Indian batsman always had extra time to negotiate his deliveries.

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