He has limited success with the bat, though, scoring 76 runs in four innings. He is just a couple of wickets away from a dream start, as Australia hold their nerve in a thriller at the Yet another milestone for Kallis as he plays his 100th Test, against New Zealand in In the second Test of that series, in Johannesburg, Kallis surpasses Sir Garry Sobers' record of 8032 Test runs and becomes only the second player, after Sobers, to achieve the double of 8000 runs and 200 wickets. Kingsmead, Durban, December 26, 2013 South Africa v England at Bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $900,000 but has a very disappointing season with the bat, which mirrors the team's performance. Trailing 0-1 in the series, Kallis's dogged 87 in the second innings in Kallis' wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in the second innings of the The dream run, from Johannesburg to Hamilton - 158, 177, 130*, 130*, 150* - three-figure scores in Not the sort of record one would associate with his style of batting. Kallis was a tough nut to crack with his impressive stroke-play and intelligent bowling.
Not even Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne could dislodge him before he had all but saved the match for South Africa.Over the years Kallis has delivered many such innings, performances in which grit is a far more valuable commodity than glitz to a South African team that remains more confident in the field and with its fast bowlers in full cry than as a batting unit.
Kallis announced himself as a batsman of international stature in his seventh Test, the drawn Boxing Day epic at Melbourne in 1997, when he scored a fighting 101 on a worn last-day pitch. Scores an attacking 113 off 100 balls in the Becomes only the second South African to score a century, fifty and take five wickets in a Test after Aubrey Faulkner.
All of which hints at selfishness, which is quite ironical, because his team-mates vouch for the fact that Kallis bats the way he does precisely because he puts his team first and his personal ambitions some way behind. Though his role as a bowler diminishes with each passing season, he will be remembered as a purveyor of sometimes surprising pace and swing, and awkward bounce.
Kallis has picked a total of 577 wickets including all three formats –ODI, Tests and T20. In the lightning flash of that fleeting instant it really does seem as if Kallis could, in the words of one observer, hit a six whenever he felt like it.His critics, particularly those who have a limited understanding of the dynamics of the South African team, accuse him of not dominating attacks he has already ground into the dust, of unnecessarily slow scoring, and of failing to take the match situation into account as he plots his innings. 4 in the list of the top run-getters this season, has tonked a staggering 25 sixes in six matches, the most by any ...If KKR do manage to take home a third trophy, they will tie with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings with three titles each.As India gear up to take on South Africa in the ODIs, Arunabha Sengupta looks back at 10 of the best innings seen between the two teams.Most XIs, real or fantasy, consist mostly of specialist batsmen and bowlers with one or two all-rounders and a wicketkeeper-batsman if ...By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. A Test career that has lasted 18 years comes to an end as Kallis announces that the Boxing Day Test against India in Durban will be his last. Kallis finishes as South Africa's leading run-scorer in the After dominating Pakistan in the home series in 2006-07, he does the same in their own backyard, scoring three centuries in the The IPL comes calling. But in an astonishing day's play with the batsmen making merry against a depleted Zimbabwe attack at Newlands, he breaks the record for the Filling in for the injured Graeme Smith, Kallis captains his side in a Test for the first time. Goes past the 10,000-run mark in Tests and ODIs in the twin-series against Australia in 2008-09. October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province However, he also announces his availability for ODIs, and his aim to play the 2015 World Cup. Photo: Damien Martyn, Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Kallis chilling out in South AfricaClive Rice's First-Class stats are as good or better than Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham and Kapil DevIPL 2018: DK has a good cricket brain, says KKR coach KallisTendulkar to play under Ponting's captaincy in Trescothick's All-Time XISachin Tendulkar only Indian in Jason Roy’s All-Time XIMike Hussey to captain, while Sachin Tendulkar to bat at no. Scores his first Test century, against Australia in Scores his maiden ODI century, 111 against New Zealand at the Averages 42 with the bat in South Africa's first tour of England since re-admittance. R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, October 2, 2012 Stokes joined former England all-rounder Ian Botham in the club of 4000 Test runs and 150-plus wickets.Lee, a contemporary of Tendulkar, said he found that the Indian batsman always had extra time to negotiate his deliveries.See the latest cricket news: Virat Kohli finds himself in an elite company alongside Australian Ricky Ponting, South African Jacques ...Michael Clarke has put batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli among the top-seven batsmen he played with or against during his ...Rudolph played 48 Tests, 45 ODIs and one T20I for South Africa between 2003 and 2012, scoring 3,802 runs across formats alongside six ...Kohli needs 116 runs more to become the 6th player to score 11,000 international runs across formats as captain.We take a look at players with the most half-centuries across the previous 11 editions of the World Cup.Australia qualified for the final as they finished above South Africa on the Super Six table.Russell, on No. In the slips, his sure-handedness and rattlesnake reflexes make ridiculous catches look regulation. Kingsmead, Durban, December 14, 1995 South Africa v India at
Not even Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne could dislodge him before he had all but saved the match for South Africa.Over the years Kallis has delivered many such innings, performances in which grit is a far more valuable commodity than glitz to a South African team that remains more confident in the field and with its fast bowlers in full cry than as a batting unit.
Kallis announced himself as a batsman of international stature in his seventh Test, the drawn Boxing Day epic at Melbourne in 1997, when he scored a fighting 101 on a worn last-day pitch. Scores an attacking 113 off 100 balls in the Becomes only the second South African to score a century, fifty and take five wickets in a Test after Aubrey Faulkner.
All of which hints at selfishness, which is quite ironical, because his team-mates vouch for the fact that Kallis bats the way he does precisely because he puts his team first and his personal ambitions some way behind. Though his role as a bowler diminishes with each passing season, he will be remembered as a purveyor of sometimes surprising pace and swing, and awkward bounce.
Kallis has picked a total of 577 wickets including all three formats –ODI, Tests and T20. In the lightning flash of that fleeting instant it really does seem as if Kallis could, in the words of one observer, hit a six whenever he felt like it.His critics, particularly those who have a limited understanding of the dynamics of the South African team, accuse him of not dominating attacks he has already ground into the dust, of unnecessarily slow scoring, and of failing to take the match situation into account as he plots his innings. 4 in the list of the top run-getters this season, has tonked a staggering 25 sixes in six matches, the most by any ...If KKR do manage to take home a third trophy, they will tie with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings with three titles each.As India gear up to take on South Africa in the ODIs, Arunabha Sengupta looks back at 10 of the best innings seen between the two teams.Most XIs, real or fantasy, consist mostly of specialist batsmen and bowlers with one or two all-rounders and a wicketkeeper-batsman if ...By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. A Test career that has lasted 18 years comes to an end as Kallis announces that the Boxing Day Test against India in Durban will be his last. Kallis finishes as South Africa's leading run-scorer in the After dominating Pakistan in the home series in 2006-07, he does the same in their own backyard, scoring three centuries in the The IPL comes calling. But in an astonishing day's play with the batsmen making merry against a depleted Zimbabwe attack at Newlands, he breaks the record for the Filling in for the injured Graeme Smith, Kallis captains his side in a Test for the first time. Goes past the 10,000-run mark in Tests and ODIs in the twin-series against Australia in 2008-09. October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province However, he also announces his availability for ODIs, and his aim to play the 2015 World Cup. Photo: Damien Martyn, Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Kallis chilling out in South AfricaClive Rice's First-Class stats are as good or better than Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham and Kapil DevIPL 2018: DK has a good cricket brain, says KKR coach KallisTendulkar to play under Ponting's captaincy in Trescothick's All-Time XISachin Tendulkar only Indian in Jason Roy’s All-Time XIMike Hussey to captain, while Sachin Tendulkar to bat at no. Scores his first Test century, against Australia in Scores his maiden ODI century, 111 against New Zealand at the Averages 42 with the bat in South Africa's first tour of England since re-admittance. R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, October 2, 2012 Stokes joined former England all-rounder Ian Botham in the club of 4000 Test runs and 150-plus wickets.Lee, a contemporary of Tendulkar, said he found that the Indian batsman always had extra time to negotiate his deliveries.See the latest cricket news: Virat Kohli finds himself in an elite company alongside Australian Ricky Ponting, South African Jacques ...Michael Clarke has put batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli among the top-seven batsmen he played with or against during his ...Rudolph played 48 Tests, 45 ODIs and one T20I for South Africa between 2003 and 2012, scoring 3,802 runs across formats alongside six ...Kohli needs 116 runs more to become the 6th player to score 11,000 international runs across formats as captain.We take a look at players with the most half-centuries across the previous 11 editions of the World Cup.Australia qualified for the final as they finished above South Africa on the Super Six table.Russell, on No. In the slips, his sure-handedness and rattlesnake reflexes make ridiculous catches look regulation. Kingsmead, Durban, December 14, 1995 South Africa v India at