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Jacques Kallis

Personal information
Full nameJacques Henry Kallis
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1975-10-16
Place of birthPinelands, Cape Town
Country of birthSouth Africa
NicknameJakes
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
CountrySouth Africa
Test Debut14 December 1995 v England
Last Test14 February 2010 v India
ODI debut9 January 1996 v England
Last ODI10 November 2009 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.3
Domestic team information
Western Province / Cape Cobras1993 - present
Glamorgan1999
Middlesex1997
Royal Challengers Bangalore2008-

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Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975 in Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 10,000 runs and 250 wickets in both one day and Test match cricket. From October-December 2007 he produced a streak of five centuries in four Test Matches; he has 34 in total. He was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2008 Wisden for his performances in 2007 in addition to being the "ICC Test Player of the Year" and ICC Player of the Year in 2005. He has been described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to play the game.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore: the gamechangers - Cricketnext.com Tweet this news
Cricketnext.com---Jacques Kallis-: He is regarded as one of the finest all-rounders ever to have played the game and his figures in all formats exemplify that. ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:33:25 GMT+00:00
Kallis obligated to play for Bangalore - Warriors chief - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Tweet this news
Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Warriors chief Dave Emslie has said -Jacques Kallis-' contractual obligations with Royal Challengers Bangalore did not give his home team much of a chance to ... - Date : Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:50:02 GMT+00:00
College boy wins top SA cricket award - The Witness Tweet this news
The Witness--He came to College in 2007 on a -Jacques Kallis- cricket bursary. In 2008 he was included in the KZN Inland U15 team. Savage has been a major factor in the ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:41:41 GMT+00:00
Cricket: Vettori rises in ICC ratings - New Zealand Herald Tweet this news
New Zealand Herald--South Africa's -Jacques Kallis- still tops the all-rounders' statistics, while Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan was rated third in the rankings released yesterday ... - Date : Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:25:35 GMT+00:00
Kallis plays the lead in Proteas' cricket soap opera - Sportingo Tweet this news
Sportingo--Drama queens aren't new to cricket but who would put someone as bland (and lets face it, boring) as -Jacques Kallis- into a category with someone like Shane ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:04:23 GMT+00:00
Kallis: A colossus of the game - Independent Online Tweet this news
Independent Online--Johannesburg - -Jacques Kallis- will reach the notable milestone of 300 Limited Overs International appearances when he takes the field for the Proteas ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 01:55:43 GMT+00:00
Amla and Kallis shine for tourists - The Press Association Tweet this news
The Press Association--Hashim Amla and -Jacques Kallis- came within touching distance of centuries as South Africa posted 300 for five in the second one-day international against ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 17:57:15 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Rahul Dravid		Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
2005 (joint with Andrew Flintoff)		Succeeded by
Ricky Ponting

Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches137295227387
Runs10,84310,40917,19513,430
Batting average54.7645.2553.5643.46
100s/50s34/5316/7451/9022/94
Top score189*139200155*
Balls bowled17,5509,89826,28512,707
Wickets261248396324
Bowling average31.5532.1030.8130.76
5 wickets in innings5283
10 wickets in match0n/a0n/a
Best bowling6/545/306/545/30
Catches/stumpings155/ -107/ -217/ -135/ -

Home and away series against Australia (2008 � 09) :
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 101 7   Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 1997
[2] 132 17   Manchester, England Old Trafford 1998
[3] 110 23 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 1999
[4] 148* 26   Christchurch, New Zealand AMI Stadium 1999
[5] 115 29   Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 1999
[6] 105 33   Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2000
[7] 160 40   Bloemfontein, South Africa Basin Reserve 2000
[8] 157* 51   Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2001
[9] 189* 52   Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Bulawayo Athletic Club 2001
[10] 139* 62   Potchefstroom, South Africa North West Cricket Stadium 2002
[11] 105 65   Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 2002
[12] 158 72 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Johannesburg, South Africa Wanderers Stadium 2003
[13] 177 73 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 2003
[14] 130* 74 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2004
[15] 130* 75 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2004
[16] 150* 76   Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 2004
[17] 121 82   Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2004
[18] 162 84   Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 2004
[19] 149 85   Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2005
[20] 136* 87   Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2005
[21] 109* 90 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Georgetown, Guyana Bourda 2005
[22] 147 93 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies St John's, Antigua Antigua Recreation Ground 2005
[23] 111 96   Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2006
[24] 114 98   Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2006
[25] 155 108   Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2007
[26] 100*
[27] 107* 109   Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2007
[28] 186 110   Johannesburg, South Africa Wanderers Stadium 2007
[29] 131 111   Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2007
[30] 132 118   Ahmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2008
[31] 102 131   Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2009
[32] 120 132   Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2009
[33] 108 134   Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2010
[34] 173 136   Nagpur, India VCA Stadium 2010
[35] 110 139 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis Warner Park 2010

Home and away series against Australia (2008 � 09) :
Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 111 32   Perth, Australia WACA Ground 1998
[2] 109* 37   Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 1998
[3] 113* 50   Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium 1998
[4] 100 59   Dunedin, New Zealand Carisbrook 1999
[5] 100 64   Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 1999
[6] 100* 117   Paarl, South Africa Boland Bank Park 2001
[7] 107 123 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies St George's, Grenada Queen's Park 2001
[8] 104* 141   Perth, Australia WACA Ground 2002
[9] 107 175   London, England The Oval 2003
[10] 125* 176   Canterbury, England St Lawrence Ground 2003
[11] 109* 186 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Cape Town, South Africa Sahara Park Newlands 2004
[12] 139 190 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Johannesburg, South Africa Wanderers Stadium 2004
[13] 101 201   Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2004
[14] 119 239   Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 2006
[15] 128* 248   Basseterre, St Kitts Warner Park 2007
[16] 121* 272 West Indies cricket teamWest Indies Port Elizabeth, South Africa St George's Park 2008
[17] 104* 298   Ahmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2010


South African batsmen with a Test batting average above 50

Jacques Kallis * Dudley Nourse * Graeme Pollock * Graeme Smith

Batsmen with 10,000 or more runs in ODI cricket

IN Sachin Tendulkar * LK Sanath Jayasuriya * PK Inzamam-ul-Haq * IN Sourav Ganguly * AU Ricky Ponting * IN Rahul Dravid * TT Brian Lara * ZA Jacques Kallis

Batsmen with 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket

IN Sachin Tendulkar * TT Brian Lara * AU Ricky Ponting * AU Allan Border * AU Steve Waugh * IN Sunil Gavaskar * IN Rahul Dravid * ZA Jacques Kallis

Test Cricketers who have scored 2000 runs and taken 200 wickets

Andrew Flintoff (ENG) 69 Tests * Anil Kumble (IND) 110 * Chaminda Vaas (SL) 82 * Chris Cairns (NZ) 58 * Daniel Vettori (NZ) 69 *
Garfield Sobers (WI) 80 * Ian Botham (ENG) 42 * Imran Khan (PAK) 50 * Jacques Kallis (SA) 102 * Kapil Dev (IND) 50 *
Richard Hadlee (NZ) 54 * Richie Benaud (AUS) 60 * Shane Warne 100 * Shaun Pollock (SA) 56 * Wasim Akram (PAK) 78

South Africa squad 1996 Cricket World Cup

Cronje (c), Adams, Cullinan, de Villiers, Donald, Hudson, Kallis, Kirsten, Matthews, McMillan, Palframan (wk), Pollock, Rhodes, Symcox
Coach :

South Africa squad 1999 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists

Kirsten, Gibbs, Kallis, Cullinan, Cronje (c), Benkenstein, Pollock, Rhodes, Boucher (wk), Donald, Crookes, Dawson, Klusener, Elworthy, Boje
Coach : Kim Jung‑Nam

South Africa squad 2003 Cricket World Cup

Pollock (c), Boucher, Boje, Dippenaar, Donald, Gibbs, Hall, Kallis, Kirsten, Klusener, Langeveldt, Ntini, Peterson, Rhodes, Zondeki, Smith Replacement for Rhodes
Coach : Byshovets

South Africa squad 2007 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists

Bosman, Boucher, de Villiers, Gibbs, Hall, Kallis, Kemp, Langeveldt, Nel, Ntini, Peterson, Pollock, Prince, Smith (c), Telemachus
Coach : Arthur

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2 . Steyn 3 . Kallis 5 . Kohli 8 . P.Kumar 9 . Boucher 11 . Uthappa 13 . Bracken 16 . Morgan 18 . White 19 . Dravid 21 . Taylor 23 . V.Kumar 24 . Pietersen 25 . Akhil 25 . Sriram 26 . du Preez 36 . Goswami 37 . Kumble (C) 42 . Bishnoi 49 . Smith 52 . van der Merwe 69 . Pandey 77 . Ryder 00 . Menaria
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