Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

Full Name: Jacques Henry Kallis
Date of Birth: Oct 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province
Major Team: South Africa, Africa XI, Cape Cobras, Glamorgan, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Middlesex, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warriors, Western Province
Playing Roll: All Rounder
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast-medium
International Debut: 1995

Batting And Fielding Records

Type	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	28903	45.98	45	58	1488	97	200	-
ODI	328	314	53	11579	139	44.36	15885	72.89	17	86	911	137	131	-
T20I	25	23	4	666	73	35.05	558	119.35	-	5	56	20	7	-

Bowling Records

Type	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W
Test	166	272	20232	9535	292	6/54	9/92	32.65	2.83	69.29	7	5	-
ODI	328	283	10750	8680	273	5/30	5/30	31.79	4.84	39.38	2	2	-
T20I	25	19	276	333	12	4/15	4/15	27.75	7.24	23.00	1	-	-

Career Statistics

Test Debut: South Africa v England at Durban, 14-18, Dec 1995
ODI Debut: South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 09, 1996
T20I Debut: South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005

29-Dec-13: Jacques Kallis is only the fourth South African batsman after Pieter van der Bijl, Barry Richards and Lee Irvine to hit a century in his farewell Test.

02-Jan-2013: Jacques Kallis passed the career milestone in his 159th Test and on a record-filled day in Cape Town against New Zealand.

Jacques Kallis is 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 one day and Test match cricket

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.

Latest Articles

Kallis Takes KKR into Maiden Final

Jacques Kallis Announced Retirement

Kallis Retires in 12th Position in Test

India Fights for Save Durban Test

Kallis Becomes 3rd Highest Run-getter, Breaks Dravid Record

Kallis Announces Test Retirement

Kallis Returns to India, Pakistan ODIs

All-round Kallis Scripts Kolkata Victory

Clarke Named Wisden's Cricketer of the Year

Australia Fights After Early Blow

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Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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