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Jacques Kallis

Full name: Jacques Henry Kallis

Born: 16th October 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Teams: South Africa (Test: 1995/96-2007/08); ICC World XI (Test: 2005/06); South Africa (ODI: 1995/96-2007/08); African XI (ODI: 2005/06); ICC World XI (ODI: 2005/06); South Africa (Int Twenty20: 2005/06-2007/08); Western Province B (Main FC: 1993/94); Western Province (Main FC: 1994/95-2003/04); Middlesex (Main FC: 1997); Glamorgan (Main FC: 1999); Western Province Boland (Main FC: 2004/05); Western Province (Main ListA: 1994/95-2003/04); Middlesex (Main ListA: 1997); Glamorgan (Main ListA: 1999); Cape Cobras (Main ListA: 2006/07); Western Province Boland (Main Twenty20: 2003/04); All teams

Middlesex Cap: 1997

Glamorgan Cap: 1999

South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005
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Articles: Royal Challengers ensure a last finish for Chargers

Sehwag-storm blows away Bangalore’s challenge

Rajasthan make a Royal mess of Challengers

South Africa spoil Akhtar's return to win series

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Pictures: Jacques Kallis plays a shot against New Zealand

Man of the Match Award for Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis plays a pull shot

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His outstanding record with bat and ball marks Jacques Kallis as the leading all rounder in the game with all the dynamic qualities displayed by Andrew Flintoff. Kallis is more solid, more dependable and more determined in his approach if less spectacular. But as the only player to score 8000 runs and take 200 wickets in both Tests and ODIs Kallis is on a pinnacle by himself. In fact he is only the second cricketer to achieve this feat in Tests the only other being the incomparable Gary Sobers. He is the only South African to score a century and take five wickets in a Test innings twice. To complete the picture kallis is a peerless fielder at slips making difficult catches look easy. He had a slow start to his international career but over the last decade he has run up an awesome all round record thanks to ruthless efficiency, percentage cricket and a hunger for success that is unmatched. With all this he can make the transition comfortably to the slam bang game and has a strike rate of over 70 in ODIs. This is the hallmark of the truly great player that Kallis is – confirmed by the ICC’s Test and overall Player of the Year awards in 2005. In the 2003-04 series against the West Indies Kallis got a hundred in each of the four Tests. As a bowler his medium paced swingers and cutters come off the pitch with the kind of venom that has brought him two four wicket and two five wicket hauls in ODIs and six for 54 and nine for 92 as his best innings and match figures in Tests. Physically and mentally strong Kallis is one of the hardest batsmen to dismiss in the game today.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
South Africa	118	200	32	9574	189*	56.98	30	47	43.95	121
ICC World XI	1	2	1	83	44	83.00	0	0	46.11	4
Overall	119	202	33	9657	189*	57.14	30	47	43.96	125

Test Career Bowling (1995/96-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
South Africa	15353	664	7162	229	6-54	31.27	5	0	67.04	2.79
ICC World XI	60	2	38	1	1-3	38.00	0	0	60.00	3.80
Overall	15413	666	7200	230	6-54	31.30	5	0	67.01	2.80

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	206	337	48	15853	200	54.85	47	83	185

First-Class Career Bowling (1993/94-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	23992	1053	11094	364	6-54	30.47	8	0	65.91	2.77

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
South Africa	269	255	49	9512	139	46.17	16	65	71.64	101
African XI	2	2	0	8	4	4.00	0	0	23.52	0
ICC World XI	3	3	0	21	11	7.00	0	0	36.20	0
Overall	274	260	49	9541	139	45.21	16	65	71.36	101

One-Day International Career Bowling (1995/96-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
South Africa	9276	70	7424	235	5-30	31.59	2	2	39.47	4.80
ICC World XI	52	0	70	1	1-26	70.00	0	0	52.00	8.07
African XI	60	2	42	3	3-42	14.00	0	0	20.00	4.20
Overall	9388	72	7536	239	5-30	31.53	2	2	39.28	4.81

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1994/95-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	365	347	58	12551	155*	43.42	22	85	129

One-Day Career Bowling (1994/95-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	12167	103	9523	314	5-30	30.32	3	3	38.74	4.69

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
South Africa	3	3	0	39	20	13.00	0	0	108.33	2

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
South Africa	6	0	17	0	0-17					17.00

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	18	18	1	378	54	22.23	0	2	107.69	7

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003/04-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	224	0	340	5	2-39	68.00	0	0	44.80	9.10