Jacques Kallis - A Complete All Rounder from South Africa

Jacques Kallis - A Complete All Rounder from South Africa

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Full name Jacques Henry Kallis

Born October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province

Current age 35 years 81 days

Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Cape Cobras, Glamorgan, ICC World XI, Middlesex, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warriors, Western Province

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Career statistics
Test debut South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 14-18, 1995 Last Test South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 26-29, 2010
ODI statistics
ODI debut South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 9, 1996 Last ODI Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Nov 8, 2010
T20I debut South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 Last T20I West Indies v South Africa at North Sound, May 19, 2010
First-class debut 1993/94
Last First-class South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 26-29, 2010List A debut 1994/95
Last List A Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Nov 8, 2010

Twenty20 debut Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004 Last Twenty20 Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Durban, Sep 19, 2010

Profile
No batsman prizes his wicket more highly, and no wicket in all of cricket is more highly prized. Jacques Kallis is the broad-shouldered colossus of the South African team, a figure whose looming presence inspires calm in some and dread in others. Few players who belong to the modern age are a better fit for the notion of the classical cricketer. Kallis is a fine, forceful batsman who has at his disposal both a rock-solid technique and a mind impervious to distraction. 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. In the slips, his sure-handedness and rattlesnake reflexes make ridiculous catches look regulation.