Jacques Kallis
Cricket Bowler
1975 –
Who is Jacques Kallis?
Jacques Henry Kallis is a former South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest of the game's all-rounders. As of 2013 he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 11,000 runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket.
Kallis played 166 Test matches and had a batting average of over 55 runs per innings. From October to December 2007 he scored five centuries in four Test Matches; with his century in the second innings of the third test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar's 51.
Kallis 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.
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- Born
- Oct 16, 1975
Pinelands, Cape Town - Also known as
- Jacques Henry Kallis
- Parents
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Profession
- Education
- Wynberg Boys' High School
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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