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Full name Jacques Henry Kallis
Born October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 29 years 270 days
Major teams South Africa, Glamorgan, Middlesex, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 93 155 26 7337 189* 56.87 17102 42.90 22 37 805 54 89 0
ODIs 215 206 37 7674 139 45.40 10788 71.13 13 53 581 97 89 0
First-class 179 289 40 13373 200 53.70 38 73 148 0
List A 304 291 46 10651 155* 43.47 19 73 117 0
Twenty-20 4 4 1 140 50 46.66 132 106.06 0 1 2 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 93 12557 5783 183 6/54 9/92 31.60 2.76 68.61 6 4 0
ODIs 215 7774 6188 194 5/30 5/30 31.89 4.77 40.07 2 2 0
First-class 179 21136 9677 317 6/54 30.52 2.74 66.67 7 0
List A 304 10489 8123 268 5/30 5/30 30.30 4.64 39.13 3 3 0
Twenty-20 4 12 12 1 1/12 1/12 12.00 6.00 12.00 0 0 0
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Test debut South Africa v England at Durban - Dec 14-18, 1995
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Last Test West Indies v South Africa at St John's - Apr 29-May 3,
2005 scorecard
ODI debut South Africa v England at Cape Town - Jan 9, 1996
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Last ODI West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 15, 2005
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First-class span 1993/94 - 2004/05
List A span 1994/95 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2003/04
After a distinctly ordinary start to his Test
career, Jacques Kallis blossomed into one of the world's leading
batsmen. However, after his first five Tests, the South African
selectors might well have been wondering if they'd misjudged him.
Kallis made his Test debut against England at Kingsmead in the
1995-96 season, but by the time he had completed his fifth Test he
had accumulated a grand total of 57 runs at an average of just over
8. After spending a season with Middlesex, his personal breakthrough
came in Rawalpindi in 1997 when he made 61 against Pakistan. Two
matches later he salvaged a draw for South Africa in the Boxing Day
Test at the MCG with a fighting second-innings century. Generally a
placid and undemonstrative man, Kallis nailed down the crucial No. 3
position in the South African batting order after a number of
players were tried and discarded. Even allowing for his dismal
start, Kallis's average has steadily risen, and in 2004 he averaged
over 80. South Africa, however, may have to seriously consider
exactly what they want of him. He is capable of swinging the ball
sharply at surprising pace off a relaxed run-up, but there were many
who reckoned that his workload as a bowler should be eased if he is
to fulfill his undoubted potential with the bat. He took a step up
in the West Indies series at home in 2003-04, scoring a record
number of runs for a four-Test series and making six centuries in
the Test and one-day series. He continued his torment of the West
Indies on the return tour in 2005, when he notched up his 22nd Test
hundred, thereby breaking Gary Kirsten's record for the most
centuries by a South African batsman. He is a strong man with
powerful shoulders and a deep chest and he possesses a wide array of
attacking strokes. To add to all this, he is a fine slip fielder
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