Contents
* 1 Early career
* 2 1998-2002
* 3 2003-2007
* 4 The senior All-rounder 2008-present
o 4.1 Home and away series against Australia 2008–09
* 5 Injuries but continued greatness & records
* 6 Scholarship Foundation
* 7 Achievements
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Early career
Kallis attended and played cricket for Wynberg Boys' High School.In 2009, Wynberg honoured Kallis by naming their main cricket oval after him.As a teenager, Kallis had a brief spell with Netherfield CC in England where he established himself in Northern England but he was released. Kallis also played for Old Edwardians for a spell as a teenager, where coaching staff saw potential for him to become a first-class all rounder; later in his first season he was picked for South Africa U-21's as a 12th man. He made his first-class debut in 1993/94 as an 18-year-old, playing for Western Province. His first Test appearance was in December 1995 against England at Durban, but he struggled with the bat in his first few matches. His breakthrough came in 1997 with 61 against Pakistan, but more notably two matches later when he salvaged a draw for South Africa with a fighting century against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1998-2002
Between 1998-2002, Jacques Kallis was one of the world's leading all-rounders, as seen in the ICC's Cricket ratings. In 1998 he led South Africa to the ICC Champions Trophy title with two Man of the Match and the Player of the Series performances. The youngster was solid, without being spectacular, in the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, before a Player of the Series performance led South Africa to a stunning Test series victory against India in India in 2000. By late 2001 he was the world's number one ranked Test All-Rounder, having held the same ranking in ODIs for the best part of 3 years. During this time, "Kallis blossomed into arguably the world's leading batsman, with a defensive technique second-to-none, and the adhesive qualities of a Cape Point limpet. Generally a placid and undemonstrative man, he nailed down the crucial No. 3 position in the South African batting order after a number of players had been tried and discarded, and his stock rose exponentially from that moment."
2003-2007
Kallis is one of only four players in Test history after Sir Donald Bradman and before Mohammad Yousuf, Gautam Gambhir to make a century in five consecutive matches, achieved in season 2003/04. In 2005 he set the record for the fastest half-century, as measured by balls faced, in Test cricket history, scoring 50 against Zimbabwe off only 24 balls In 2007 Kallis scored 5 centuries in 4 Tests, making him just the fourth man after Bradman, Ken Barrington and Matthew Hayden to score 4 centuries in 4 Tests on two different occasions. That Kallis holds these records belies his reputation as a defensive batsman of the old-fashioned type, something Kallis himself is determined to erase.Regardless of style, Kallis has a remarkable batting average of 57.43, and is rated as one of the best batsmen in the world. Although still a very capable bowler with over 200 Test wickets, he impressed mostly with the bat between 2005-7. As a result, Kallis evolved into more of a batting all-rounder, a role in which he continued because of the emergence of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, and Paul Harris. Kallis is the only man to score over 10,000 runs and to take over 250 wickets in Test cricket. Sir Garfield Sobers managed over 8,000 runs and 200 wickets by comparison, at very similar averages.
In 2005 Kallis was selected for the World XI team to play an Asian XI in a benefit match for those affected by the tsunami of 2004, along with countryman Shaun Pollock. In the same year he was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC player of the year. The award was shared with Andrew Flintoff of England, his only serious competitor as the world's leading all-rounder, after the votes of the academy were tied. Kallis also won the ICC Test Player of the Year award that year
Kallis was awarded the captaincy of South Africa for the third and final Test match against Australia in 2006 when Graeme Smith stood down with an injury. Kallis currently holds a number of South African cricket records, including most ODI and Test runs, highest ODI and second highest Test batting average and most Test centuries by a South African
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