Jacques
Henry Kallis Biography:
Jacques
Henry Kallis was born
on 16 October 1975. He is a former South African cricketer.He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. He is the Player Of South Africia Cricket Team PlayerKallis is regarded as one of the greatest players of the game and all-rounders.
As of 2013 he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more
than 13,000 runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket. He
retired from Test and first-class cricket after playing in the second Test
against India at Durban in December 2013.He has been
described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to
play the game. He moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer
of Test centuries. He 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. He is the old batsman in world in south African palayer. The
along with Walter Hammond and Sir Garry Sobers is one of the few Test all-rounders
whose. Test batting average is over 50 and exceeds his Test bowling average by 20
or more.Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000
.Test runs on an eventful opening day of the first Test against New Zealand on 2 January 2013. He is the Best Bowlar. Kallis
scored his 45th Test hundred in this match, making him one of the few batsmen
to score a century in his final Test.
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. Kallis,
who had also taken 292 Test wickets. He lies third behind Indian player Sachin
Tendulkar and Australian Ricky Ponting on the list of all-time run scorers in
test cricket.He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013. He
retired from all form of international cricket on 30 July 2014.
Jacques
Henry Kallis Personal Information:
Full name :Mitchell Guy Johnson
Born :2 November 1981 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Nickname :Notch, Chomps, George
Height :189 cm (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Bowling style :Left-arm fast
Role :Bowler
National:South Africian
