Jacques Kallis

Biography

Jacques Kallis was cricket's quietest superstar, a man who did everything brilliantly and nothing loudly. While flashier players grabbed headlines, Kallis accumulated: 13,289 Test runs at 55, 292 Test wickets at 32, 200 catches in the slips. He was essentially two world-class players rolled into one economical South African package. His technique was flawless, his concentration unbreakable, his consistency maddening for opponents. He could grind out a century on a seaming pitch in Durban, then return to take five wickets with his brisk seam bowling. In any other era, he would have been the story. In an age of Tendulkars and Pontings and Warnes, he simply went about winning matches for South Africa, year after year, without fuss or fanfare.

Career Highlights

• 13,289 Test runs
• 292 Test wickets
• 45 Test centuries
• Greatest all-rounder by statistics
• World Cup semi-finalist (1999)

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