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Full name Jacques Henry Kallis
Born October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 32 years 214 days
Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Cape Cobras, Glamorgan, ICC World XI, Middlesex, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	119	202	33	9657	189*	57.14	21964	43.96	30	47	1079	63	125
ODIs	274	260	49	9541	139	45.21	13371	71.35	16	65	745	114	101
T20Is	3	3	0	39	20	13.00	36	108.33	0	0	3	2	2
First-class	205	336	47	15693	200	54.30			46	83			184
List A	365	347	58	12551	155*	43.42			22	85			129
Twenty20	14	14	1	297	54	22.84	271	109.59	0	2	29	8	6

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	119	196	15413	7200	230	6/54	9/92	31.30	2.80	67.0	7	5
ODIs	274	241	9388	7536	239	5/30	5/30	31.53	4.81	39.2	2	2
T20Is	3	1	6	17	0	-	-	-	17.00	-	0	0
First-class	205		23992	11094	364	6/54		30.47	2.77	65.9		8
List A	365		12167	9523	314	5/30	5/30	30.32	4.69	38.7	3	3
Twenty20	14	9	156	251	5	2/39	2/39	50.20	9.65	31.2	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 14-18, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 9, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Nov 23, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1993/94
Last First-class	India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1994/95
Last List A	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab at Bangalore, May 5, 2008 scorecard

Profile

In an era of fast scoring and high-octane entertainment, Jacques Kallis is a throwback - and an astonishingly effective one at that - to Test cricket's more sedate age, when one's wicket was a commodity to be guarded with one's life, and runs were but an accidental by-product of crease occupation.

After a distinctly ordinary start to his Test career, 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. In 2005, he was honoured as the ICC's Test and overall Player of the Year, after a run of performances against West Indies and England that marked him out as the biggest scalp in the modern game.

His batting is not for the romantic - a Kallis century tends to be a soulless affair, with ruthless efficiency taking precedence over derring-do, and he has never quite dispelled the notion that he is a selfish cricketer, with more interest in his average than his team's position. But whatever it is that makes him tick, it has propelled him to the top of the all-time South African Test batting charts, and until the emergence of Andrew Flintoff, he was by some distance the leading allrounder in the world game, capable of swinging the ball sharply at surprising pace off a relaxed run-up. He is a strong man with powerful shoulders and a deep chest and he has the capacity to play a wide array of attacking strokes, if not always the inclination. To add to all this, he is a fine slip fielder.

Missed the first Test of South Africa's tour of Australia at the end of 2005 with an elbow problem, struggled facing Brett Lee at Melbourne and was hampered by the injury in making a patient and crucial 111 in the first innings at Sydney. Added a slow, unbeaten half-century in the second innings as South Africa contemplated their declaration and ended with an average of 61.33. Stood in as captain for the gut-wrenching third Test in a return series at home recently, and was the lead South African batsman in a bowler-dominated contest. A fighting 114 out of a total of 267 at Durban highlighted his series return of 227 runs and seven wickets. With Graeme Smith ruled out for 12 weeks with an ankle injury, Kallis was named captain for three ODIs and a Twenty20 against Zimbabwe at home ahead of the Champions Trophy in October.

Against India at home at the end of the 2006, Kallis topped the ODI run tally on either side with 168 at 84, including an unbeaten hundred, but managed only one fifty in the Test series. Against Pakistan just after that, Kallis continued to amaze with his all-round feats. He was the leading run-scorer of the series and his bowling was vital in a weaker attack at Newlands. In the ODIs, he hit two crucial half-centuries and topped the averages. At the 2007 World Cup, Kallis was South Africa's highest run-scorer with 485, but drew further criticism for his sluggish approach at the crease. Failed in the semi-final against eventual winners Australia. Kallis was not included in the South African side for the Twenty20 World Championship at home in September.

It was, however, no surprise to see him live up to his reputation after being recalled to the side for short tour of Pakistan towards the end of 2007. After back-to-back Man-of-the-match titles there really was only one contender for Man of the Series, and Kallis continued his excellent form with hundreds and wickets in series against New Zealand and West Indies at home. Kallis's continued run of prolific scores helped him displace Mohammad Yousuf from the second position in the rankings for Test batsmen, and Kallis also extended his lead in the rankings for Test allrounders, where he moved in first place ahead of Andrew Flintoff.
Andrew Miller/Jamie Alter January 2008