Former cricket player and South African cricket coach Jacques Kallis. He is a right-handed batter and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler who is regarded as one of the best all-around cricketers of all time. He also bats right-handedly.
By 2022, Kallis will be the only player in the sport’s history to have taken over 250 wickets in ODI and Test match play, as well as over 10,000 runs. 131 of his ODI catches as well. He accumulated 13,289 runs, 292 wickets, and 200 catches throughout his Test match career. Kallis received 23 Man-of-the-Match awards, which is the most in Test history.
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- Henry Kallis, Kallis’ father, and Kallis had an extremely special relationship. Kallis’ son left the game to be with his father after it was discovered that he had terminal cancer.
After his father passed away at the age of 65, Jacques changed to wearing the same number on his one-day international shirt. - Sister of Kallis, Janine, supports the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). When Janine’s brother Jacques, a player for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the second IPL season, was discharged, she actually rejoiced. When he was fired, Jacques handled the issue graciously and said he was proud of how she performed.
- Even though Kallis is known for his dependability, his debut was far from ideal; in his first seven innings, he only reached double digits once, and his statistics remained unchanged at 57 runs at 8.14. He started travelling after that and finished after 18 years.
- Although Kallis recorded the second-highest number of sixes in test matches when he retired, he would probably be regarded as a stone-waller. On 97, Chris Gayle has also managed to catch up with him. With 50 sixes, AB de Villiers is the top South African.
- The Western Province Under-15 team let Kallis go because “he was too small to hit the ball off the square.” When Kallis realised this, he instantly turned around and exclaimed, “I’ll show them.” He isn’t a “small” man anymore.
- With 2058 runs at 55.62 from 25 tests, Kallis was the only non-Asian to have scored over 2000 test runs in Asia.
- Great batters rarely sledge one other, but Kallis took it to a whole new level. Michael Kasprowicz frequently called him names on one occasion, but it had no impact. “Kasper” persisted in bouncing at him, and when it didn’t work and he tried again to sledge him, Kasprowicz became irate and yelled, “Is this man f**king deaf?”
- The choice made by Kallis to forego the national anthem has aroused a lot of interest. Gerald Majola said, “Jacques informed me that he sings the anthem in his heart at a peaceful time in memory of his parents and in thanks for all they did to enable him to be good enough to represent his country. He loves the chance he has had to represent South Africa abroad and holds the national song in great regard.
- Kallis was a fly-half in rugby during his adolescence. Kallis, according to MPC Entertainment, “Could just as easily have been starring for the Springboks as the Proteas.” He co-wrote Rugby in Our Blood alongside great sprinter Oscar Pistorius, Olympic gold medalist rower John Smith, rugby union coach Jake White, and sportswriter Angus Powers despite never playing for two different countries.
- On December 21, 2010, Kallis was involved in a minor collision while operating his Audi R8 in Wynberg, however he was uninjured. The cheeky Mark Boucher didn’t hesitate to make fun of Kallis, who had just had a hair transplant, saying, “Think my mate’s hair must have gotten into his eyes while driving last night.”
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