Origins & Early Life

Jacques Henry Kallis OIS (born 16 October 1975) is a South African cricket coach and former professional cricketer. As a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, he was voted as the greatest cricketer of the 21st Century by a panel of esteemed former cricketers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and as one of the greatest all-rounders ever to play the game. As of 2026, Kallis is the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take over 250 wickets in both ODI and Test match cricket.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He has also taken 131 ODI catches. He scored 13,289 runs in his Test match career, took 292 wickets, and 200 catches. Kallis scored 45 Test match centuries and is the fourth highest test match run scorer in history. Kallis won 23 Man-of-the-Match awards, the most by any player in Test history. He was declared the Player of the Tournament in South Africa's victorious 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy (now referred to as ICC Champions Trophy) campaign, which was South Africa's first ICC tournament win in their history.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Kallis finished as the 2nd highest run-scorer in the tournament and was its leading wicket taker with Man-of-the...

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