In the world of Tendulkars, Inzis, Laras, Muralitharans, Mcgraths, one man silently prods away…(phrase inspired by the movie trailer guy)
His name is Jacques Kallis…what a player !!
BATTING
ODIs: Average : 45.26 Centuries:15 Fifties:60
TESTS: Average : 55.09 Centuries:24 Fifties:44
BOWLING
ODIs: Average : 31.45 Wickets:213 Best:5/30
TESTS: Average : 31.71 Wickets:226 Best:6/54
Re: Take away Tendulkar, give me Jacques Kallis
^ he was also faced with the dreaded "attitude" problem in not so distant past.:D
Re: Take away Tendulkar, give me Jacques Kallis
He will never change his game. Even score is 100 or 400. HE will play same style. he might have good average, but he will nvr considered to be top class of sachin and lara.
Re: Take away Tendulkar, give me Jacques Kallis
he might have good average, but he will nvr considered to be top class of sachin and lara.
Achaar daalna hai top class kaa..
I want players who score in this pattern....60, 84,45,120,54....
and not in this pattern....120,0,2,4,87,0,7,12,135
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Dont be too hasty, the trio (ganguly, tendulkar and dravid) will come good with consistency :k:
Just ask him to open the innings with Ganguly and get M. Kaif back at one down.
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You guys are hilarious.
Re: Take away Tendulkar, give me Jacques Kallis
^ he was also faced with the dreaded "attitude" problem in not so distant past.:D
What "attitude" problem and when was the "not so distant past"?
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Inzi was still better than him
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He is definitely the leading all rounder at the moment. Solid as a rock.
Re: Take away Tendulkar, give me Jacques Kallis
He is definitely the leading all rounder at the moment. Solid as a rock.
He is the only player that compare to Sobers as an all-rounder (look at both their stats). I believe he can reach 10 000+ test runs and 300+ wickets making him the only one in that category. He is only 32 years old and fairly without any injury problems. Graeme Pollock, Alan Donald and Barry Richards were VERY good but I believe Kallis is the best South Africa ever produced.
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The only other SA which comes to mind, even though he didn't play test cricket but would have been either on par with Kallis or even better was mike proctor. what a batsmen and bowler he was.
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What "attitude" problem and when was the "not so distant past"?
His 80 balls 50 odd in the match against australia. I dont know what was he trying to accomplish in that match.:)
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The only other SA which comes to mind, even though he didn't play test cricket but would have been either on par with Kallis or even better was mike proctor. what a batsmen and bowler he was.
Mike Procter was good, I will agree. Maybe a better all-rounder would be Clive Rice. Rice was an extremely aggressive and good captain as well. Rice three times competed with the best all-rounders in a competion to determine the best all-rounder and won each time. Was in the 1970-1980's and I can remember one of the competitions were in India/Pakistan.
A very large number of excellent cricketers lost the chance to play international cricket during the sanction years. Ironically, it was during these years that the West-Indies were at their top. I have always wondered if they would have been as good if the South Africans were also playing Tests....
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His 80 balls 50 odd in the match against australia. I dont know what was he trying to accomplish in that match.:)
He took a lot of flak for that at home.
His attitude is to not give his wicket cheaply away. He batted while wickets were tumbling on the other side in that match. I also get cross with him sometimes (as in that record breaking 438 chase against Australia) when he just keep plodding away but will NEVER want to play a test/ODI without him in the team. The South African captain and coach know how he plays and they should have send someone else in if they need a faster scoring rate, unfortunately they have no imagination.
Since the AUS match, he has been scoring at almost a run a ball till the target is close and then he go back to his old way of scoring. He therefor is trying to change his game. I just hope that he does not start losing his wicket more often as well.
BTW: I will always consider Tendulkar as one of the all time greats of the game. I don't think Kallis should be compared to Tendulkar but rather another absolutely dependable player, namely Steve Waugh. I would not know which one to choose to bat for my life, maybe Steve...
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I have watched both Clive Rice and mike procter adn was always mroe impressed by Mike. That is not ot say Clive was not good, his days at Nottingham and Mike's at Gloucester were a real treat. I remember watching the first televised hat trick which was by Mike proctor in the benson and hedges match in the mid 70's.
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I have watched both Clive Rice and mike procter adn was always mroe impressed by Mike.
Seems like we come from the same age group!
Looked up Mike and Clive's first class careers:
Mike 401 games 21 936 runs @ 36 ave with 1417 wickets @ 19,5
Clive 482 games 26 331 runs @ 41 ave with 930 wickets @ 22,5
Some of the VERY few true all-rounders who made their teams for either their batting or their bowling.
Yeh, with Ali Bacher, Graeme Pollock, Peter Pollock, Mike Procter, Barry Richards, a youthful Clive Rice and Kepler Wessels, Eddie Barlow, Colin Bland, Denis Lindsay and Brian Irving the world was less rich for not seeing them in their full glory. Many did not go play county cricket, those that did did their country proud.
We used to follow these guys careers by newspaper and enjoyed those that stayed at home (Barlow, Graeme Pollock, etc.) For a short time Kerry Packer gave some like Clive Rice and Kepler Wessels the chance to test themselves against the best.
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Do you guys know that Mr Kallis is averaging 156 in 2007? Amazing!
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And he cost the SA the game against Australia in this WC since he is so defensive minded!!
Re: Take away Tendulkar, give me Jacques Kallis
And he cost the SA the game against Australia in this WC since he is so defensive minded!!
I disagree.
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kallis where is he now