Jacques Kallis (born 16 October 1975) is a former South African cricketer, and, a former Test and ODI captain. As a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and one of the game's greatest all-rounders. As of 2016 he was 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, pouching 131 ODI catches along the way as well. His Test match career in particular saw him score 13,289 runs, take 292 wickets and 200 catches respectively.

Jacques Kallis

Personal information
Full name	Jacques Henry Kallis
Born	(1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 42) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	Jakes, Woogie, Kalahari
Height	1.83m
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	All rounder
International information
National side	South Africa (1995–2014)
Test debut (cap 262)	14 December 1995 v England
Last Test	26 December 2013 v India
ODI debut (cap 328)	9 January 1996 v England
Last ODI	12 July 2014 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	8 (was 4, 3, 6)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993–2015	Western Province / Cape Cobras
1997	Middlesex
1999	Glamorgan
2008–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2014	Kolkata Knight Riders
2014–2015	Sydney Thunder
2015	Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 166 328 257 424 Runs scored 13,289 11,579 19,695 14,845 Batting average 55.37 44.36 54.10 43.53 100s/50s 45/58 17/86 62/97 23/109 Top score 224 139 224 155* Balls bowled 20,232 10,750 29,033 13,673 Wickets 292 273 427 351 Bowling average 32.65 31.79 31.69 30.68 5 wickets in innings 5 2 8 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 6/54 5/30 6/54 5/30 Catches/stumpings 200/– 131/– 264/– 162/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 February 2016

Kallis played 166 Test matches and had a batting average of over 55 runs per innings. From October to December 2007 he scored five centuries in four Test matches. With his century in the second innings of the third Test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar's 51.

Kallis was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2008 Wisden for his performances in 2007 in addition to being the "ICC Test Player of the Year" and ICC Player of the Year in 2005. He has been described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to play the game, and along with Wally Hammond and Sir Garry Sobers is one of the few Test all-rounders whose Test batting average is over 50 and exceeds his Test bowling average by 20 or more.

Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000 Test runs on an eventful opening day of the first Test against New Zealand on 2 January 2013. Kallis, who had also taken 292 Test wickets, lies third behind Indian player Sachin Tendulkar (15,921) and Australian Ricky Ponting (13,378) on the list of all-time run scorers in test cricket. He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013. He retired from Test and first-class cricket after playing in the second Test against India at Durban in December 2013; Kallis scored his 45th Test hundred in this match, making him one of the few batsmen to score a century in his final Test. He retired from all forms of international cricket on 30 July 2014. Kallis also featured for Wales, representing the nation against England in the 2002 Natwest Challenge, helping them to an 8 wicket victory with a return of 31–1 off 10 overs and a score of 3 in the run chase.

He is the current coach of Kolkata Knight Riders.