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Jacques Kallis

South Africa · 1995–2014

Over 13,000 Test runs and nearly 300 Test wickets.

13,289
Test runs: 292
Test wickets: 45
Test centuries: 200
Test catches

Career

Kallis is the most statistically complete all-rounder cricket has produced: a top-order batter of the highest class who also bowled genuinely fast-medium as a fourth seamer, sustained across nearly two decades. The combined output is close to two separate international careers.

Honours

One of only a handful with 10,000 runs and 250 wickets in Tests
Forty-five Test centuries, third-most in history
ICC Cricketer of the Year, 2005
Over 11,000 ODI runs alongside the Test record

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