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Jacques Kallis, one of the great cricket all-rounder of modern era, retires from International cricket

New Delh:Jacques Henry Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders of all Time. He is the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 11,000 runs and take 250

India TV Sports Desk Updated on: July 31, 2014 7:35 IST


Kallis was awarded the captaincy of South Africa for the third and final Test match against Australia in 2006 when Graeme Smith stood down with an injury. Kallis currently holds a number of South African cricket records, including most ODI and Test runs, highest ODI and second highest Test batting average and most Test centuries by a South African. Kallis is one of only four players in Test history after Sir Donald Bradman and before Mohammad Yousuf and Gautam Gambhir to make a century in five consecutive matches, achieved in season 2003/04. In 2005, he set the record for the fastest half-century.In Test cricket history, scoring 50 against Zimbabwe off only 24 balls.

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