JH Kallis.........

[Empirebuiltolast]

Say what u will about the man But he is just a pleasure to watch when in full flow.

I nick name him

jack Kharosh

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ICC Test Player of the Year 2005
ICC Player of the Year 2005

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In an era of fast scoring and high-octane entertainment, Jacques Kallis is a throwback - and an astonishingly effective one at that - to Test cricket's more sedate age, when one's wicket was a commodity to be guarded with one's life, and runs were but an accidental by-product of crease occupation. After a distinctly ordinary start to his Test career, Kallis blossomed into arguably the world's leading batsman, with a defensive technique second-to-none, and the adhesive qualities of a Cape Point limpet. Generally a placid and undemonstrative man, he nailed down the crucial No. 3 position in the South African batting order after a number of players had been tried and discarded, and his stock rose exponentially from that moment. In 2005, he was honoured as the ICC's Test and overall Player of the Year, after a run of performances against West Indies and England that marked him out as the biggest scalp in the modern game. His batting is not for the romantic - a Kallis century tends to be a soulless affair, with ruthless efficiency taking precedence over derring-do, and he has never quite dispelled the notion that he is a selfish cricketer, with more interest in his average than his team's position. But whatever it is that makes him tick, it has propelled him to the top of the all-time South African Test batting charts, and until the emergence of Andrew Flintoff, he was by some distance the leading allrounder in the world game, capable of swinging the ball sharply at surprising pace off a relaxed run-up. He is a strong man with powerful shoulders and a deep chest and he has the capacity to play a wide array of attacking strokes, if not always the inclination. To add to all this, he is a fine slip fielder. Andrew Miller October 2005

[hasan316]

I hate this guy. I wish kallis was at the place of gibbs when Shoaib unleashed his bouncer on gibbs. does anyone remember that. He started bleeding.

[Lightning]

Full Flow!? You call 50 off 150 balls, full flow!?

[Empirebuiltolast]

I did not say anythin about his current 50. when he was scoring 100 after 100 thats what I mean full flow or when he scored 56 of 25 balls that what I meant full flow don't look at the current form look at the carrer he his a great allrouding batsman.

[hasan316]

56 of 25 is that his dream. His SR stays between 35 to 45.

[hasan316]

Kallis receiving some treatment on the arm. poor guy hahahaha
I guess he got scared of Lee.

[Pathan007]

Originally Posted by hasan316 I hate this guy. I wish kallis was at the place of gibbs when Shoaib unleashed his bouncer on gibbs. does anyone remember that. He started bleeding.

it wasn't Kallis nor Gibbs. it was Kirsten who got hit on the bouncer underneath the eye and was bleeding.

[Empirebuiltolast]

Originally Posted by hasan316 56 of 25 is that his dream. His SR stays between 35 to 45.

Not so my friend here is the info to conferm it

Fastest fifties in Tests

Rajneesh Gupta | March 28, 2005 16:14 IST

Shahid Afridi on Sunday raced to his fifty off only 26 balls in Pakistan's second innings of Bangalore Test.
Afridi now holds the record of scoring the fastest fifty for Pakistan bettering Yousuf Youhana's record. His fifty is also the second fastest in all Test cricket after Jacques Kallis'
24-ball fifty against Zimbabwe recently.

24 JH Kallis South Africa v Zimbabwe Cape Town 2004-05
26 Shahid Afridi Pakistan v India Bangalore 2004-05
27 Yousuf Youhana Pakistan v South Africa Cape Town 2002-03
28 IT Botham England v India Delhi 1981-82
30 Kapil Dev India v Pakistan Karachi 1982-83
31 WJ Cronje South Africa v Sri Lanka Centurion 1997-98
32 IVA Richards West Indies v India Kingston 1982-83
32 IT Botham England v New Zealand The Oval 1986
Note: Some of the sources mention that Ian Botham took 26 balls to complete his fifty against India at Delhi, which is incorrect.

Botham faced 28 deliveries, not 26, for his 50 at Delhi in 1981, which can be confirmed by careful checking of the scorebook (Botham faced two no-balls, which may have been overlooked at the time).

[bilalyousaf]

Originally Posted by hasan316 I hate this guy. I wish kallis was at the place of gibbs when Shoaib unleashed his bouncer on gibbs. does anyone remember that. He started bleeding.

yeah it was kirsten & as kallis is way taller than kirsten so the delivery would just have bruised his shoulder

[ataullah]

208-3 kallis and prince doing well

[ataullah]

69.3 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR!!, fractionally short, Kallis makes room and cuts it to sweeper cover, Symonds gives the chase but the ball wins the race

kallis on 72. needs to go on and make a big ton

[ataullah]

69.6 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR!!, again fractionally short delivery, Kallis steps across and goes for the short arm pull over the infield to deep mid wicket, no one there and the ball easily crosses the rope!

217-3 with 5 overs left

[ataullah]

Current Partnership: 133(265) 4 overs left

[Empirebuiltolast]

Originally Posted by hasan316 I hate this guy. I wish kallis was at the place of gibbs when Shoaib unleashed his bouncer on gibbs. does anyone remember that. He started bleeding.

65.4 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR, 200! for south Africa, good shot, tossed
up outside off stump, Kallis comes to the pitch off the ball and
drives well to the cover fence.
68.2 McGrath to Kallis, FOUR, short ball, good shot! Kallis quickly
hooks well along the ground to the backward square leg fence,
excellent shot!
69.3 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, Kallis
quickly on the back-foot cuts well to the backward-point fence,
good shot!
69.6 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR, short ball on the stumps, Kallis quickly
picks it up and pulls it high in the air to the square leg fence,
good shot!

[ataullah]

223-3 with 3 overs left now

[ataullah]

Originally Posted by Empirebuiltolast 65.4 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR, 200! for south Africa, good shot, tossed up outside off stump, Kallis comes to the pitch off the ball and drives well to the cover fence. 68.2 McGrath to Kallis, FOUR, short ball, good shot! Kallis quickly hooks well along the ground to the backward square leg fence, excellent shot! 69.3 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, Kallis quickly on the back-foot cuts well to the backward-point fence, good shot! 69.6 MacGill to Kallis, FOUR, short ball on the stumps, Kallis quickly picks it up and pulls it high in the air to the square leg fence, good shot!

malik blasted kallis's bowling in that famous lahore odi

[Empirebuiltolast]

JH Kallis (RHB) 78 177 13 0 44.07 Striker
great batting under pressure cam in when SA were 2 for 69. Gibbs also fell cheaply, but he contenue to build.
good batting keep it up Kharosh.

[ataullah]

Umpires coming together for the discussion about the lights, looks like umpire Aleem Dar wants to keep going and Billy wants to offer light to the batsmen. Play to go on!

[ataullah]

72.6 Warne to Prince, no run, comes on the frontfoot to defend, off the pads to Ponting at silly point, loud appeal for the catch, turned down!

2 overs left and warne threatning

[ataullah]

S Warne 7-1-24-0
S MacGill* 11.4-1-52-0
warne underbowled. Bad captaincy by ponting

[ataullah]

73.4 MacGill to Prince, FOUR!!, coming round the wicket, tossed up outside off, Prince leans forward and drives it to deep extra cover!

[ataullah]

230-3 with 1 over left.

[Empirebuiltolast]

Originally Posted by ataullah malik blasted kallis's bowling in that famous lahore odi

So?
Even the likes of McGrath were blasted by the beast in Australia this year.

[ataullah]

Umpires now offer the light to the batsmen and taken, that'll be stumps on Day 1

230-3 at stumps. Great effort by kallis and prince. SA's day

[ataullah]

Originally Posted by Empirebuiltolast So? Even the likes of McGrath were blasted by the beast in Australia this year.

beast's probably hit the most different bowlers for 6's. Would love to see some stats on which bowler and country he's hit for most sixes

[Empirebuiltolast]

Originally Posted by ataullah beast's probably hit the most different bowlers for 6's. Would love to see some stats on which bowler and country he's hit for most sixes

thats ur homework to find out my friend

[ataullah]

Originally Posted by Empirebuiltolast thats ur homework to find out my friend

lol mercs the best with stats