Jacques Kallis one of the game’s greatest allrounders, retires from Test cricket after the Boxing Day match against India. Kallis announced his decision on Wednesday, on the eve of the second Test against India, but stated that he would still like to play the 2015 World Cup for South Africa.
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In a statement, Kallis said: “It wasn’t an easy decision, with Australia around the corner and the success this team is enjoying, but I feel the time is right. I don’t see it as goodbye, I still have a lot of hunger to push South Africa to that World Cup in 2015 if I am fit and performing. The last two years specifically have been a memorable journey with an exceptional group of cricketers. I am fortunate enough to have ended my Test career amongst a group of talented cricketers but, more importantly, friends whom I will cherish for years to come.”
Kallis, who made his Test debut against England in December 1995, and has played 165 Tests, scoring 13174 runs at an average of 55.12, with 44 centuries and 58 half-centuries.
He is currently fourth on the list of leading run-getters in Test cricket, and is also second on the list of batsmen with most Test centuries, apart from having scored the most runs for South Africa in Tests. Kallis’ status as the pre-eminent allrounder of his era stemmed from his contributions as a bowler – 292 Test wickets at an average of 32.53 – and fielder, whose 199 catches ranks him only behind Rahul Dravid in the Test list. He has one more match to add to those numbers.
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Batting has been the reason for questions surrounding Kallis’ form. He last scored a century more than a year ago, in November 2012, against Australia in Brisbane. In 2013, he has scored just 194 runs with no hundreds – a first for Kallis in a calendar year – and only two half-centuries. He has been dismissed in single figures in five of his last seven innings, twice for a duck, and on four occasions playing across the line and being struck lbw.
On South Africa’s recent visit to the UAE, Kallis had the leanest series of his career. He did not get into double figures once and did not take a single wicket either. Asked then whether there were concerns about how much longer Kallis would play, Graeme Smith had dismissed them. “He still has a great desire to play for South Africa,” he said.
Kallis’ struggles were brushed off as nothing more than rustiness after a long lay off. While most of the team hadn’t played competitively for three months, Kallis was coming in from a much longer break that started when the IPL ended in May. South Africa did not play Test cricket in that time and Kallis, who initially made himself available for the Champions Trophy, withdrew from the squad citing personal reasons. He had not played fifty-over cricket for South Africa for 15 months at that stage, because of his workload management. He also played no part in the tour of Sri Lanka in August, in keeping with the policy of leaving him out of bilateral limited-overs series.
Kallis’ wish to win a World Cup medal had not dimmed. So at the end of that month, after a meeting with new coach Russell Domingo, Kallis recommitted to the ODI squad. Domingo announced that Kallis would play in most of South Africa’s ODIs in the lead-up to 2015, starting with the home series against India.
He played in the hastily organised home series against Pakistan and celebrated his comeback with a half-century. Kallis has turned out in three ODIs since then, sitting out of the dead-rubbers against both Pakistan and India, scoring 26 runs and claiming three wickets.
South Africa do not play any one-day cricket until next July against Zimbabwe, which means Kallis will disappear from the international arena for at least seven months after this Test. Following that, they have a five-match series against Australia and another five matches against West Indies at home before the 2015 World Cup.
If Kallis plays in all those matches, he will turn out 13 more times for South Africa before the tournament. That scarcity is something Russell Domingo, South Africa’s coach, said the team would take some getting used to because Kallis has been a constant in the dressing room. “The impact Jacques has made on South African cricket has been immense, not just as a player but as a human being,” Domingo said. “I’m not sure we will ever see another player of that stature very soon. Jacques’ calmness, maturity and presence in the change room will sorely be missed and hopefully he will still be able to play a role in this team’s success in the near future. He has ambitions of playing in the 2015 World Cup and it will be important for us to manage him accordingly so that he is in prime form leading into the tournament.”
Haroon Lorgat, Cricket South Africa’s chief executive, praised Kallis, calling him South African cricket’s “Rock of Gibraltar”. “He has been a stalwart for many years and South Africa’s recent triumphs and greatness have been built around him. He is a legend and his statistics speak volumes,” Lorgat said. “Jacques has been ever present for the Proteas in the past 18 years and it is fitting that his final Test should be on the same ground as the one on which he made his debut against England back in 1995.”
India 334 & 223
South Africa 500 & 59/0 (11.4 ov)
South Africa won by 10 wickets
- India in South Africa Test Series – 2nd Test
- Test no. 2111 | 2013/14 season
- Played at Kingsmead, Durban
- 26,27,28,29,30 December 2013 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| S Dhawan | c Petersen b Morkel | 29 | 64 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 59.18 | |
| M Vijay | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 97 | 309 | 226 | 18 | 0 | 42.92 | |
| CA Pujara | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 70 | 233 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 53.03 | |
| V Kohli | c †de Villiers b Morkel | 46 | 114 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 52.87 | |
| RG Sharma | b Steyn | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AM Rahane | not out | 51 | 191 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 42.14 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | c Smith b Steyn | 24 | 57 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| RA Jadeja | c Kallis b Duminy | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Z Khan | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| I Sharma | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Mohammed Shami | c Smith b Morkel | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 4, nb 1) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 111.3 overs; 502 mins) | 334 | (2.99 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-41 (Dhawan, 13.1 ov), 2-198 (Pujara, 66.3 ov), 3-199 (Vijay, 68.5 ov), 4-199 (RG Sharma, 68.6 ov), 5-265 (Kohli, 92.3 ov), 6-320 (Dhoni, 106.4 ov), 7-321 (Jadeja, 107.5 ov), 8-322 (Khan, 108.2 ov), 9-330 (I Sharma, 108.5 ov), 10-334 (Mohammed Shami, 111.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 30 | 9 | 100 | 6 | 3.33 | (2w) | ||
| VD Philander | 21 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 2.66 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| M Morkel | 23.3 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 2.12 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 11 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 3.27 | |||
| RJ Peterson | 22 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 3.40 | |||
| JP Duminy | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.50 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Dhawan b Jadeja | 47 | 120 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 58.02 | |
| AN Petersen | c Vijay b Jadeja | 62 | 148 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 62.00 | |
| HM Amla | b Mohammed Shami | 3 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| JH Kallis | c †Dhoni b Jadeja | 115 | 393 | 316 | 13 | 0 | 36.39 | |
| AB de Villiers† | c Kohli b Jadeja | 74 | 161 | 117 | 9 | 0 | 63.24 | |
| JP Duminy | lbw b Jadeja | 28 | 102 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 34.14 | |
| DW Steyn | c †Dhoni b Khan | 44 | 139 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 46.80 | |
| F du Plessis | run out (RG Sharma) | 43 | 105 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 61.42 | |
| RJ Peterson | c Vijay b Khan | 61 | 88 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 117.30 | |
| VD Philander | not out | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Morkel | c & b Jadeja | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 15, w 2, nb 3) | 23 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 155.2 overs) | 500 | (3.21 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-103 (Smith, 27.1 ov), 2-113 (Amla, 32.6 ov), 3-113 (Petersen, 33.1 ov), 4-240 (de Villiers, 73.6 ov), 5-298 (Duminy, 103.2 ov), 6-384 (Kallis, 133.3 ov), 7-387 (Steyn, 136.1 ov), 8-497 (Peterson, 154.1 ov), 9-500 (du Plessis, 154.6 ov), 10-500 (Morkel, 155.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 28 | 4 | 97 | 2 | 3.46 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| Mohammed Shami | 27 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 3.85 | |||
| I Sharma | 31 | 7 | 114 | 0 | 3.67 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| RA Jadeja | 58.2 | 15 | 138 | 6 | 2.36 | |||
| RG Sharma | 11 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2.63 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| S Dhawan | c du Plessis b Peterson | 19 | 120 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 21.83 | |
| M Vijay | c Smith b Philander | 6 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| CA Pujara | b Steyn | 32 | 137 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 32.00 | |
| V Kohli | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 11 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 40.74 | |
| RG Sharma | lbw b Philander | 25 | 69 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 54.34 | |
| AM Rahane | b Philander | 96 | 219 | 157 | 11 | 2 | 61.14 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | c Petersen b Peterson | 15 | 47 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 51.72 | |
| RA Jadeja | c Morkel b Peterson | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 | |
| Z Khan | lbw b Peterson | 3 | 68 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 7.31 | |
| I Sharma | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 1 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| Mohammed Shami | not out | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, w 2) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 86 overs; 381 mins) | 223 | (2.59 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-8 (Vijay, 5.3 ov), 2-53 (Dhawan, 27.5 ov), 3-68 (Kohli, 36.1 ov), 4-71 (Pujara, 38.6 ov), 5-104 (RG Sharma, 50.4 ov), 6-146 (Dhoni, 61.1 ov), 7-154 (Jadeja, 61.6 ov), 8-189 (Khan, 77.6 ov), 9-206 (I Sharma, 84.1 ov), 10-223 (Rahane, 85.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 21 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 2.23 | (1w) | ||
| VD Philander | 16 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 2.68 | |||
| M Morkel | 16 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 2.12 | |||
| RJ Peterson | 24 | 3 | 74 | 4 | 3.08 | (1w) | ||
| JP Duminy | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| F du Plessis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 58 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | not out | 27 | 48 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 81.81 | |
| AN Petersen | not out | 31 | 48 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 83.78 | |
| Extras | (w 1) | 1 | ||||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 11.4 overs; 48 mins) | 59 | (5.05 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers†, F du Plessis, JP Duminy, RJ Peterson, VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Mohammed Shami | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| I Sharma | 5 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 5.80 | (1w) | ||
| RA Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| RG Sharma | 0.4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15.00 |
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| Toss India, who chose to bat Series South Africa won the 2-match series 1-0 |
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| Player of the match tba | |||||||||
| Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and RJ Tucker (Australia) TV umpire AT Holdstock Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire S George |
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What a super player Kallis has been for South Africa for a long long time, will be very hard to replace but at least he will still be around for the one dayers. Hopefully then without any of the shackles of needing to look after himself to be able to play the tests where he had to carry South Africa many a time Jaques Kallis will flourish in the shorter version of the game. One final test, life is going to be weird without him in the Proteas test side. Hopefully he will get at least that one catch to get to 200 and maybe even more than that to surpass Dravid and retire as the man who has taken the most catches as a fielder. And as for those 8 wickets he needs to get to the magical 300 mark, really hope so… Wish him all the best in his future.
Gbs I know the article is not published in the normal format that I would, picture’s too big, lots of text before the read more, but felt would like to do it like this for King Kallis.
2 @ Bullscot:
Hello Bully, no problem.
3 @ grootblousmile:
Good morning Gbs did you all have a lekker Christmas?
There will be no Live Game Article from me for this Cricket Test in Durban, will be away for a few days from tomorrow to somewhere where I believe there is even no Cell phone reception
Will place the scores for this match on here in the comments section, while I am still here.
Would appreciate if the rest of you keeps reminding the readers of the scores when I’m not in attendance.
India won the toss and are batting, 50/1
India 51/1 in 18th over, man out Dhawan caught Peterson bowled Morkel for 29
4 @ Bullscot:
Very lekker Christmas, thanks, just an easy relaxing day it was, big lunch… and the family all end up here for all occasions anyway, our house seems to be the glue that keeps the family together.
How was your Christmas, Bully?
Robin Peterson in for Imran Tahir the only change from Wanderers test for SA. India also made on chage in spinning department – Jadeja in for Ashwin
8 @ grootblousmile:
Great man super to hear you had such a good day with family. Was nice here too quite hectic in the morning as you can imagine the wee ones and their presents was nice to have some family around too, but chilled for a bit in afternoon as needed to rest for work which was busy.
I see Morkel pulled a miracle recovery from his ankle injury in the previous Test… and see the 1st wicket was his.
5 @ grootblousmile:
That is good if you can take some time to escape if dont catch u before u go enjoy it, must get sleep am on again tonight, cheers vir eers
10 @ Bullscot:
I have not been this lazy for a long, long time…
12 @ Bullscot:
Oi vei, you and the shifts you work… must be difficult to motivate yourself for that this time of year.
Talk later then.
Lunch – Day 1
India 76 / 1, 26 overs bowled
India 136 / 1, 41 overs bowled.
Not looking good for the Proteas
India 170 1, 54.5 overs bowled.
Weather looking to interfere with the day as well.
India 181 / 1 with 61 overs bowled.
Bad light has stopped play and it is unlikely that the players will resume play on Day 1.
OK guys and gals, I’m off on a few holidays, to a place where I have no Cell Phone or #G or Internet connection.
In my absense Timothy will monitor things here on Rugby-Talk!
Enjoy the cricket!
Tjorts!
At least 30 overs left in day 2, light permitting, in Durban and the score is India 320/5
Close of play day 2 4th ashes test, Australia 164/9 in reply ton Englands first innings score of 255
A wicket fallen in Durban, India 320/6 Dhoni caught Smith bowled Steyn for 24
And another wicket Jadeja out for 0 caught King Kallis bowled Duminy India now 321/7
That catch takes Kallis to 200 in test cricket!
Another wicket India 322/8
Khan caught de Villiers bowled Steyn 0
Indi 326/8
And another wicket tumbles! India 330/9, Sharma caught de Villiers bowled Steyn 4, that is wicket #6 for Steyn!
India 332/9 still at least 26 overs left in the day and sounds like play will not end early today
Triple Nelson India 333/9
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