Jacque Kallis announces retirement

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...from test & first class cricket after the Durban test vs India. Still hoping to go to his last CWC in 2015.

What a complete and utter legend of a all rounder :(


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Johannesburg - The Test against India which gets underway in Durban on Thursday, will be cricketing great Jacques Kallis's last one.

Kallis announce on Wednesday that he will retire from Test and first-class cricket after the match.

However, the 38-year-old - described by Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Haroon Lorgat as the Test team's "Rock of Gibraltar" - is determined to play for the one day team at the 2015 World Cup.
"It's been an honour and a privilege to have been part of the South African Test team since making my debut 18 years ago," the star all-rounder said.

"I have enjoyed every moment out in the middle but I just feel that the time is right to hang up my Test whites," he said in a statement issued by CSA.

"It wasn't an easy decision to come to, especially with Australia around the corner and the success this team is enjoying, but I feel that I have made my contribution in this format."

Having started playing internationally aged 20, Kallis ends his career the highest-placed active player. He scored 13 174 runs and took 292 wickets in 165 Test matches for the Proteas.

"The last two years specifically have been a memorable journey with an exceptional group of cricketers," he said.

"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."

Smith

Captain Graeme Smith praised the veteran's achievements, but expressed sadness at his retirement.

"It's been an emotional few days knowing JK [Jacques Kallis] retiring," Smith posted on Twitter.

"All I can say what a privilege to have played with the great man! Hopefully we can give him the send off he deserves over the next 5 days! Gonna miss him immensely."

Kallis will hope to bow out with a victory in his final Test, and a series win, after the first Test ended in a thrilling draw last Sunday.

Coach

Coach Russell Domingo said they would do their best to get Kallis to the World Cup and added he would leave a huge vacuum in the Test team dressing room.

"The impact Jacques has made on South African cricket has been immense, not just as a player but as a human being," said Domingo in a statement posted on the CSA website.

"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."

Lorgat too paid him a handsome tribute.

Lorgat

"Although we all knew the retirement of a great player like Jacques Kallis was going to happen sooner rather than later, his decision still comes as a blow when the reality dawns that Cricket South Africa's greatest ever player and arguably the world's best all-rounder, will be playing his last Test match in this last week of 2013 when the series concludes against India.

"Jacques Kallis has simply been the Proteas Rock of Gibraltar. He has been a stalwart for many years and their recent triumphs and greatness has been built around him.

"He is a legend and his statistics speak volumes. For the number of Test centuries scored, he is second only to Sachin Tendulkar and he is statistically the greatest all-rounder of all time.

"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."
 
Best all rounder without a doubt of current generation and among top 3 all time along with Sobers and Imran. Absolute Legend.
 
Who are the young up and coming batsmen in SA?

Other than the usual names like David Miller, Colin Ingram, de Kock..

Read a name that I haven't heard of -- Stiaan van Zyl.
 
Second best player ever? I would say so.
 
My opinions on him on here are pretty well known.

Class player, one of the best.
 
One of the very best ever, he has an absolutely amazing record.
 
zing said:
Who are the young up and coming batsmen in SA?

Other than the usual names like David Miller, Colin Ingram, de Kock..

Read a name that I haven't heard of -- Stiaan van Zyl.
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Rilee Roussow is the mega talent in terms of batsmen. But he hasn't gotten a look in into the national team yet.
 
Thank you King Kallis for all those years of stellar service. Although you didn't worm your way into our hearts, you certainly were the rock of our team for the past decade and a half.
 
I don't rate him as highly as some but he's obviously one of the top players of his generation. Solid.
 
Despite his fantastic statistics I've never regarded him anywhere near the best batsmen or bowler of this generation. Maybe his dull character, or to the neutral observer he just seemed to play for himself than the team could be the reason. Whatever, he certainly has not got the plaudits his record screams.
 
8 wickets off 300

1 catch off 200

And 205 off Ponting's runs total, which would make him no.2 behind Tendulkar as the leading run-scorer of all time
 
the way I look at it is, any time someone who isn't a South African mentions Kallis as an awesome player is how I know they've never seen cricket.

You can see loads of people like that here in India, who are for some reason bitter about Sachin's achievements and try downplaying it, often in comparison with players like Kallis.

Kallis is/was a very good player and I genuinely disliked him as an opposing fan because he never looks like getting out, but I've never run to switch on the TV when he was batting or bowling.

Statistically up there, of course, there is no question of that.
 
zing said:
the way I look at it is, any time someone who isn't a South African mentions Kallis as an awesome player is how I know they've never seen cricket.

You can see loads of people like that here in India, who are for some reason bitter about Sachin's achievements and try downplaying it, often in comparison with players like Kallis.

Kallis is/was a very good player and I genuinely disliked him as an opposing fan because he never looks like getting out, but I've never run to switch on the TV when he was batting or bowling.

Statistically up there, of course, there is no question of that.
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Exactly. It's like Kallis is respected more by Indian hipsters than SA fans themselves!
 
Well the way he's retired simply highlights why he's respected. No hanging around at the expense of the team to cross some irrelevant milestone.
 
VP said:
Well the way he's retired simply highlights why he's respected. No hanging around at the expense of the team to cross some irrelevant milestone.
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He was not playing ODIs, cherry picking the matches he'd play in and that was affecting team balance and planning for WC 2015. Good players being shifted around when Kallis chose to play.

Before the last ODI series, there were an article on Cricinfo suggesting that the SA camp was not entirely happy with this and wanted him to make a decision. It sort of looks like he's reacted in relation to that situation.

One final push at the WC.
 
VP said:
Well the way he's retired simply highlights why he's respected. No hanging around at the expense of the team to cross some irrelevant milestone.
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zing said:
He was not playing ODIs, cherry picking the matches he'd play in and that was affecting team balance and planning for WC 2015. Good players being shifted around when Kallis chose to play.

Before the last ODI series, there were an article on Cricinfo suggesting that the SA camp was not entirely happy with this and wanted him to make a decision. It sort of looks like he's reacted in relation to that situation.

One final push at the WC.
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Exactly this. VP's irrational hatred for Tendulkar comes out again.
 
zing said:
the way I look at it is, any time someone who isn't a South African mentions Kallis as an awesome player is how I know they've never seen cricket.

You can see loads of people like that here in India, who are for some reason bitter about Sachin's achievements and try downplaying it, often in comparison with players like Kallis.

Kallis is/was a very good player and I genuinely disliked him as an opposing fan because he never looks like getting out, but I've never run to switch on the TV when he was batting or bowling.

Statistically up there, of course, there is no question of that.
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What? Kallis is incredible, on the coverage of the match they showed Dravid's record and Khan's record to demonstrate he was like both of them combined. Statistically he's a better batsman than Tendulkar as well, without his bowling.
 
It's not that. There's no disagreeing with his numbers. There are players with great numbers and there are players with great runs. I'd put Kallis in the former.
 
Top player. Just below the greatest tier. It's not all about stats.
 
I suspect not many kids grew up wanting to be Kallis, not exactly the sign of a legendary cricketer. Must admit, I thought he was boring to watch. I frequently switched over when he was playing. Cracking stats though.
 
Spoony said:
I suspect not many kids grew up wanting to be Kallis, not exactly the sign of a legendary cricketer. Must admit, I thought he was boring to watch. I frequently switched over when he was playing. Cracking stats though.
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I tried to base my batting technique completely on his when I was a kid, maybe I was wierd.
 
90% of the stadium empty when he's playing his last innings. Says a bit, IMO.

In a lot of ways, it is sad also.

And TBF, his innings has kept India in the game.

With so much time lost and so much time potentially lost, plodding along at a strike rate of 30 in a match in which anyone else who has made runs has scored at twice the rate.

A less conservative #4 would've taken the game away from India by now.
 
58 runs in 30 overs :lol:

If only they had Gavaskar to up the run rate..
 
First job is to score the runs, putting South Africa in a position where they can't lose the game, and probably won't bat last on a pitch that is wearing and spinning.
 
Fiskey said:
First job is to score the runs, putting South Africa in a position where they can't lose the game, and probably won't bat last on a pitch that is wearing and spinning.
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I don't disagree with that and SA are huge favourites to win the game still, but with the rain coming around(and they knew it was comin around, they sent Steyn in as night watchman with a hell lot of overs to bowl because they thought it'd rain), you just don't hit 58 runs from 30 overs in the 3rd session.

Wicket was extremely flat and India has only 2 bowlers.
 
zing said:
I don't disagree with that and SA are huge favourites to win the game still, but with the rain coming around(and they knew it was comin around, they sent Steyn in as night watchman with a hell lot of overs to bowl because they thought it'd rain), you just don't hit 58 runs from 30 overs in the 3rd session.

Wicket was extremely flat and India has only 2 bowlers.
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Why are SA huge favourites? There's barely any time left. After SA get a lead there's not enough time for two teams to bat. Barring india putting on a disgraceful batting performance this will be a draw.

SA needed to bat quickly in the last session yesterday to win he test.
 
If SA get a 100 run lead in the next 2 sessions and it doesn't rain for 2 days entirely, we'd be under the cosh. We would be trailing only by 100 but we know we can't win and would be trying to bat out 3 sessions.

Steyn bowled really well.

'huge' was an exaggeration, but I'd say if it doesn't rain, they'd be favourites.

Of course, they'd be in a much stronger position if they'd batted positively yesterday..
 
VP said:
Well the way he's retired simply highlights why he's respected. No hanging around at the expense of the team to cross some irrelevant milestone.
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He's retiring to preserve his average and try to smuggle his way into his world cup team. He's been in very poor form and his average has gone from 57 to 55 in the past few tests. He pays attention to those sorts of things, always has. The media have also been quick to get on his back.
 
zing said:
If SA get a 100 run lead in the next 2 sessions and it doesn't rain for 2 days entirely, we'd be under the cosh. We would be trailing only by 100 but we know we can't win and would be trying to bat out 3 sessions.

Steyn bowled really well.

'huge' was an exaggeration, but I'd say if it doesn't rain, they'd be favourites.

Of course, they'd be in a much stronger position if they'd batted positively yesterday..
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Kallis? Bat positively? You're watching the wrong player mate. Over 50 overs to make little over 100 on a flat pitch and someone will have you convinced its a great innings.
 
zing said:
If SA get a 100 run lead in the next 2 sessions and it doesn't rain for 2 days entirely, we'd be under the cosh. We would be trailing only by 100 but we know we can't win and would be trying to bat out 3 sessions.

Steyn bowled really well.

'huge' was an exaggeration, but I'd say if it doesn't rain, they'd be favourites.

Of course, they'd be in a much stronger position if they'd batted positively yesterday..
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Or they would have lost wickets cheaply.

How on earth do people not think before making these statements?
 
NinjaFletch said:
Or they would have lost wickets cheaply.

How on earth do people not think before making these statements?
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Did you watch the match?

Batting positively doesn't mean playing T20 cricket. He took 50 overs to score 100 runs on a day 3(and a bit of day 4) pitch which was flat, the majority of which was bowled by 2 bowlers.

And then got out. He's been bailed out by Robin Peterson's cameo here.
 
zing said:
Did you watch the match?

Batting positively doesn't mean playing T20 cricket. He took 50 overs to score 100 runs on a day 3(and a bit of day 4) pitch which was flat, the majority of which was bowled by 2 bowlers.

And then got out. He's been bailed out by Robin Peterson's cameo here.
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Doesn't matter, theres inherent risk/reward between playing with positive intent and not. Look at England, they've been slated for playing too passively and slated for playing stupid shots when they have looked to force it.

I suspect your frustration is that Kallis has basically batted you out of the game, and it hasn't been pretty to watch him do it. Rather than be bailed out by Petersen and Faf he's actually given them a platform on which they can go and play their shots and take the game away from India.
 
NinjaFletch said:
Doesn't matter, theres inherent risk/reward between playing with positive intent and not. Look at England, they've been slated for playing too passively and slated for playing stupid shots when they have looked to force it.

I suspect your frustration is that Kallis has basically batted you out of the game, and it hasn't been pretty to watch him do it. Rather than be bailed out by Petersen and Faf he's actually given them a platform on which they can go and play their shots and take the game away from India.
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So you didn't watch the match and have no idea what you're talking about.

No, there's no frustration. The match has been a draw or SA's ever since day 2 ended with SA in a strong position. I expected Jadeja to bowl well but did not really expect us to force a result, with the time lost and the pitch not aiding our seamers.

Let's put this in context:

The match lost 45 overs on day 1 due to bad light, started late on day 2 due to rain and lost 15 overs(without compensating for any overs lost on day 1), lost nearly a session due to rain on day 3 and you think it was part of Kallis master plan to win this match by setting up a platform for Robin Peterson and Faf du Plessis, by batting nearly 50 overs for 100 runs? That too, against India who were bowling with 2 decent bowlers, on an extremely flat pitch.

And they think light/rain will affect day 4 and day 5.

Oh, and off they go for rain as they type this.
 
I'd give up on Ninja if I were you Zing, he's quite clearly the sort of lad that thinks any runs are great runs regardless of where the game is at any point.
 
It doesn't matter if they were great runs, no ones arguing that it was a great knock and its a complete invention to say that I have said that.

But the simple fact of the matter is that they are runs on the board. He came in at 2-113 and watched Petersen go before a run was added. By the time he departed South Africa were 6-384, who would be benefited from him playing a 20 ball knock for 21 runs? Or similarly trying to force the run rate when South Africa where still in the mire?

Yes, its not pretty, yes its a dull to watch and no, no ones going to look back and think that it was a masterclass of how to bat, but he did his job which was to put South Africa into a position where they could not lose the game by grinding down India's bowling attack, and that's exactly what he would have been asked to do.
 
Seems like he was very selfish. The game should be about winning...and not ensuring that a loss is taken out of the equation on day bloody 3.
 
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Seems like he was very selfish. The game should be about winning...and not ensuring that a loss is taken out of the equation on day bloody 3.
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Exactly.

SA may yet win.. their tail ender who can smack it around a bit scored 60 off 50 balls and given them a great position.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
58 runs in 30 overs :lol:

If only they had Gavaskar to up the run rate..
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When I was 14 there was a lady that used to play in the clubs second team with us. She once batted at #2 and hit 32 in a 48 over game. It was excruciating to watch, she could barely hit the ball out of the square, they had the field in so close with pretty much everyone on the single and only a fine leg anywhere near the boundary.


The problem was, she was about as correct a batsman as you're going to see, a stubborn old goat and played a 48 over innings like a 5 day test.



Being a 14 year old in a team with about 6 or 7 other 13-16 year olds, we started a pot which went to whoever managed to run her out. For the good of the team, of course :lol:
 
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