Jacques Kallis is a South African Fast-Medium Swing Bowler
Jacques Kallis also known as Jacques Henry Kallis was born on October 16th, 1975 at Pinelands, Cape Town in South Africa. He is a South African cricketer as well as an all-rounder, who is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swing bowler. He is one of the greatest cricketers of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 10,000 runs and 250 wickets in both one day and Test match cricket. Kallis made his ODI debut against England at Cape Town in January 1996. He took five wickets against West Indies at Dhaka in November 1998, which is his best as an ODI bowler till-date. Kallis was named Leading Cricketer of in the World in the 2008 Wisden for his performances in 2007, in addition to being the “ICC Test Player of the Year” and ICC Player of the Year in 2005.
Jacques Kallis took 5 wickets against West Indies in November 1998
Top ten ODI Wickets
- 5 against West Indies at Dhaka on November 1st, 1998. He bowled 7.3 Overs and gave away only 30 Runs, and his Economy Rate was 4.00 runs per over.
- 5 against Pakistan at Cape Town on December 18th, 2002. He bowled 8.4 Overs including 1 Maiden. He gave away only 41 Runs and his Economy Rate was 4.73 runs per over.
- 4 against West Indies at Bridgetown on May 9th, 2001. He bowled 6.2 Overs including 1 Maiden. He gave away only 22 Runs and his Economy Rate was 3.47 runs per over.
- 4 against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom on October 3rd, 2002. He bowled 8.5 Overs including 1 Maiden. He gave away only 33 Runs and his Economy Rate was 3.73 runs per over.
- 3 against India at Durban on Novemder22nd, 2006. He bowled 4.1 Overs including 1 Maiden. He gave away only 3 Runs and his Economy Rate was 0.72 runs per over.
- 3 against West Indies at Durban on January 30th, 2004. He bowled 3.0 Overs and gave away only 8 Runs. His Economy Rate was 2.66 runs per over.
- 3 against Sri Lanka at Colombo on August 22nd, 2004. He bowled 6.0 Overs including 1 Maiden. He gave away only 20 Runs and his Economy Rate was 3.33 runs per over.
- 3 against Pakistan at Sharjah on April 16th, 1996. He bowled 6.0 Overs including 1 Maiden. He gave away only 21 Runs and his Economy Rate was 3.50 runs per over.
- 3 against New Zealand at Sydney on February 8th, 2002. He bowled 5.1 Overs and gave away only 23 Runs. His Economy Rate was 4.45 runs per over.
- 3 against West Indies at Durban on January 27th, 1999. He bowled 10.0 Overs including 2 Maiden’s. He gave away only 24 Runs and his Economy Rate was 2.40 runs per over.
Statistics as of September 5th, 2011
