From the Vault: Classy Kallis hits SCG century

South African allrounder Jacques Kallis scored a wonderful 111 as he combined with Ashwell Prince in a record-breaking fourth-wicket partnership of 219 in Sydney in 2006

[BrkmatrixNeo]

Kallis had it all. Was a master batsmen, great bowler, extraordinary fielder and above all a true gentleman cricketer.Massive respect.

[willemkotze]

Kallis and the Proteas came to my cricket club one day to prepare for a test against the Aussies in Cape Town. The bowling coach at the time, Corrie van Zyl decided to put him through his paces in the nets, the very same nets where me and my fellow cricket mates practiced every time. Me and a few other fans were standing behind the nets as he was batting and were blown away by his technique and shot selection. Van Zyl was standing close range from him, throwing balls at a million miles an hour at him. He knew what to do everytime and played every rocket fired at him with effortless grace. There was a respectful silence from everyone watching as no-one wanted to disturb him or break his concentration.

[geetad]

25000 runs 577 wickets 338 catches and and true gentlemen absolute legend my hero love watching him play!

[Alhamdulillah.e.rabil.alameen]

The great Rahul Dravid once introduced Kallis at an award ceremony as "the greatest all rounder of his generation".

[chess-knight-bishop]

Stats are too good to be true
Like seriously both in Tests and ODIs this man was a beast
Most valuable player of all time

[DaneArch]

nice touch, Gilly shaking his hand when got his ton.

[TheKalbo]

kallis is simply amazing. few have done or will ever do what he's done with bat and ball consistently

[Sandy]

The only player in the world who has 10, 000+ runs & 250+ wickets in both test & odi 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[surajssubramanian]

Kallis is the greatest cricketer I have ever seen.

[MrAltamashqureshi]

Kallis, with his contribution with both bat and ball, eclipses Lara, Tendulkar, Ponting and Dravid as the greatest test player of his era.

[faisalabbasi]

Jack kallis best allrounder of all times great cricketer

[trancenut]

He is the greatest player ever to have played cricket in my eyes.

[theabyssofthoughts]

Kallis is the greatest overall cricketer of all time.
Surpassing the God of cricket even with his all round record.

[ArunKumar-gmkp]

This is Cricket. The real cricket is Test cricket . Was fed up with these T20 leagues all over the globe. Where is the contest between the ball and bat now? IPL has destroyed the Real cricket. Jaques Kallis is a gem of a cricketer. what a technique he has. i have to look for many adjectives to describe his contribution to cricket. Good olden days of great cricket .Thank you cricket australia.

[Rob-nlge]

The greatest cricketer to ever play the game

[rockon]

He is the greatest allrounder due to his attacking nature....
Attack is the best defense..
Jacque Kallis the Legend...

[MartensAD]

To my mind, the greatest cricketer of all time. Excelled in all forms of cricket. Definitely one of the best batters in tests, only behind Tendulkar and Ponting in runs. 250+ wickets. Could have walked into most teams just as a bowler. And then all those slip catches. A beautiful, classical batting style, but his greatest skill was adapting to conditions and circumstances. He could crash it around as well as grinding it out, and for many years he was holding up a struggling team on his own. Phenomenal focus and concentration. Various hotheads tried all sorts, but never ruffled him. King Kallis!

[faeqnaveed]

His record in test cricket is just unbreakable, 13k + runs 290 + wickets and lots of catches, I don't think anyone can break this record.

[sabyasachimukhopadhyay]

What a knock! Take a bow sir...respect from India.

[Hotdogs.]

Seriously, I don't care where I was on the field, if I saw the legend in action, I would have run up to him and gave him a a handshake and pat on the back. Kallis is my favourite player that I saw growing up and I grew up with warne, Mcgrath, Lee, Gillespie, Mr Cricket, clarke, Ponting, Tendulkar, gavaskar, Laxman, Flintoff, sehwag, Chanderpaul, Sanga, Jaywardena, Gilchrist, I pretty much grew up with the best of all time (exluding Bradman and Sobers) But Kallis was my favourite of all. Coming from an Aussie btw, so I'm not biased in saying that, Kallis is probably the 2nd greatest cricketer of all time.