The Cricketer Who Made Greatness Look Easy: Jacques Kallis

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Hey Cricket Lovers🏏, do you consider Kallis as the greatest allrounder?

[@nishithakt573]

yes for sure

[@nishithakt573]

Please make video on Ricky Ponting

[@CricketStories007]

sure

[@Topaz2008]

YES

[@hindrance-u4r]

Finally, proper recognition. 😊

[@christhorne5167]

Kallis was my Cricket idol growing up. And I'm an Australian 🇦🇺

[@globalcitizen3413]

Same here. Srilankan

[@boomshlang]

respect and a good choice

[@endlessthespokesperson6876]

🇿🇦You don't know how much I'm smiling right now 🙂

[@CricketStories007]

@@endlessthespokesperson6876 glad it brought a smile to your face😀

[@tahir.khan000]

He was a complete package. He is legend of legends top of the chart. He was way way better than any legend cricket ever produced.

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best🔥

[@4vjresideshere]

Is he better than Sir Imran Khan(currently jailed by Pakistan Rulers :/ )

[@tahir.khan000]

@@4vjresideshere well he is not better than imran khan in terms of leadership and bowling ..khan is a brand. But kalis has little advantage of batting he was a complete batsman.

[@MultiScotty24]

22 man of the match awards. Most ever. Best ever

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah🔥

[@loveindia7334]

23 mom

[@StevenBenjaminAuthor]

Didnt know this

[@neelananthony4794]

Kallis is the best cricketer to have ever lived

[@CricketStories007]

Easily one of the best

[@vernonfelix9218]

Truly, a legend of the game,who doesn't get enough credit for his outstanding contribution. Often overshadowed by greats like Tendulkar, Kholi, Dhoni, Warne, Ponting, etc.

[@CricketStories007]

True, he is a legend

[@muazcricketmaster111-hf9ky]

Complete cricketer Kallis 🥶💯💯 all time

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🔥🔥yeah

[@Gr8SkyLizard]

I was fortunate enough to be at his debut in Durban against England, I was 10 at the time. I was equally lucky enough to be at the 2013 Test in Durban against India where he scored his final Test century

[@CricketStories007]

Woww!

[@christoels8110]

What a privilege that must have been!

[@twitchdaglitch1094]

as a wynberg boys old boy! this makes me so proud! looking at his name on the hall of fame board every assembly!

[@cd11645]

Sachin & Lara might be the greatest batsman. Warne & Murali might be the greatest spinner. McGrath & Akram might be the greatest pacer. But it is Kallis who is the greatest cricketer. Period.

[@craigrodgers9693]

Sobers says hi

[@AndrewFlux-x6s]

Sobers second all rounder for me

[@vineetv]

Sobers cud bowl spin also. Also shd we nt consider wicketkeeper batsmen as all rounders too? Which means Sangakarra comes into the conversation

[@kokmuncher6702]

*don bradman

[@craigrodgers9693]

@@AndrewFlux-x6s fair enough. I found Sobers far more exciting. Plus his ability to bowl 3 styles edges it for me.

[@jeremyrogers4839]

Complete cricketer. Legend. His bouncers came from nowhere. Just put his back into it.

[@CricketStories007]

yeah

[@Fantabilooslik]

Not just the greatets allrounder ever but the GREATEST CRICKETER EVER to grace the sport... GOAT

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🔥🔥

[@robertpoverello7288]

Bullshit

[@thabangmotaung4759]

He was very patient and can change be aggressive as well

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Yeah

[@tinahedube971]

With all due respect, he is the greatest cricketer of all time!!

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@@tinahedube971 🔥🔥

[@joselawrence6055]

He is the greatest cricketer of all time

[@CricketStories007]

🔥one of the best

[@FarhanjanBalochi]

Don of cricket jack kallis ❤❤❤

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🔥🔥

[@jonathanrose7610]

Simple...best all-rounder statically.. which makes him the best

[@CricketStories007]

Yup

[@AswathaKangondi]

Greatest allrounder surpassing sir Gary statistically.

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🔥

[@Shaanujaanu]

Kallis will always be the BEST all rounder cricket has produced ahead of the likes of Sobers/Imran etc.

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🔥

[@4vjresideshere]

Casually inserted Imran Khan in top 3

[@intolerantyt7544]

A reliable batsman and a reliable bowler. That says what a great player Kallis was.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah!

[@christoels8110]

And don't forget his superb fielding.

[@hereticsign]

Such was his presence and contributions, even after all these years of his retirement, SA still looks like it hasn't found the balance be it ODI or Test.

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@@hereticsign true

[@Honest_Opinion_Truly]

👏👏👏man, what a great player!!🙌🙌

[@CricketStories007]

One of the greatest

[@ginyouforce616]

Fast bowling is so difficult , perhaps the hardest thing to do on a cricket field.Add to it a test batting avg. of 55, you know you are looking at someone exceptional.

[@CricketStories007]

True

[@boomshlang]

His slipwork also pretty next level.

[@CricketStories007]

True, a great fielder

[@gerhardsteyn-d4k]

He is the best allrounder...go look at his stats!!!! ❤

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@@gerhardsteyn-d4k yeah

[@mindbender1982]

King Kallis fr fr

[@Jijithpthankachan]

The cricket who had brands Batting - sachin Bowling - warne All rounder - kallis

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🔥🔥

[@9975781420]

Amazing work

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Thank you!

[@LennoxLeyton]

Im a west indian but i have great respect for kallis if you dont get him early you are in truble

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@@LennoxLeyton yeah

[@bigpapichampagne745]

My maths teacher used to tell us that Jacques Kallis used to stare at a spot on a wall for up to an hour before a game. To hone his focus. Whether its true or not I have no idea 😂

[@CricketStories007]

Interesting

[@josephramahotswa6842]

In terms of pure This man had over 300 test wickets Over 13k test runs at average 55 Ove 300 catches in test The greatest cricket player to live

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Exactly

[@josephramahotswa6842]

@CricketStories007 this man was the god of cricket, I'm sure he could bowl leg spin if he wanted 🤣

[@josephramahotswa6842]

Top 5 run scorers in test Forget the all rounder factor. The greatest to ever play

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Yeah

[@mainakghosh5923]

Garry Sobbers and Jacques Kallis are the Greatest Ever Cricketers . They both are real God of cricket ❤️❤️❤️

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🔥🔥

[@louisnel5929]

Bear I'm mind - sadly Sobers almost zero ODI stats but Kallis over 10000 runs!

[@Seeta_sa_gauta]

He was a hard worker.

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Yeah

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Nothing or nobody could ever phase him. You made him play and miss? You clipped his helmet with a bouncer? You got right up in his face? He didn't care. He would take a moment to compose himself and reset. And the same cool, calm and quiet Kallis would be in front of the wicket. I once drove back from work in a really narrow crappy road when an almighty storm hit. It was raining buckets, I couldn't see the road, I could barely see out if my windscreen. Giant pools of water formed and presented a huge hydroplaning hazard. I was young and only had my license for maybe three years at that point. I was definitely terrified and there was this urge to just get the drive over with, as the house was not too far away. Maybe it was the voice of God in that moment, but suddenly I just thought of Kallis. How he won't care how easy of difficult the pitch was, or how aggressive the field was set, or how intense the bowling onslaught was going to be; he was going to remain calm and handle whatever situation. So I calmed myself down, regained my focus and patiently drove home. I think about that day sometimes and 100% credit Kallis for getting me home same.

[@harshaphukan5091]

His batting technique was airtight and he had all the shots in the book!

[@desertstar223]

There is no such thing as cricket's greatest genius. Every era has his own genius.

[@christoels8110]

Yes, but collectively the statistics don't lie and Jacques Kallis is the ultimate G.O.A.T.

[@desertstar223]

@christoels8110 Do you understand and comprehend English? So according to your logic, where would you rate Sir Garfield Sobers? Go look at HIS statistics and compare. Although his statistics are on par with those of Kallis, it was achieved in a different era. So 30 years from now who will be considered the best of all time? Kallis can rightfully be considered to be ONE of the best all round cricketers, not THE best. There are just too many variables to be considered. Your logic is backwards. You're insulting ALL of the other outstanding cricketers of their era.

[@christoels8110]

@@desertstar223 Not at all. Why record statistics if in your opinion it counts for nothing as achievements are limited to eras? If we do not have statistics which speak for itself to go by favouritism would probably hail an insignificant player as the greatest of his era because of his popularity. Sir Garfield Sobers was a great player, given, but to maintain such good form for a longer period of time like Jacques Kallis speaks volumes for the greatness of the man. He is still the G.O.A.T. statistically speaking.

[@josephramahotswa6842]

He smashed sobers record so bad no other player will ever come close

[@simonwestaway8732]

Kallie is GOAT for sure.

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🔥🔥

[@johanclaassens8095]

Class player.

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Yeah

[@chrisg667-1]

Imagine.. for a good chunk of his career he "competed" with some bowling alrounders and some legendary front line bowlers for wickets.. and he still managed to get as many as he did

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True

[@seematrivedi4102]

👍👍

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🔥

[@naveenkumar17105]

If sachin doesn't exit kallis be the god of cricket thanks mate for a beautiful video ❤

[@CricketStories007]

Glad you liked the video🔥

[@gyanendrasinha3120]

Sachin was nothing.

[@jlg5967]

I always had Wally Hammond in my best all time test XI until I discovered his lack of facing extreme pace. Kallis is the near equal or even better batsman,superior bowler and slightly below Hammond as a slip fielder from what I've heard. Here it is:Hobbs,Hutton,Bradman(captain),Lara,Kallis,Sobers,Gilchrist,Marshall,Lillee,O'Reilly,Barnes.Hadlee12th man.

[@withamberarya]

Two greatest allrounders if stats is taken in center - Kallis Sanath jayasuriya.

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@@withamberarya 🔥yeah

[@sihlemkhize]

He was other players favorite player

[@kishorkafle]

Kallis is the greatest cricket player. Ever. Bowler, batsman, and slip fielder.

[@CricketStories007]

Yes

[@craigrodgers9693]

Sobers says hi

[@louisjwiese5515]

Better average than Lara, Tendulkar, Ponting, Dravid, Kohli etc. Technically he is one of the top 5 greatest test batsman in history. I.e. if you take away his bowling, he is already a legend. Oh, and he has the second most test centuries in history...

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@@louisjwiese5515 yeah

[@markhayward7400]

I think Jacques Kallis is the greatest all rounder in the history of the game. Only Gary Sobers deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as him.

[@CricketStories007]

Yes

[@prcharles7]

Yes …True

[@selloelias-l3m]

Textbook cover drives.. Wow.. Missed kallis

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🔥

[@bluesky521]

And he had a choice between cricket and rugby.

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He chose the correct decision

[@shaunk6822]

King Kallis for sure! Stands at the top as perhaps the best cricketer of all time. Third highest all time run scorer in tests (behind Tendulkar & Ponting), but also had 293 test wickets. Just an incredible player and ambassador for SA cricket.

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best

[@fruitopia6798]

I think you forgot that Ben Stokes has also achieved the double of 6000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests.

[@CricketStories007]

Yes he has

[@paulvandervyver4223]

Stokes only averages a tad over 35 runs in Test cricket. Great player, but not yet in the league of Kallis when it comes to batting

[@sybren7797]

Kallis has more than 13k test runs and 292 test wickets

[@kennethcrowther2277]

Wouldn't have achieved yet when this video was made. He's only just reached both marks.

[@sybren7797]

@ Stokes averages 35 with the bat after 109 tests. Even if he averages 100 for the next 60 matches he won’t reach Kallis’ runs scored.

[@laygossom2655]

Hes retirement caused a huge selection problem and void because by him being in side he provided the option of extra batter since he could be used as a fourth seamer

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@christoels8110]

No, no, no! A true legend of the game like Jacques Kallis would never sacrifice his team for personal averages.

[@gurunathmahesh6465]

make these types of more videos

[@CricketStories007]

Sure ,will add these videos as well

[@shamudra5]

The best Cricketer

[@CricketStories007]

Exactly 💯

[@NokiaMobile-cs6hi]

Plz make a video on patrik patterson

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Sure man

[@vinayakhuman]

Video on gibbs

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Sure

[@daaichommie708]

Great player. The only frustration with Kallis is he would rarely accelerate his run rate when needed. He opted to bat for his averages as it were.

[@phalgunibhuyan3881]

He is not a game changer... So underrated

[@Gazza-z]

Kallis is the Goat ....Lara was great and Sachin also but Kallis above them

[@CricketStories007]

Legend

[@Quicksilver12345]

Batting wise, he was Sachin, Lara level. Bowling wise, he was Zaheer Khan level. Best cricketer ever.

[@CricketStories007]

A legend

[@StevenBenjaminAuthor]

That '99 ICC champions cup win is the one most forget, too many big WC losses/scars/failures for SA fans. Stats alone - is staggering - puts him firm contention for g.o.a.t. status (tho that term is thrown around too much)

[@CricketStories007]

Exactly

[@robertpoverello7288]

Only one Don Bradman, kallis can't lace his shoes

[@christoels8110]

Great as Bradman was, that was way before the game was developed and more players could compete on equal footing. Back in the day Bradman was just miles ahead of the pack. However, what was the Don's all round ability?

[@Natraja_369]

AB Devilliers more talented batter than Kallis. But as an allrounder ,Kallis was the best in the last 50yrs.

[@dante666jt]

His name is not pronounced Jack Kallis. The correct pronunciation is Zhaq Kallis

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@withamberarya]

Temples would have been made in the name of kallis and rated much above than sachin if he would have been born in indian subcontinent.

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🔥

[@johndasilva2686]

Kallis was a fantastic cricketer. However for me it's sir Garfield Sobers who was the best cricketer of all time. Note in life different eyes see different things.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@Topaz2008]

🙄 The haters, I bet if Kallis wasn't South African you would consider him what is truly is THE GREATEST ALL ROUNDER......I can give you at least 25 comparisons to why Kallis is the best but regrettably the world does not like giving us our due whether it be in cricket, Rugby or any sport, we scare the world our tiny country in the south of Africa so there will always be someone or rather anyone better as long as his not South African but we like it like that ❤

[@dantheman2880]

I almost forgot the name. How dare i?

[@anthonyafonso3599]

Not the sharpest tool in the shed. But the greatest all-rounder. Pity he fell on his mouth.

[@sachintulachan2641]

Rip #shanewarne

[@michaelaustin-xx7cu]

A great all rounder in my opnion has to be judge on the position in the batting order he was batting...Kallis scored most of his centuries at either 3 or 4 in positions that he could have taken his time to build an innings with the better batsmen,while Sobers used to bat at either 5 or 6 batting mostly with other all rounders and the lower half of the batting order...the number of tests he played and the frequency he scored centuries..... his average.In the bowling aspect.....,the frequency he took wickets,the different roles he used to bowl and his average However, ,in his latter years of batting,it was said that he was just trying to outdo Tendulkar as far as records are concerned.I did some research on the frequency with which the great batsmen scored their centuries and Bradman was tops followed by Sobers and Kallis coming in at a close third followed by Tendulkar and then Lara.This is also shown up in their averages with Sobers averaging 57.78 in 93 tests and Kallis 55.37 in 166 tests.The closeness in their batting is once again shown in the fact that Kallis score 45 test centuries and had Sobers played 166 test matches his test centuries would have been 46.In bowling department in 166 tests Kallis took 292 wickets average 32.65....econ .rate.2.82,......SR 69.2.....7 four wicket hauls and 5 five wicket hauls while Sobers in his 93 tests took 235 av.34.03 .....econ rate 2.22,..SR 91.9 with 8 four wicket hauls and 6 five wicket hauls and used to bowl in 3 different styles against Kallis' one.This analysis has shown that Sobers was the better allrounder with Kallis coming in at a close second .

[@christoels8110]

Achieving his success over a prolonged period of time just puts him ahead of the pack. What matters is the statistics as it stand and not the what ifs and/or buts. As die hond nie gestop het om te k@k nie het hy die haas gevang 🤣.

[@desertstar223]

@christoels8110 Is that your reply to a very well though out argument? Are you incapable of stringing together a coherent argument? Onnosel donkie!

[@michaelaustin-xx7cu]

@@christoels8110 Go check the statistics as it stands and come back and talk something SENSIBLE.As die hond nie gestop het om te k@k nie het hy die haas gevang 🤣.

[@michaelaustin-xx7cu]

@@desertstar223 ...and where is that WELL THOUGHT OUT ARGUMENT? if you cannot see that my argument is well thought out with stats AS IT STANDS and REASONS and with you seemingly INCAPABLE of producing one ,then it makes no sense in replying to you any further. Onnosel donkie!

[@desertstar223]

@@michaelaustin-xx7cu Somewhere the lines got crossed. Look carefully dude, my reply was not aimed at you. I actually supported and defended your well thought out argument. You're barking up the wrong tree, but that's okay. We make mistakes, I once made a similar mistake. No hard feelings..

[@ornobmorshed4042]

He may be greatest all rounder to you but he is not a real match winner

[@CoolKat4ever]

He was in test cricket the greatest match winner. In ODI, I agree he played slow at times like Dravid, but he was generally an excellent chaser, and was the main man to win SA their only ICC title in history. He was sometimes too slow batting first innings in ODI, but still a match winner by all means…

[@NivenPillay]

The Proteas were unbeaten away from home for almost a decade largely because of him. We only lost a couple of test series at home to Australia, so your statement is completely unfounded.

[@markriordan9010]

You're smoking some cheap stuff there, brother. He would be a player ANY captain would dream of having in any format of the game...that's beyong opinion, it's fact.