South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is ready to return to the One-Day International side for a last shot at winning the 50-over World Cup.
South Africa's record breaking all-rounder, Jacques Kallis said on Monday beating Australia in a Test series would be equivalent to winning a World Cup.
Jacques Kallis is bursting to score big against Australia and end his batting slump in the Test series starting in Johannesburg on Thursday, according to South African coach Mickey Arthur.
The 27-year-old all-rounder has returned home to be with his father, who is suffering from lung cancer.
South Africa were 178 for four, just 27 runs short of victory after bowling Bangladesh out for 182.
Veteran South African all rounder Jacques Kallis requires just 184 runs over the course of the next two Test matches against Pakistan to move above retired Indian batsman Rahul Dravid into the third place for most runs in a Test career.
India's Sachin Tendulkar and South Africa's Jacques Kallis now jointly hold the top position in the list of Test batsmen after their superb show in the recently concluded Test series, according to a media release issued by ICC.
All-rounder Jacques Kallis is optimistic about defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders' chances of reaching the Pepsi IPL semifinals even though they are languishing in the lower half of the points table.
Had it not been for the washed-out game against Perth Scorchers, reigning IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders could have made the semi-finals of the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, said senior all-rounder Jacques Kallis.
South Africa were 131 for 5 at the close on Day 1 of the third Test, after dismissing Pakistan for 157.
South Africa have rested veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis from the upcoming ODI series against England, replacing him with Dean Elgar in the 15-member squad for the five-match series starting August 24.
Even imagined Jacques Kallis and Kevin Pietersen batting together? On Sunday, they did, for the Royal Challengers, but without much success.
South Africa's veteran batsman Jacques Kallis believes that his team would fightback from the dead and bat out a draw on the final day of the second and final Test in Kolkata.
South Africa were 247 for four at the close with Kallis on 81 and Hashim Amla on 21.
Vernon Philander is becoming the 'new Jacques Kallis', said South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis.
JP Duminy was named in South Africa's Champions Trophy squad on Thursday but veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis will miss the tournament due to personal reasons.
Jacques Kallis hit his second century of the match as Harbhajan Singh claimed seven wickets to bowl out South Africa for 341 in their second innings on Day 4 in the third Test against South Africa on a high, at Newlands, in Cape Town, on Wednesday.
A century by Jacques Kallis on Sunday in what is likely to be his last Test innings emphasised his status among the cricketing greats and ensured a fitting farewell after the South African's sudden decision to end his 18-year Test career.
A spectatcular 89 by Jacques Kallis and a whirlwind 51 by Robin Uthappa helped Royal Challengers Bangalore score a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday.
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis stole the show in Round 4 of the DLF Indian Premier League players' auction with a winning bid of US $9,00,000 by billionaire Vijay Mallya's Bangalore franchise. Kallis, who was priced at US $2,25,000, beat West Indies' dashing opener Chris Gayle, who was bought by Kolkata franchise for US $8,00,000.
Jacques Kallis became the fourth leading run-scorer in Tests as he passed 12,000 runs, but South Africa ruined the party by being bowled out for 266 on the first day of the second Test against Australia on Thursday.
A superb all-round performance by Jacques Kallis carried South Africa to a series-clinching 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the third and final Test at Newlands on Friday.
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis shared an unbroken century stand to put South Africa in control of the first Test with a lead of 287 runs against New Zealand on Friday. South Africa reached close of play on the second day on 179-2. Amla, who was dropped on two, was 85 not out with Kallis on 76 in a partnership of 159.
After a stellar day with the bat and in the field on Sunday, South Africa's Jacques Kallis declared himself fit and ready to play his part with the ball in the last two days of the first Test against Australia.
The prolific batsman was named along with Herschelle Gibbs, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini and a provincial player, Alan Dawson.
He flew back to South Africa to be with his father, who has lung cancer.
A fourth-wicket stand of 90 between Jacques Kallis and Jean-Peal Duminy guided South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win over England in the opening Twenty20 match played at Chester-le-Street on Saturday.
Pakistan were 146 for 3 in the second innings, still needing 278 more runs for victory in the first Test against South Africa.
SA were sent into bat by Pakistan and ended the day on 250 for five with Kallis unbeaten on 104.
Vital wickets from seamer Jacques Kallis and a career best 93 from Boeta Dippenaar inspired South Africa to a 34 run win over Pakistan in the fifth one-day international on Wednesday to give the home side a 4-1 series victory.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders got back to winning ways as they outclassed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 48 runs to notch up their second win in the Pepsi Indian Premier League, in Kolkata on Sunday.
Hashim Amla was approaching his third century in his last four tests as South Africa defused Australia's pace attack and reached a dominant 255 for two at the end of the opening day of the first Test at the Gabba on Friday.
South African batsman Jacques Kallis is trying to pretend that his 100th Test is just another game.
All the players named by more than two teams for the Champions League Twenty20, including South African legend Jacques Kallis and West Indian dasher Kieron Pollard, have opted for their IPL franchises instead of their domestic teams.
Jacques Kallis is South Africa's highest-ranked batsman, replacing Graeme Smith in the top 10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. The 34-year-old, who scored 120 and four in the Centurion Test against England, climbed three places to eighth in the latest rankings.
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