I think a lot of sides would have left it maybe a little bit earlier.
"Jacques Henry Kallis" is a former South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowling/fast-medium swing bowling/swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest of the game's all rounder (cricket)/all-rounders. he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 11,000 run (cricket)/runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket.
Kallis played 166 Test cricket/Test matches and had a batting average of over 55 runs per innings. From October to December 2007 he scored five centuries in four Test Matches; with his century in the second innings of the third test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar's 51.
Kallis was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World/Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2008 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack/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. He has been described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to play the game, and along with Walter Hammond and Garfield Sobers/Sir Garry Sobers is one of the few Test all-rounders whose Test batting average is over 50 and exceeds his Test bowling average by 20 or more.
More Jacques Kallis on Wikipedia.It does give the guys a lot of confidence going into the next few Test matches. We know they'll bounce back. The (Perth) wicket was pretty flat.
They are a proud nation that I still feel are the number one side in the world, they know the conditions, will have the crowds on their side and it all adds up to a stiff test for us.
It has given the guys a lot of confidence.
I am pretty confident I will be 100 per cent fit. I don't know if it's an injury that you can go in at about 90 per cent fit.
I am really looking forward to these matches and it is a privilege to have been selected. From a player's point of view these are the matches you want to be involved in.
I had my first full-blooded throw-downs today and it's coming along. Hopefully I'll have a bat tomorrow and the next day. I'm pretty confident that I'll be 100 per cent fit.
This is huge. I'm so proud.
Australia may have lost the Ashes series in England but I am certain they will be a totally different side at home.
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