Proteas Legend Jacques Kallis becomes the fourth South African inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
Other South Africans who have been inducted are:
- Allan Donald
Graeme Pollock
Barry Richards
“It’s a great honour to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. It is something that I never expected when I started playing. I certainly did not play the game for any accolades or anything like that, I only wanted to win the games for whoever I was playing for,” said Kallis.
“But it is nice to be recognised when one has succeeded in the sport, it is nice to be recognised by people for something that you have achieved in the game, something that I am really proud of.”
Some career highlights of Jacques Kallis:
- The only player to score at least 10,000 runs and take at least 250 wickets in both Test and ODI cricket
- ICC Player of the Year and ICC Test Player of the year in 2005
- South Africa’s leading Test run-scorer, and currently third on the all-time list
- The most capped South African player in both Test and ODI cricket
- Scored 113 not out in the semi-final and took 5-30 in the final as South Africa won the first ICC Knockout Tournament (later the ICC Champions Trophy) in 1998
- Won 23 ‘Player of the Match’ awards in Test cricket, more than anyone else
- Spent 592 days as the No.1 ranked Test batsman (2005-2011)
- Spent 4028 days as the No.1 ranked Test all-rounder (2000-2013) and a record 493 matches ranked number 1
