Jacques Kallis retires from all international cricket

[VC the slogger]

Really sad that one of the greatest all-rounders of all time is forced to quit this way. Was really looking forward to seeing him play on till the 2015 World Cup. Unfortunately, age caught up with him just like it did with Sobers prior to the 1975 WC.

South Africa Cricket News: Kallis retires from international cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Satan666]

One of the best cricketer of the last 20 or so years and an all time legend. He is right up there with the Pontings and Lara as being the best of the modern era. Been a pleasure to see him play live.

 

[stefan]

Best cricketer of his generation by some margin. Unfortunate that the world cup eluded him, should have won it in 1999. Will miss King Kallis.

 

[used2bcool]

An absolute giant of the modern game - one of the greatest allrounders of all time and one of the greatest batsmen of his generation at the same damn time.

[HASHTAG]#Respect[/HASHTAG]

 

[asprin]

Sobers v2

Understandable, but I think he should have played the WC15.

 

[SpitfiresKent]

As noted his form recently hasn't been great so it's probably best he moves on and allows someone else a chance to shine at the WC. A great player but one that didn't really excite me when ever I saw him bat/bowl.

 

[lion100lion]

Cricket will get the next Sachin, a new Dravid , a new Murali and Warne, a Gilchrist....
But the next Kallis ? Possibly No... Even India hasn't got the next Kapil Dev yet.

#missGenuineAll-rounders

 

[asprin]

A great player but one that didn't really excite me when ever I saw him bat/bowl.

Really? I can understand the bowl part as it used to be mostly supporting figures, but his batting surely was eye-catching; exquisite cover and straight drives?

 

[SaiSrini]

Cricket will get the next Sachin, a new Dravid , a new Murali and Warne, a Gilchrist....
But the next Kallis ? Possibly No... Even India hasn't got the next Kapil Dev yet.

#missGenuineAll-rounders

True that.... Good one! Getting allrounders like Kallis is an absolute rarity these days

 

[stefan]

True that.... Good one! Getting allrounders like Kallis is an absolute rarity these days

First half of his career he was quite slow but this was dictated by not having many other good/great batsmen with him. Since the emergence of smith,amla and ab he did up his run rate quite a bit.

 

[cricket_icon]

This is sad news, I was expecting to see him in Australia. Great allrounders seem to be an extinct species now and Kallis may have been the last of them.

 

[shravi]

This is sad news, I was expecting to see him in Australia. Great allrounders seem to be an extinct species now and Kallis may have been the last of them.

 

[MUFC1987]

In hindsight, it's a shame he didn't stick at Tests into this year, as then he might have made it through to the World Cup. Not playing much didn't seem to help his form. Good for him though that he's given it up now, rather than trying to hang on to the detriment of the team.

One of the best, ever.

 

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I can't see the image :/

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Sorry to bump an oldish thread but I was just thinking the other day that maybe Kallis retired too early and that despite his poor form in Sri Lanka he maybe should've waited until the conclusion of the Zimbabwe/Australia tri series, thoughts?

Obviously it would've been easier to gain some form against the Zimbabweans so maybe he should've stuck it out a little longer. You look at South Africa's current ODI team and if you swap McLaren with Kallis then it's a very strong eleven.