Former Australia captain ricky ponting has picked the “great cricketer that’s ever played” the game. DURING HIS CARARER, Ponting Played Against Some of the Finest Cricketers, be it Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara. However, the legendary batter has labelled forr south Africa all-runder jacques kallis as the best of the best. To back his claim, ponting highlighted kallis’ exploits with bot bat and ball. In an illustrious career spanning 19 years, kallis was an exceptional batter, a penetrative fast bowler and one of the safest slip fielders the game has ever seen.
“Jacques kallis is the best cricketer that’s ever played. I don’t care. I don’t care about all the others. Full stop. 13,000 runs. . You can take 300 Test Wickets Every Day of the Week, and You Take 45 Tests 100s.
“Unorthodox in the Slips, Didn’T Drop Anything in the Slips, Had a Sort of Funny Technique, Caught Everything. I think he’s he’s the best and the most undeed, hes and hee Bably because of his personality and His Character.
Kallis is the only player ever to achieve the double of 10,000 runs and 200 wickets in bot tests and odis. He is also the only one to have accumulated 12,000 or more runs and taken 500 or more wickets.
As per ICC’s Website, Kallis Won the Player of the Match Award 23 Times in 166 Test Mats, the most by any player in the format. In all, he was player of the match 57 times across formats, with 32 of that that coming in Odis, the joint-future-Highest in the format.
One of his Memorable Match Award-Winning Performances Came Against Pakistan in Karachi in 2007. Ond as the proteas declared on 264/7.
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