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Jacques Kallis
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Jacques Henry Kallis represented South Africa Cricket in 238 of his 345 career matches and also featured for Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Trinidad And Tobago Red Steel, Sydney Thunder and others in franchise cricket. Across all formats he scored 15,293 runs at a batting average of 45.25 and took 310 wickets at 34.55, a dual return few players in the data come close to matching. His primary competition is the One-Day International, where he played 138 times and averaged 46.07 with the bat. On recent form, his last 10 appearances in the Big Bash League and Caribbean Premier League through 2015 and early 2016 produced modest batting scores, with only a 49 not out against Adelaide Strikers on 28 December 2015 showing his better qualities in the final stretch of that sample.
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Bat Avg
45.3
Bowl Avg
34.5
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder
Recent form
Kallis' last 10 appearances, spread across the Caribbean Premier League and Big Bash League in 2015 and early 2016, brought limited returns with the bat: scores of 28, 13, 7, 16, 0, 49 not out, 8, 8,
Strongest format
One-Day International — ODIs are listed as Kallis' primary competition, and across 138 matches he averaged 46.07 with the bat at a strike rate of 76.38, alongside 92 wickets
Career stats overview
89 Test · 138 ODI · 118 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
89 matches
7,405
Runs scored
141
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
138 matches
4,929
Runs scored
92
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
118 matches
2,959
Runs scored
77
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
A rare double across all formats
Across 345 career appearances, Kallis accumulated 15,293 runs at an average of 45.25 and claimed 310 wickets at 34.55. That volume of contribution with both bat and ball across Tests, ODIs and T20s is exceptional in the data.
Test record stands as his statistical peak
In 89 Test matches, Kallis averaged 54.85 with the bat and returned figures of 141 wickets at an economy of 2.91 per over. His bowling average of 34.03 in that format is his best across all competitions.
Dominant numbers against India
In 31 matches against India Cricket, Kallis scored 2,249 runs at a batting average of 68.15. That is his highest average against any of the major Test nations he has faced across his career.
Newlands is his strongest venue by some distance
At Newlands, Kallis averaged 63.07 with the bat across 26 matches, scoring 1,892 runs. He also took 35 wickets there at an economy of 3.19, making it comfortably his most productive ground in both disciplines.
Recent BBL spell produced modest returns
In six Big Bash League appearances for Sydney Thunder in the 2015-16 season, Kallis passed 28 only once and his highest score was an unbeaten 49 against Adelaide Strikers on 28 December 2015. Three wickets came at an economy varying between 5.0 and 8.0 per over across those outings.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams JH Kallis has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
England
- Matches
- 39
- Runs
- 1,804
- Wickets
- 43
Australia
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 2,021
- Wickets
- 38
Pakistan
- Matches
- 37
- Runs
- 2,110
- Wickets
- 43
India
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 2,249
- Wickets
- 28
West Indies
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 1,838
- Wickets
- 23
New Zealand
- Matches
- 29
- Runs
- 1,240
- Wickets
- 23
Chennai Super Kings
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 320
- Wickets
- 10
Delhi Capitals
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 338
- Wickets
- 11
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where JH Kallis has turned out most often.
Newlands, Cape Town
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 1,892
- Wickets
- 35
Kingsmead, Durban
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 1,033
- Wickets
- 24
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 1,281
- Wickets
- 28
SuperSport Park, Centurion
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 1,201
- Wickets
- 24
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 802
- Wickets
- 13
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 388
- Wickets
- 13
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 542
- Wickets
- 6
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 344
- Wickets
- 8
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
JH Kallis's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.