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All-round treble for Kallis

By Rajneesh Gupta
January 03, 2007 19:10 IST

Jacques Kallis, by catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.

Kallis became first South African to do so. Having already scored 8072 runs and taken 202 wickets, Kallis thus became only the second player in Test annals to complete the allround treble of 8000 runs,100 wickets and 100 catches, emulating West Indian Gary Sobers.

There are three other players -- England's Ian Botham, West Indian Carl Hooper and Australia's Shane Warne - who have scored 3000+ runs besides taking 100 wickets and holding 100 catches. The following table has the details:

Player For Tests Runs Avg Wkts Avg Ct
GStA Sobers WI 93 8032 57.78 235 34.04 109
JH Kallis SA+ 104+ 8072 55.29 202 32.05 100
IT Botham Eng 102 5200 33.55 383 28.40 120
CL Hooper WI 102 5762 36.47 114 49.43 115
SK Warne Aus 145+ 3083 17.03 706 25.44 125

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