CRICKET WICKETJacques Kallis Test record against Australia
1997-02-28 – 2012-11-30 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 28 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 53 batting innings and 44 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 53 | 1,978 | 49 | 40.36 | 45.40 |
| Bowling | 44 | 1,878 | 50 | 37.56 | 68.74 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 3.27 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,437.
Batting milestones in this sample: 5 centuries and 10 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 4,356.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 6 | 339 | 147 | 56.50 | 52.96 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 640 | 2 | 2 | 24.50 | 3.16 | 46.50 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 54 | 19.33 | 82.85 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 121.00 | 4.32 | 168.00 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 | 330 | 102 | 47.14 | 49.47 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 667 | 8 | 7 | 34.85 | 2.83 | 73.71 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 146 | 63 | 48.66 | 54.07 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 270 | 4 | 6 | 33.50 | 3.25 | 61.66 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 | 388 | 114 | 55.42 | 45.01 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 862 | 7 | 9 | 29.22 | 3.05 | 57.44 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 16.00 | 27.58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 116 | 2 | 3 | 42.33 | 3.86 | 65.66 |
| 2002 | 4 | 8 | 222 | 73 | 31.71 | 54.14 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 410 | 6 | 12 | 41.83 | 4.56 | 55.00 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 207 | 99 | 69.00 | 40.50 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 511 | 3 | 3 | 45.66 | 2.85 | 96.00 |
| 1998 | 2 | 4 | 91 | 45 | 22.75 | 38.55 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 236 | 3 | 2 | 47.50 | 2.26 | 126.00 |
| 1997 | 4 | 7 | 165 | 101 | 23.57 | 28.74 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 574 | 6 | 5 | 27.80 | 2.21 | 75.20 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 14 | 26 | 807 | 33.62 | 46.72 | 24 | 30 | 34.50 |
| Away | 9 | 18 | 807 | 47.47 | 44.38 | 11 | 9 | 53.88 |
| Unknown | 5 | 9 | 364 | 45.50 | 44.88 | 9 | 11 | 32.54 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Johannesburg
- First century in this archive · 101 runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne
- Best recorded bowling · 3/22
Test v Australia · New Wanderers Stadium
- Highest recorded innings · 147 runs
Test v Australia · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-30 | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 3 | 37 | 65 | — | — |
| 2012-11-30 | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | — |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | 46 | 110 | — | — |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | 58 | 93 | — | — |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 1 | — | — | 2 | 19 |
| 2012-11-09 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | 3 | 49 | 91 | — | — |
| 2012-11-09 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | 2 | — | — | 0 | 30 |
| 2012-11-09 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | 1 | 147 | 274 | — | — |
| 2011-11-17 | New Wanderers Stadium | 4 | — | — | 0 | 28 |
| 2011-11-17 | New Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 2 | 19 | — | — |
| 2011-11-17 | New Wanderers Stadium | 2 | — | — | 1 | 56 |
| 2011-11-17 | New Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 54 | 41 | — | — |
| 2011-11-09 | Newlands | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| 2011-11-09 | Newlands | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| 2011-11-09 | Newlands | 1 | — | — | 0 | 37 |
| 2009-03-19 | Newlands | 3 | — | — | 0 | 21 |
| 2009-03-19 | Newlands | 2 | 102 | 163 | — | — |
| 2009-03-19 | Newlands | 1 | — | — | 0 | 31 |
| 2009-03-06 | Kingsmead | 4 | 93 | 175 | — | — |
| 2009-03-06 | Kingsmead | 3 | — | — | 1 | 21 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.