Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallisis a former South African cricketer and the current coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. As a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, players of the game and all-rounders. As of 2013 he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth16 October 1975
guy pressure tall
He's put us under pressure right through the series. He's a tall guy that made all our batters play.
arrived believing few morning needed obviously win
We arrived this morning really believing we could win it, obviously we needed a few things to go our way.
five preferred
We would have preferred to have been five down at the close.
happy last losing
We would have been happy with 240 for five, losing that last wicket was crucial.
australia deserved knew played strike
We knew we had to strike early, and we managed that. But Australia played as aggressively as they have all series, and in the end they deserved to win.
bad batting needed patient position strong waiting
Fortunately Ashy and I managed to get one going but we just needed to be patient and keep building, waiting for the bad ball. Fortunately it's put us in a strong position after batting first at the SCG, which is what you need to do.
good ourselves
We have put ourselves in a good position.
bit left maybe sides
I think a lot of sides would have left it maybe a little bit earlier.
morning woke worries
I woke up this morning and it was all right and I didn't have any worries with it today.
against australia number rate
I still rate the one I got against Australia as my number one, but it was my first and that's always special,
australia ball early played strike took
We had to strike early with the new ball and we did. Unfortunately, Australia took it to us, played aggressively and took their chances.
cent confident injury per
I am pretty confident I will be 100 per cent fit. I don't know if it's an injury that you can go in at about 90 per cent fit.
dream sri-lanka bridges
I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far,
crowds too-much pressure
The pressure on me is nothing compared to Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja, like Ram Gopal Verma, must always fail. The crowd always expects him to fail and it is too much pressure on him. And, he rarely disappoints them.