Jacques Kallis Match Winnings 109 at Cape Town | West Indies tour of South Africa 2004

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Jacques Kallis, who was born today, is possibly the greatest allrounder in cricket history (with all respect to Garry Sobers). It took him a while to find his feet, but a masterful, match-saving 101 in Melbourne in 1997-98 announced the arrival of a batter of real class. Kallis took a step up in the West Indies series in 2003-04, scoring a record number of runs for a four-Test series and making six centuries in the Test and one-day series. He lacks the ability to empty bars that Botham or Imran had, but he would still walk into any team in the world. Kallis finally got the recognition he deserved when he was named Player of the Year and Test Player of the Year at the ICC Awards in October 2005. In the 2007 World Cup, he was South Africa's highest run scorer, with 485, but drew further criticism for his sluggish approach at the crease. He was not included in the South African side for the World T20 at home, but returned later that year, and in 2008-09 he went past the 10,000-run milestone - first in ODIs then in Tests, both against Australia. The 2010-11 season was even better for Kallis - in nine Test innings, he scored 821 runs, with one half-century and five hundreds, including his maiden double, at 57.4. He called it a day after a match-winning hundred in the Boxing Day Test of 2013 against India, finishing third on the list of all-time Test run-makers and with 292 wickets