Jacques Kallis vs Sachin Tendulkar

[subshakerz]

The point I was trying to make was that some people used the excuse of helpful home decks as the reason for Kallis's slow S/R when he was even slower away. Imo he just batted slowly regardless of the conditions. Its also worth noticing that he has extremely high proportion of sixers especially compared to a guy who has such a low S/R which, without diving too much into stats, means there must be a lot blocks.

What really kicked in the last 3 years do you think? Was it Amla's coming good?

My theory is that Kallis simply followed the flow of the rest of the batsmen around him. So early/mid career with Kirsten, Cullinan, Prince he batted in accumulator mode and late career with Amla, ABD he stepped up the pace.

This was especially clear in the Perth 2008 chase when I saw him let loose in atypical fashion.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Yes. I sincerely voted for Kallis here.

Me too.

I sincerely voted for Sachin as well.

 

[Gob]

My theory is that Kallis simply followed the flow of the rest of the batsmen around him. So early/mid career with Kirsten, Cullinan, Prince he batted in accumulator mode and late career with Amla, ABD he stepped up the pace.

This was especially clear in the Perth 2008 chase when I saw him let loose in atypical fashion.

Also his involvement in t20 franchise cricket must have had some influence I think. Wasn't he one of the early IPl greats?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Wasn't he one of the early IPl greats?

Kallis? I don't think so

He had a decent season for the Sydney Thunder after his retirement though, opening the batting with Khawaja IIRC

edit: apparently he averaged 21 at a SR of 104 in the IPL, was a handy bowler though took nearly a wicket a game

 

[Gob]

Maybe I was thinking about Ross Taylor