Kallis retires from Tests

[OverratedSanity]

Tbh, I'm pretty firm now that the three great all rounders of all time, a step above the others are Sobers, Imran and Kallis. In no particular order... You could seriously make a genuinely powerful case for any of them

 

[MrPrez]

Dunno if he left it with no fuss, Ian, but not by his own choice

 

[smash84]

great articles from both Chappell and Crowe......Kallis WAFG

 

[harsh.ag]

Tbh, I'm pretty firm now that the three great all rounders of all time, a step above the others are Sobers, Imran and Kallis. In no particular order... You could seriously make a genuinely powerful case for any of them

No, OS! There are five on that list: Sobers, Imran, Kallis, Miller, Botham. A good argument can be made for all of them. You are turning a massive blind eye if you ignore the other two.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Long live the king

 

[centurymaker]

Well Done on an epic career Kallis

 

[Quaggas]

Cheers, boss. Thanks for the memories.

 

[OverratedSanity]

No, OS! There are five on that list: Sobers, Imran, Kallis, Miller, Botham. A good argument can be made for all of them. You are turning a massive blind eye if you ignore the other two.

Not ignoring them at all, and I wouldn't really begrudge anyone who ranked miller and Botham on par... There are reasons to do so.

 

[91Jmay]

Farewell Jacques Kallis, the last of the great fast-bowling all-rounders - Telegraph

This is an excellent write up from Jonathan Liew.

 

[Red]

But Gatorade tells me the greatest cricketers ever are yet to play the game.

Little known fact that Bradman used to smash the powerades down. Never told O'Reilly or Fingleton about them til after they retired though.

 

[BeeGee]

After reading through this thread I'm reminded of this great quote:

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

So I'm remaining silent.

 

[Cabinet96]

Gone from everything.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Didn't want to wait to see them choke in another world cup.

Being serious, great player, great career.

 

[viriya]

Good decision. SA have the goods to win the WC without him barring the choke of course.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Couldn't have been an easy decision. I wonder if he regrets retiring from Tests now?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rough way to end. But he took it for the team. He's been a liability to the side and they've had to keep out one of their best limited over bats in du Plessis to accommodate Kallis. Good decision by a good player.

 

[jan]

Sad the big man is gone from cricket.
Quite sad he hadnt left at the top of his game.
Excited about the opportunity to follow South African team in the post-Kallis post-Smith era.

 

[viriya]

He should've done the opposite and retired from limited forms and played on in Tests.. but I guess the lure of the WC.

 

[YorksLanka]

special player who was very good to watch when in full flow and a very underestimated bowler too..thanks for the memories...

 

[akilana]

Remember he's a flat track bully.. LOL