keyser soze wrote:
I'm beginning to doubt that it can be saved, other than the odd test played almost as a curiosity. I hope I'm wrong.
Depressingly poor turn out for the South Africa v Australia first test. It was a good match between the 2nd and 3rd ranked teams but hardly any bugger turned up to watch. Yet they say Durban always sells out for one-dayers.
Sadly familiar story.
I saw a clip of Jacques Kallis during the game and I genuinely think an argument can be made for him being the greatest cricketer of all time. He's certainly right up there. And was the best ever all rounder.
I think because he was so good at batting (over 13,000 runs, averaging 55) he's almost remembered as a batsman who was a useful bowler. But he ended with almost 300 Test wickets and almost 300 one-day wickets, stats that many bowlers would be delighted to end their career with.
He is the only player in cricket to have scored more than 10,000 runs, and taken over 200 wickets, in both formats.
Add to that he was a great catcher in the slips then he really was a great all-rounder.
Maybe it's because he was less flamboyant than many greats, or because South Africa get less attention than the "big three" of India, England, and Australia, but I feel like one of, if not
the, greatest players of all time often goes under the radar and doesn't fully get the acknowledgement for his amazing career.
Greatest cricketer of all time? Kallis has a shout for second. Nobody is close to the Don.