Jacques Henry Kallis OIS is a South African cricket coach and former professional cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and as the greatest all-rounder ever to play the game, he is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. As of 2022, Kallis is the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take over 250 wickets in both ODI and Test match cricket. He has also taken 131 ODI catches. He scored 13,289 runs in his Test match career, took 292 wickets, and 200 catches. Kallis scored 45 Test match centuries and is the third highest test match run scorer in history. Kallis won 23 Man-of-the-Match awards, the most by any player in Test history.
Kallis in 2015
Kallis in 2009
Kallis bowling against Australia on the second day of the test, at the SCG
Kallis during IPL, 2015
The ICC Champions Trophy, also called the "Mini World Cup" or simply "Champions Trophy" is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council every four years. Inaugurated in 1998, The ICC conceived the idea of the Champions Trophy – a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries. It remains as one of those ICC events that had the same format as that of another big cricketing event, like the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, with the format being One Day Internationals. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events.
ICC Champions Trophy
Kyle Mills has taken the most wickets in the tournament
Banners of the 2017 Champions Trophy on Colmore Row, England
The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy on display at the New Zealand Cricket Museum, Wellington.