All-round treble for Kallis

January 03, 2007 19:10 IST

Jacques Kallis, by catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.

Kallis became first South African to do so. Having already scored 8072 runs and taken 202 wickets, Kallis thus became only the second player in Test annals to complete the allround treble of 8000 runs,100 wickets and 100 catches, emulating West Indian Gary Sobers.

There are three other players -- England's Ian Botham, West Indian Carl Hooper and Australia's Shane Warne - who have scored 3000+ runs besides taking 100 wickets and holding 100 catches. The following table has the details:

Player	For	Tests	Runs	Avg	Wkts	Avg	Ct
GStA Sobers	WI	93	8032	57.78	235	34.04	109
JH Kallis	SA+	104+	8072	55.29	202	32.05	100
IT Botham	Eng	102	5200	33.55	383	28.40	120
CL Hooper	WI	102	5762	36.47	114	49.43	115
SK Warne	Aus	145+	3083	17.03	706	25.44	125