Kallis is selfish, boring, say Aussie greats
Melbourne: Former Australian batsman Keith Stackpole has spoken out in criticism of South African allrounder
Jacques Kallis, and called him a "selfish cricketer".
Kallis, one of South Africa's more prolific players since their return to international cricket, is currently touring Australia with the South African squad.
Targeting the Protea allrounder, Stackpole, who played for Australia between 1966 and 1974, told The Herald Sun, "You watch him bat and you are left with the feeling he bats for his average.
"And you ask yourself, 'Would I have wanted to play with him?'. The answer is no because he plays for himself.
"He doesn't rate against players such as Gary Sobers, Imran Khan, Keith Miller, Adam Gilchrist, Richard Hadlee, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham."
Another Aussie, Rodney Hogg too said he wasn't a great fan of Kallis and that Kallis was no where in the league of the great allrounders in Test cricket. He said, "Kallis is a flat-track bully, who dishes it out to the minnows like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe but goes missing against the Australians.
"Sobers played more than half of his Tests against England and Australia, whereas Kallis has picked up around 1000 runs and 40 wickets against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. They shouldn't count.
"Kallis is a player at age 33 that we will really target in this Test series. And he is boring to watch as a bowler, just constantly bowling outside off-stump."
For the record, Kallis currently has 9,718 runs at an average of 54.90 and 244 wickets from 124 Test appearances at an average of 30.89.
Foolish comments to say the least from these clowns.
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