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Kallis dream comes true in Pakistan Test
Kallis dream comes true in Pakistan Test
Wednesday October 03, 2007
South African star Jacques Kallis said he had surpassed his boyhood dream of scoring 25 Test hundreds after his latest effort put his team in command in the first Test against Pakistan.
"When I was in the back garden playing cricket as a youngster I never thought about scoring 25 Test hundreds and this is very special," said Kallis, who was dropped from the national side for last month's Twenty20 World Cup.
"I hope a lot is left in me, only time will tell," said the stylish all-rounder who scored 155 runs in the first innings and then claimed a key wicket to rattle Pakistan batting.
Thanks to Kallis's heroics, South Arica made 450 in the first innings and the tourists then took a firm grip on the match by reducing the home team to 127-5 at close, still needing 124 to avoid the follow-on.
Kallis hit 19 boundaries and put on an invaluable 170 runs for the third wicket with Hashim Amla (71) and 73 for the fourth with Ashwell Prince who made 36.
He was out caught behind to leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.
Kallis said he never thought of scoring 25 Test hundreds when he began his career in 1995. "It is a great honour."
The 31-year-old from Cape Town was dropped from South Africa's Twenty20 World Cup squad. That angered him to resign the vice-captaincy and before the Pakistan tour he resisted calls to reconsider his decision.
AFP
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