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Tag: Double Century

6 August 2012

The Kallis double century mystery solved

FEATURE: Why did it take so long for Jacques Kallis to score 200? For a long, long time, this was the question on every South African cricket-supporter’s mind. In November 2010, just before he scored his first 200, I did the following analysis which, I think, solves the mystery. Indeed, in retrospect, the way in which Kallis went about getting his first 200 seems to suggest it was correct. It is worth reflecting on today, if only to understand what it was, exactly, he needed to overcome. Read on to find out what it was.

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24 July 2012

The awesome Kallis and Amla

FEATURE: If Graeme Smith’s and Hashim Amla’s 259 2nd wicket run-fest remorselessly eroded away England’s confidence, Kallis’s and Amla’s subsequent 377 unbeaten run partnership rendered them shattered, physically and mentally. But it’s not the first time these two have produced that kind of collaboration, on that kind of scale. In fact, when it comes to big partnerships, there is a case to be made no two batsmen in the history of test cricket boast a better record.