{"id":14856,"date":"2012-09-21T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T14:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/cricket-de-villiers-jayawardene-marvel-at-ageless-kallis\/"},"modified":"2012-09-21T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T14:44:13","slug":"cricket-de-villiers-jayawardene-marvel-at-ageless-kallis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-de-villiers-jayawardene-marvel-at-ageless-kallis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-De Villiers, Jayawardene marvel at ageless Kallis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Sept 21<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa captain AB de Villiers and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardene marvelled at the ageless Jacques Kallis, describing the 36-year-old as the best allrounder of his era.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kallis returned career-best figures of four for 15 to take the man of the match award as South Africa thrashed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jacques is an amazing player, one of a kind. Obviously I&#8217;ve no idea how he keeps doing it,&#8221; de Villiers said after South Africa&#8217;s comprehensive victory in their opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am jealous at what he gets right at this old age, I can&#8217;t think of myself doing that at that age.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a wonderful player and we are grateful to have him in the squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kallis, who made his test debut in 1995, has scored more than 10,000 runs and taken over 200 wickets in both tests and the 50-over format.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He is as successful in the shortest T20 format of the game and Jayawardene has no qualms in terming him as the greatest allrounder of his generation.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think anyone would disagree that Jacques would be the best allrounder in our generation in all forms of the game,&#8221; Jayawardene said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s improving everyday and that&#8217;s because of the hunger that he has and the competitive edge. He didn&#8217;t show any complacency when he went out against Zimbabwe, the intensity was the same.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a quality that every young cricketer should have. Jacques is a great opponent and that level of players, that&#8217;s what they want to do.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t want to be remembered as players who used to be brilliant, not so any more but they want to be at the top as long as they play.&#8221;   (Editing by Sudipto Ganguly)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Sept 21 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa captain AB de Villiers and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardene marvelled at the ageless Jacques Kallis, describing the 36-year-old as the best allrounder of his era. 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