Cricket South Africa names Jacques Kallis as batting consultant
Durban/IBNS: Cricket South Africa on Wednesday named former all-rounder Jacques Kallis as team’s batting consultant for the duration of the summer.
He will join the squad for their camp starting in Pretoria from Wednesday.
Kallis boasts a combined 519 international matches for South Africa with 25534 runs and 577 wickets.
He retired from all forms of international cricket in 2014 after amassing 62 international centuries – 45 Test and 17 ODI – averaging 55.37 and 44.36 in each format respectively.
Recently, former wicket-keeper Mark Boucher was named the chief coach of the team.
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