London: Former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis, Australia’s Lisa Sthalekar and Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas were inducted into ICC Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Announcing the decision on their social media channels, the ICC highlighted each of the three players’ achievements in international cricket.
Kallis whose international career lasted nearly two decades is one of the most prolific all-rounders to have played the game and his stats speak volumes of his prowess with both bat and ball.
The ICC player of the Year and ICC Test player of the year in 2005, Kallis is also South Africa’s leading Test run-scorer, and currently third on the all-time list.
It is something that I never expected when I started playing, said Kallis, the most capped South African player in both Test and ODI cricket. ‘I only wanted to win the games for whoever I was playing for.’