A Test career in pictures
Jacques Kallis - A technician at work
The innings that started it all: Jacques Kallis raises the bat after his match-saving knock of 101 - his maiden Test hundred - against Australia in Melbourne in 1997 •Rob Cox/Action Photographics
An expert in playing fast bowling, Kallis is seen here giving Glenn McGrath the treatment in Melbourne in 1997. On his maiden tour of Australia, Kallis scored 207 runs in three games at an average of 34.50•Peter J Heeger/Peter J Heeger
A ton in India at last: Kallis is jubilant after reaching the milestone in Kolkata in 2004-05. He scored the hundred on his second tour to the country.•AFP
South Africa's best - During the course of his 147 against West Indies in Antigua in 2005, Kallis surpassed Gary Kirsten as South Africa's highest run-scorer in Tests•Getty Images
Another milestone for Kallis was his 100th Test in April 2006. Here, he poses with team-mate Shaun Pollock and Stephen Fleming, who also reached the milestone in the same match. Kallis' 62 in the second innings contributed to South Africa's 128-run win over New Zealand•Getty Images
In 2008, Kallis finished with 5 for 30 to dismiss Bangladesh for 182 in the second innings in Dhaka. It was his fifth, and last, five-for in Tests •Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP
With 323 runs in four innings, Kallis came back to trouble Pakistan in 2010-11. He scored two centuries and a fifty and shared the Man-of-the-Series award with Misbah-ul-Haq•AFP
Kallis' 147 at the Gabba in November 2012 was his highest Test score in Australia, but it was the start of a lean period for the batsman. He would not score another hundred for a year... •AFP
Kallis' 292 wickets show his worth as an allrounder for South Africa. Here he celebrates on his way to a career-best 6 for 54 against England at Headingley in 2003•Rian Botes/AFP
Zimbabwe were never able to dismiss Kallis on the 2001 tour, as he finished the two-Test series with 388 runs in three innings, including two centuries. Here, he celebrates his unbeaten 189 in Bulawayo•AFP
Two for the road: Kallis poses with the Test Player and Player-of-the-Year awards at the ICC Awards in Melbourne in 2005•Hamish Blair/Getty Images
Kallis was nimble even into his 30s. He does well here to evade a bouncer from Brett Lee during South Africa's tour to Australia in 2005-06•Getty Images
In the second Test of the same series against New Zealand, Kallis joined an elite list becoming only the second player after Sir Garry Sobers to achieve the double of 8000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests•Getty Images
The 10000-run club: In the first Test against Australia in Johannesburg in 2009, Kallis became the eighth Test batsman and the first South African to score 10000 Test runs•Getty Images
Unforgettable 150th: Kallis became the first batsman to score more than 150 in his 150th Test. He is seen here with the Man-of-the-Match award after scoring a career-best 224 against Sri Lanka in Cape Town in January 2012. •Getty Images
...Until his final Test innings in December, 2013. After announcing his retirement from the longest format of the game prior to the Durban Test, Kallis made 115 against India and surpassed Rahul Dravid to become the third-highest run-getter in Tests•Associated Press
The dream sequence: Kallis celebrates the first of his five consecutive centuries in 2003-04, against West Indies in Johannesburg. Only Don Bradman has scored more centuries (6) in successive Tests •Getty Images
Kallis was a superb fielder, evident from the 200 Test catches to his credit. Here, he takes a sharp return catch to dismiss Graham Thorpe in January 2005•Getty Images
Kallis captained South Africa in only two games. He is seen here getting a body blow during his first Test as captain - against Australia in April 2006 in Johannesburg. In that game, Kallis scored 64 runs, picked up only two wickets and watched as Australia's tail-end batsmen snuck a two-wicket win •Getty Images
Kallis was dropped for the World Twenty20 in 2007, and on his return to the Test side, it was Pakistan who were made to pay. Here, he swings for six on the way to one of his centuries against Pakistan in Karachi in October 2007. It was the first time that Kallis scored hundreds in each innings of a Test and he finished the series with 421 runs at an average of 210.5 •AFP
It took him more than 15 years, but Kallis notched up his first double-century in Tests in 2010, against India at SuperSport Park. He is seen here celebrating the landmark•AFP
Kallis dedicated his unbeaten 182 against England at The Oval in July 2012 to South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, who was forced to retire prior to the tour due to an injury to his left eye. The century was also Kallis' second in England, scored after a gap of 14 years•Getty Images