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Kallis - 'the team comes first'

Jacques Kallis was quick to share the credit with his team-mates Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs, after his fourth century in as many Tests had carried South Africa to an impregnable total of 604 for 6

17-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Kallis breaks new ground as South Africa dominate

South Africa continued their dominance - and West Indies' agony - in another emphatically one-sided day in the fourth Test at Centurion Park

17-Jan-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Freddie Auld

Sarwan and Chanderpaul salvage pride

South Africa duly wrapped up the second Test at Durban by an innings and 65 runs, and so took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series

29-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Kallis and Kirsten make Windies toil

Jacques Kallis and Gary Kirsten rattled along to the highest fourth-wicket partnership in South Africa's Test history, as West Indies were torn limb from limb on the third day at Durban

28-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Ntini puts South Africa on course for victory

Makhaya Ntini took three late wickets to leave West Indies in dire straights on 31 for 3 and 346 runs in arrears at the close of the fourth day at the Wanderers

15-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Freddie Auld

Kallis hits 158 as South Africa pile up 561

Jacques Kallis, whose imperious 158 was his 12th Test century, lifted South Africa into a seemingly impregnable position on the second day at the Wanderers

13-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Steven Lynch

Smith cashes in on perfect pitch

Graeme Smith said this Wanderers pitch was a belter before the match started, and right from the second ball - the first one he could reach - he set about proving it

12-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Steven Lynch

Easterns and Western Province head the table

After two exciting Standard Bank Cup matches on Sunday, which both went down to the final few balls, left Western Province and Easterns unbeaten and firmly on top of the points table

30-Nov-2003•Keith Lane

South Africa win sets up series finale

Herschelle Gibbs' flourish at the top of the innings and Jacques Kallis' lesson in middle-order stability helped South Africa to a six-wicket win, and so level the five-match series and set up the decider on Sunday

10-Oct-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Trescothick leapfrogs to ninth spot

Marcus Trescothick's double-century against South Africa at The Oval has propelled him nine places into ninth spot in the PwC ratings for batsmen

09-Sep-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Double-century for Kallis

South Africa warmed up nicely for the series decider against England at The Oval on Thursday, by enjoying much the better of their rain-affected tour match at Derby

30-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Kallis in control as Havell unsettles South Africa

A day to remember, an innings to forget: Paul Havell traps Graeme Smith lbw for 9, his first first-class wicket © AFP What should have been a gentle workout for South Africa's top-order batsmen was scuppered by a bowler with just one

29-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Outbatted, outbowled ... and out-thought

It didn't take long - less than an hour of a gentle workout for South Africa to polish off England's resistance on the fifth morning at Headingley

25-Aug-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

Kallis grabs six as England go down with a whimper

Man of the morning: Jacques Kallis leads South Africa off after blowing England away with 6 for 54 It took South Africa less than an hour to complete a comprehensive 191-run victory over England on the final day of the fourth Test at

25-Aug-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Martin Williamson

South Africans caught short

Andrew Hall once survived a brutal point-blank shooting at a Johannesburg cashpoint - it's little wonder he has an easy-going attitude to the game of cricket

24-Aug-2003•Spot of the moment by Andrew Miller

McKenzie and Kallis stake their claims

Neil McKenzie and Jacques Kallis staked their claims to places in South Africa's Test team, as Kent's bowlers endured a long hot day in the sun at Canterbury

07-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Kallis to return to tour party

Jacques Kallis, who has missed South Africa's first two Tests against England because the death of his father Henry in Cape Town, is due to return to England on Tuesday, according to the team spokesman Gerald de Kock

01-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Kallis to miss Lord's Test

Jacques Kallis will miss the second Test against England which starts at Lord's on Thursday, but will return in time for the third Test which starts at Trent Bridge on August 14

29-Jul-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

'Kallis was in our hearts':Smith

After pounding England into submission with a masterly century, Graeme Smith took the battle off the field, firing thinly veiled salvos at Nasser Hussain in a press conference

25-Jul-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff