5 batsmen with most centuries in Tests

#2 JACQUES KALLIS

Kallis scored a century in his last game in December 2013.

The bulwark of South Africa’s batting throughout the 2000s, Kallis is, arguably the greatest all-rounder of the modern game.

With a penchant for plucking out gaps on the off side, and an unflappable temperament that stood him in good stead throughout his 166 Test career, which saw him become the leading run-getter for his country in Tests, and the third-most overall.

Kallis, with a high score of 224, scored 45 Test centuries. It took him two years, and seven Tests, to score his first century in Tests, but it is a hallmark of his remarkable consistency that from the start of 2000 till December 2013, when he ended his Test career, he scored most Test runs that anyone else in the game.