5 most successful South African batting pairs of all time 

#3 Jacques Kallis and Gary Kirsten

Gary Kisten was a pillar of the South African top order in the 1990s, while Jacques Kallis is arguably the greatest batsman that the nation has ever produced.

They batted together on 64 occasions between 1997 and 2004 and their prolific partnerships had a lot to contribute to the success that the South African team enjoyed in that period.

They were both technically sound, patient batsmen and had the ability to score big hundreds once well-set.

The Kirsten-Kallis pair scored 3,592 runs at a staggering average of 61.93 and the majority of their partnerships were for the 2nd wicket.

They put on 9 century-plus stands and 17 of their partnerships were worth 50 or more runs to the team. Their highest partnership was a 249-runs stand for the 4th wicket that they put on against the West Indies at Durban in 2003.