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Kallis coached Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League and worked with the South African team, but was not part of the setup for the recent coronavirus-disrupted England tour.
FILE: Jacques Kallis, former almighty of Proteas. Image: AFP
LONDON – South African cricket icon Jacques Kallis will be hitting consultant for England’s tour of Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Monday.
The 45-year-old is third on the all-time test run scorers list with 13,289; he also took 292 plots.
Kallis coached Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League and worked with the South African team, but was not part of the setup for the recent coronavirus-disrupted England tour.
“Former South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis joins the England setup for the first time as a hitting training consultant,” the ECB said in a statement.
England will depart for Sri Lanka on January 2 and play two tests before going on a tour of India.
Both events will be played in Galle, starting on January 14 and 22.
It will be the first tour of England since the visit to South Africa had to come to a premature end earlier this month after two members of the touring group tested positive for COVID-19. They later tested negative.
England played all three scheduled internationals of the Twenty 20s, but none of the three ODIs, the first of which was postponed after a positive test in the South African environment.
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