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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kapugedara" data-source="post: 16070907" data-attributes="member: 110989">Jacques Kallis has announced that he will retire from Test cricket after the Boxing Day match against India.Cricket South Africa tweeted the news on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement, Kallis said: "It wasn't an easy decision, with Australia around the corner and the success this team is enjoying, but I feel the time is right. I don't see it as goodbye, I still have a lot of hunger to push South Africa to that World Cup in 2015 if I am fit and performing."Kallis made his Test debut against England in December 1995 and has since played 165 Tests, scoring 13174 runs at an average of 55.12, with 44 centuries and 58 half-centuries. He is currently fourth on the list of leading run-getters in Test cricket, behind Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid. Kallis also contributed as a bowler for South Africa, taking 292 Test wickets at an average of 32.53<img src="http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/174700/174793.2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/703801.html" target="_blank">http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/703801.html</a></blockquote>

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