Well done Jacques Kallis

[Donny]

Centuries in consecutive Tests.

6 DG Bradman Australia Melbourne 1936/37 to Leeds 1938
4 DG Bradman Australia Melbourne 1928/29 to Leeds 1930
4 DG Bradman Australia Brisbane 1931/32 to Adelaide 1931/32
4 JHW Fingleton Australia Cape Town 1935/36 to Brisbane 1936/37
4 CL Walcott West Indies Port of Spain 1953/54 to Port of Spain 1954/55
4 ED Weekes West Indies Kingston 1947/48 to Kolkata 1948/49
4 RN Harvey Australia Cape Town 1949/50 to Port Elizabeth 1949/50
4 KF Barrington England Lahore 1961/62 to Delhi 1961/62
4 KF Barrington England Lord's 1967 to Port of Spain 1967/68
4 SM Gavaskar India Mumbai 1976/77 to Melbourne 1977/78
4 ML Hayden Australia Adelaide 2001/02 to Johannesburg 2001/02
4 R Dravid India Nottingham 2002 to Mumbai 2002/03
4 JH Kallis South Africa Johannesburg 2003/04 to Centurion 2003/04
3 CG Macartney Australia Lord's 1926 to Manchester 1926
3 JB Hobbs England Melbourne 1911/12 to Melbourne 1911/12
3 JB Hobbs England Sydney 1924/25 to Adelaide 1924/25
3 H Sutcliffe England The Oval 1930 to Manchester 1931
3 WR Hammond England Sydney 1928/29 to Adelaide 1928/29
3 WR Hammond England Sydney 1932/33 to Auckland 1932/33
3 DCS Compton England Nottingham 1947 to Manchester 1947
3 A Melville South Africa Durban 1938/39 to Lord's 1947
3 VS Hazare India Mumbai (BS) 1948/49 to Mumbai (BS) 1951/52
3 ED Weekes West Indies Dunedin 1955/56 to Wellington 1955/56
3 RN Harvey Australia Sydney 1952/53 to Melbourne 1952/53
3 PR Umrigar India Chennai 1960/61 to Kanpur 1961/62
3 GS Sobers West Indies Mumbai (BS) 1958/59 to Kolkata 1958/59
3 GS Sobers West Indies Georgetown 1970/71 to Port of Spain 1970/71
3 KF Barrington England Adelaide 1962/63 to Auckland 1962/63
3 WM Lawry Australia The Oval 1968 to Melbourne 1968/69
3 G Boycott England Adelaide 1970/71 to Leeds 1971
3 KD Walters Australia Sydney 1968/69 to Sydney 1968/69
3 MG Burgess New Zealand Dhaka 1969/70 to Kingston 1971/72
3 Zaheer Abbas Pakistan Lahore 1982/83 to Faisalabad 1982/83
3 SM Gavaskar India Georgetown 1970/71 to Port of Spain 1970/71
3 IVA Richards West Indies Bridgetown 1975/76 to Port of Spain 1975/76
3 GA Gooch England Birmingham 1990 to Manchester 1990
3 Mudassar Nazar Pakistan Hyderabad (Sind) 1982/83 to Karachi 1982/83
3 DL Haynes West Indies Bridgetown 1989/90 to Karachi 1990/91
3 AJ Lamb England Lord's 1984 to Manchester 1984
3 Shoaib Mohammad Pakistan Karachi 1990/91 to Faisalabad 1990/91
3 BC Broad England Perth 1986/87 to Melbourne 1986/87
3 PA de Silva Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 1997 to Chandigarh 1997/98
3 DC Boon Australia Sydney 1991/92 to Perth 1991/92
3 DC Boon Australia Lord's 1993 to Leeds 1993
3 M Azharuddin India Kolkata 1984/85 to Kanpur 1984/85
3 M Azharuddin India Auckland 1989/90 to Manchester 1990
3 MA Taylor Australia Brisbane 1989/90 to Melbourne 1989/90
3 BC Lara West Indies Manchester 1995 to The Oval 1995
3 BC Lara West Indies Kingston 1998/99 to St John's 1998/99
3 JL Langer Australia The Oval 2001 to Hobart 2001/02
3 RT Ponting Australia Sharjah 2002/03 to Adelaide 2002/03
3 RT Ponting Australia Georgetown 2002/03 to Bridgetown 2002/03
3 DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka Kandy 2001 to Colombo (SSC) 2001/02

[Donny]

Well done to Jacques Kallis.

He's a player of great technique and is amongst the very best of today's batsmen.

People may (and probably will) argue "but look at the bowling attack!" but there's nothing to be gained by trying to compare Ponting's 706 runs to Kallis's 712 for a 4 Test series.

They were both magnificent achievements by class batsmen.

[Donny]

For those who are interested in a comparison, Kallis had 2 less innings than Ponting and averaged 178 against Ponting's 100.85

Kallis, batting at 4, hit 4 centuries and 1 fifty and was not out twice. Ponting, batting at 3, had 2 centuries (both doubles) and 2 fifties and was once not out.