@Brianlara7: That line you highlighted was a serious statement from me. Kallis has 'almost' 300 not quite test wickets because he has played a staggering more than
150 TEST MATCHES and he has only three five wicket hauls whereas Shakib in just 28 test matches has already nine five wicket hauls so you see my point? there are far too many batting and bowling all-rounders and Shakib is neither a batting nor bowling specialist but a genuine proper good all-rounder who gives it his all for the team. You even answered my point for me that because South Africa has the bowlers, there's really no need for them to use Kallis which is why I've said Kallis is more of a specialist batsman than an all-rounder. Though his bowling is okay, there's still a huge difference between his bowling and batting and batting is his main strength. Shakib equally focuses on both batting and bowling he even admitted it in on one of the Cricinfo articles a long while back otherwise he would've concentrated more on his batting.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/559307.html