Jacques Kallis said he still has more years left in him after registering his 30th Test hundred against India.
Proteas all-rounder will play on and join all-time greats
Jacques Kallis says he can still perform at the highest level for several years after making his 30th Test hundred in South Africa's comprehensive win over India in the second Test in Ahmedabad.
The 32-year-old all-rounder hit 132 as the Proteas cruised home by an innings and 90 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
His latest success with the bat took him past Don Bradman's tally of 29 Test centuries and level with Australian opener Matthew Hayden. Only five men have scored more, with the list headed by Sachin Tendulkar on 39.
Of the others only Ricky Ponting (34) is still playing. Brian Lara and Sunil Gavaskar also hit 34 hundreds, while Steve Waugh made 32.
Great honour
"I never dreamt of doing that (30 hundreds)," Kallis told reporters after the match.
"It's nice to achieve that feat and go past the likes of Don Bradman. It certainly is a great honour and something I'll look at with pride."
Kallis is also close to becoming only the fourth cricketer to score 10,000 runs in both forms of the game.
If he achieves that feat he will join Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Lara in the record books, although he admits life out in the middle is becoming harder.
"The body is taking a little more (time to recover)," he said.
"I struggle with these long days but I am still enjoying it thoroughly and I hope there is plenty of more years left.
"I am enjoying it, especially the way we are playing our cricket now. We have a nice blend of old guys and young guys and we have started putting performances together like this."
