[3] One of his most noted international innings, a knock of 158 against England, was shrouded in controversy when he was run out by Tony Greig on the final ball of the second day.

After the ball had been defended and Kallicharran had started to walk off, Greig threw down the stumps at the non-striker's end, running him out.

He was appointed captain of the West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79 when Clive Lloyd resigned over the Kerry Packer issue.

Kallicharan was later involved in further controversy when he led an unofficial rebel tour to South Africa in defiance of the Gleneagles Agreement and anti-apartheid protesters in that country who asserted that official sporting structures were discriminatory.

He saw out the rest of his career playing for Orange Free State and Transvaal in South African domestic cricket.