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Hashim Amla

Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla.jpg
Amla training with South Africa in 2009.
Personal information
Full name Hashim Muhammad Amla
Born (1983-03-31) 31 March 1983 (age 33)
Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style Right hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
Relations Ahmed Amla (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 295) 28 November 2004 v India
Last Test 12 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 90) 9 March 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 10 February 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 1
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999–2013 KwaZulu Natal Dolphins (squad no. 1)
2009 Essex
2010 Nottinghamshire
2013–present Cape Cobras
2013 Surrey
2015 Derbyshire
2016–present Kings XI Punjab
2016–present Trinbago Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 100 145 205 201
Runs scored 7,799 6,780 15,393 8,462
Batting average 49.99 51.36 49.97 45.98
100s/50s 26/31 24/31 47/72 27/42
Top score 311* 159 311* 159
Balls bowled 54 393 16
Wickets 0 1 0
Bowling average 277.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/10
Catches/stumpings 88/– 73/– 161/– 93/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 February 2017

Hashim Muhammad Amla (born 31 March 1983) is a South African cricketer who plays for South Africa in all three formats of the game. He is also a former captain of the Proteas and is a right-handed batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler. He was South Africa's Test captain from June 2014 to January 2016.

In January 2011 Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 2000 Runs in ODIs in his 40th ODI innings. He also became the fastest cricketer to score 20 ODI centuries. He is currently ranked by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the world's number eight batsman in Tests and the world's number five in ODIs. Amla became the first South African to score a Test match triple century when he scored 311 not out against England in 2012.

In the 57th innings of his ODI career, Amla became the fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs, requiring 12 innings fewer than Sir Vivian Richards. Also on 8 December 2013, he became the fastest batsman to score 4,000 ODI runs, requiring 8 innings fewer than Richards. In his 57th match, Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODIs. In 2013, Amla became the first batsman since Ricky Ponting to head both the Test and ODI rankings at the same time in the latest ICC charts.

In 2014, he became the fastest cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs in his 86th innings. In the same year he became the fastest cricketer to reach 16 centuries in ODIs in his 94th inning and fastest cricketer to 17 centuries in ODIs in his 98th innings. He scored 5 hundreds in ODIs in 2014. On 16 January 2015 against West Indies he became the fastest to reach 5000 runs in ODIs in his 101st innings. On 18 January 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to 18 centuries in ODIs in his 102nd inning. On 3 March 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODIs in his 108th inning.

He has scored ODI centuries against all test playing countries and only the fourth person to do so. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013.


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