Hashim Amla is a retired cricketer who represented the South Africa national cricket team for 15 years. [3] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 28 and 27 occasions respectively. [4] [5] Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott once said about him that, "he bats in a way that gives very little hope for the bowlers" and "he plays the same way at the start of his innings as he does at the end of it". [6]
Amla made his Test debut against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in 2004. [7] [8] His first century came two years later against New Zealand at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town. [9] His score of 311 not out, against England at The Oval, London, in 2012, is the only triple century by a South African batsman in Test cricket. [10] [11] [12] Amla has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including ten at venues outside South Africa. [13] [14] In Tests, he has scored centuries against eight different opponents, and has the most centuries (six) against England. As of January 2019 [update], Amla has the second-highest number of centuries for South Africa in Tests. [n 1] [15]
Amla made his ODI debut in 2008 against Bangladesh at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong. [16] His first century came in the same year against the same team at the Willowmoore Park, Benoni. [17] His highest ODI score of 159 was made against Ireland at the Manuka Oval, Canberra in 2015. [18] His 27 centuries in the format is a South African record. Amla has played 38 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches without scoring a century; [19] his highest score in the format is 97 not out. [3] As of January 2019 [update], Amla has the sixth-highest number of centuries across all formats in international cricket. [20]
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 149 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 2/3 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 27 April 2006 | Drawn | [9] |
2 | 176* | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 8 November 2007 | Won | [22] |
3 | 103 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 2/2 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 November 2007 | Won | [23] |
4 | 159 | India | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Away | 26 March 2008 | Drawn | [24] |
5 | 104* | England | 3 | 3 | 1/4 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 10 July 2008 | Drawn | [25] |
6 | 112 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein | Home | 19 November 2008 | Won | [26] |
7 | 100 | England | 4 | 3 | 1/4 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 December 2009 | Drawn | [27] |
8 | 253* † | India | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | Away | 6 February 2010 | Won | [28] |
9 | 114 † | India | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 14 February 2010 | Lost | [29] |
10 | 123* † | India | 3 | 3 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 14 February 2010 | Lost | [29] |
11 | 118* | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 12 November 2010 | Drawn | [30] |
12 | 140 | India | 3 | 2 | 1/2 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 December 2010 | Won | [31] |
13 | 112 | Australia | 3 | 4 | 1/2 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 9 November 2011 | Won | [32] |
14 | 105 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 2/2 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 17 November 2011 | Lost | [33] |
15 | 311* † | England | 3 | 2 | 1/3 | The Oval, London | Away | 19 July 2012 | Won | [2] |
16 | 121 | England | 3 | 3 | 3/3 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 16 August 2012 | Won | [34] |
17 | 104 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Away | 9 November 2012 | Drawn | [35] |
18 | 196 † | Australia | 2 | 2 | 3/3 | WACA Ground, Perth | Away | 30 November 2012 | Won | [36] |
19 | 110 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 2/2 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 11 January 2013 | Won | [37] |
20 | 118 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Neutral | 14 October 2013 | Lost | [38] |
21 | 127* | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2/3 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 20 February 2014 | Won | [39] |
22 | 139* ‡ | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Away | 24 July 2014 | Drawn | [40] |
23 | 208 † ‡ | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 17 December 2014 | Won | [41] |
24 | 201 ‡ | England | 3 | 2 | 2/4 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 5 January 2016 | Drawn | [42] |
25 | 109 | England | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 22 January 2016 | Won | [43] |
26 | 134 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 3/3 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 12 January 2017 | Won | [44] |
27 | 137 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Home | 28 September 2017 | Won | [45] |
28 | 132 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein | Home | 6 October 2017 | Won | [46] |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 140 † | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 103.70 | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | Home | 9 November 2008 | Won | [17] |
2 | 102 † | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 93.57 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 22 May 2010 | Won (D/L) | [48] |
3 | 129 † | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 112.17 | Windsor Park, Roseau | Away | 30 May 2010 | Won | [49] |
4 | 110 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 114.58 | Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein | Home | 15 October 2010 | Won | [50] |
5 | 110 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 | 106.79 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Home | 17 October 2010 | Won | [51] |
6 | 119* † | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 94.44 | DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 2 November 2010 | Won | [52] |
7 | 116* † | India | 2 | 1 | 87.87 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 23 January 2011 | Won (D/L) | [53] |
8 | 113 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 86.92 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | Neutral | 3 March 2011 | Won | [54] |
9 | 112 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 87.50 | Boland Bank Park, Paarl | Home | 11 January 2012 | Won | [55] |
10 | 150 † | England | 2 | 1 | 120.96 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Away | 28 August 2012 | Won | [56] |
11 | 122 † [n 2] | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 107.96 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 17 March 2013 | Won | [57] |
12 | 100 | India | 2 | 1 | 85.47 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Home | 8 December 2013 | Won | [58] |
13 | 109 † | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 83.84 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 6 July 2014 | Won | [59] |
14 | 101 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 99.01 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | Away | 9 July 2014 | Lost | [60] |
15 | 122*† | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 92.42 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Away | 17 August 2014 | Won | [61] |
16 | 119† | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 88.14 | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | Away | 24 October 2014 | Won | [62] |
17 | 102 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 88.69 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Away | 19 November 2014 | Lost | [63] |
18 | 153* | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 107.74 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 18 January 2015 | Won | [64] |
19 | 133 ‡ | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 126.66 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 28 January 2015 | Won | [65] |
20 | 159 † | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 125.19 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Neutral | 3 March 2015 | Won | [18] |
21 | 124 † | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 98.41 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 19 August 2015 | Won | [66] |
22 | 127 | England | 2 | 2 | 97.69 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 9 February 2016 | Won | [67] |
23 | 110 | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 111.11 | Warner Park, Basseterre | Away | 15 June 2016 | Won | [68] |
24 | 154 † | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 114.92 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 10 February 2017 | Won | [69] |
25 | 103 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 89.57 | Kennington Oval, London | Neutral | 3 June 2017 | Won | [70] |
26 | 110* | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 98.21 | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Home | 15 October 2017 | Won | [71] |
27 | 108* | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 90.00 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 19 January 2019 | Lost | [72] |
Hashim Amla is a retired cricketer who represented the South Africa national cricket team for 15 years. [3] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 28 and 27 occasions respectively. [4] [5] Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott once said about him that, "he bats in a way that gives very little hope for the bowlers" and "he plays the same way at the start of his innings as he does at the end of it". [6]
Amla made his Test debut against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in 2004. [7] [8] His first century came two years later against New Zealand at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town. [9] His score of 311 not out, against England at The Oval, London, in 2012, is the only triple century by a South African batsman in Test cricket. [10] [11] [12] Amla has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including ten at venues outside South Africa. [13] [14] In Tests, he has scored centuries against eight different opponents, and has the most centuries (six) against England. As of January 2019 [update], Amla has the second-highest number of centuries for South Africa in Tests. [n 1] [15]
Amla made his ODI debut in 2008 against Bangladesh at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong. [16] His first century came in the same year against the same team at the Willowmoore Park, Benoni. [17] His highest ODI score of 159 was made against Ireland at the Manuka Oval, Canberra in 2015. [18] His 27 centuries in the format is a South African record. Amla has played 38 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches without scoring a century; [19] his highest score in the format is 97 not out. [3] As of January 2019 [update], Amla has the sixth-highest number of centuries across all formats in international cricket. [20]
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 149 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 2/3 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 27 April 2006 | Drawn | [9] |
2 | 176* | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 8 November 2007 | Won | [22] |
3 | 103 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 2/2 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 November 2007 | Won | [23] |
4 | 159 | India | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Away | 26 March 2008 | Drawn | [24] |
5 | 104* | England | 3 | 3 | 1/4 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 10 July 2008 | Drawn | [25] |
6 | 112 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein | Home | 19 November 2008 | Won | [26] |
7 | 100 | England | 4 | 3 | 1/4 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 December 2009 | Drawn | [27] |
8 | 253* † | India | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | Away | 6 February 2010 | Won | [28] |
9 | 114 † | India | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 14 February 2010 | Lost | [29] |
10 | 123* † | India | 3 | 3 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 14 February 2010 | Lost | [29] |
11 | 118* | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 12 November 2010 | Drawn | [30] |
12 | 140 | India | 3 | 2 | 1/2 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 December 2010 | Won | [31] |
13 | 112 | Australia | 3 | 4 | 1/2 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 9 November 2011 | Won | [32] |
14 | 105 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 2/2 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 17 November 2011 | Lost | [33] |
15 | 311* † | England | 3 | 2 | 1/3 | The Oval, London | Away | 19 July 2012 | Won | [2] |
16 | 121 | England | 3 | 3 | 3/3 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 16 August 2012 | Won | [34] |
17 | 104 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Away | 9 November 2012 | Drawn | [35] |
18 | 196 † | Australia | 2 | 2 | 3/3 | WACA Ground, Perth | Away | 30 November 2012 | Won | [36] |
19 | 110 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 2/2 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 11 January 2013 | Won | [37] |
20 | 118 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Neutral | 14 October 2013 | Lost | [38] |
21 | 127* | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2/3 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 20 February 2014 | Won | [39] |
22 | 139* ‡ | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Away | 24 July 2014 | Drawn | [40] |
23 | 208 † ‡ | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 17 December 2014 | Won | [41] |
24 | 201 ‡ | England | 3 | 2 | 2/4 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 5 January 2016 | Drawn | [42] |
25 | 109 | England | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 22 January 2016 | Won | [43] |
26 | 134 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 3/3 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 12 January 2017 | Won | [44] |
27 | 137 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Home | 28 September 2017 | Won | [45] |
28 | 132 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein | Home | 6 October 2017 | Won | [46] |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 140 † | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 103.70 | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | Home | 9 November 2008 | Won | [17] |
2 | 102 † | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 93.57 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 22 May 2010 | Won (D/L) | [48] |
3 | 129 † | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 112.17 | Windsor Park, Roseau | Away | 30 May 2010 | Won | [49] |
4 | 110 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 114.58 | Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein | Home | 15 October 2010 | Won | [50] |
5 | 110 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 | 106.79 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Home | 17 October 2010 | Won | [51] |
6 | 119* † | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 94.44 | DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 2 November 2010 | Won | [52] |
7 | 116* † | India | 2 | 1 | 87.87 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 23 January 2011 | Won (D/L) | [53] |
8 | 113 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 86.92 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | Neutral | 3 March 2011 | Won | [54] |
9 | 112 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 87.50 | Boland Bank Park, Paarl | Home | 11 January 2012 | Won | [55] |
10 | 150 † | England | 2 | 1 | 120.96 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Away | 28 August 2012 | Won | [56] |
11 | 122 † [n 2] | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 107.96 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 17 March 2013 | Won | [57] |
12 | 100 | India | 2 | 1 | 85.47 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Home | 8 December 2013 | Won | [58] |
13 | 109 † | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 83.84 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 6 July 2014 | Won | [59] |
14 | 101 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 99.01 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | Away | 9 July 2014 | Lost | [60] |
15 | 122*† | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 92.42 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Away | 17 August 2014 | Won | [61] |
16 | 119† | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 88.14 | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | Away | 24 October 2014 | Won | [62] |
17 | 102 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 88.69 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Away | 19 November 2014 | Lost | [63] |
18 | 153* | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 107.74 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 18 January 2015 | Won | [64] |
19 | 133 ‡ | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 126.66 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 28 January 2015 | Won | [65] |
20 | 159 † | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 125.19 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Neutral | 3 March 2015 | Won | [18] |
21 | 124 † | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 98.41 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 19 August 2015 | Won | [66] |
22 | 127 | England | 2 | 2 | 97.69 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 9 February 2016 | Won | [67] |
23 | 110 | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 111.11 | Warner Park, Basseterre | Away | 15 June 2016 | Won | [68] |
24 | 154 † | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 114.92 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 10 February 2017 | Won | [69] |
25 | 103 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 89.57 | Kennington Oval, London | Neutral | 3 June 2017 | Won | [70] |
26 | 110* | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 98.21 | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Home | 15 October 2017 | Won | [71] |
27 | 108* | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 90.00 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 19 January 2019 | Lost | [72] |