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Wristy leg-side flick and serene cover drive
- With his wristy leg-side flick and serene cover drive, Amla became the first South African to score a triple century in Test cricket, while also effectively shifting gears to become the fastest batsman to 2,000 (40 innings), 3,000 (57 innings), 4,000 (81 innings) and 5,000 (101 innings) runs in ODI cricket.
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Hashim Mahomed Amla [1] [2] OIS (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in Tests and ODIs. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 3,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 7,000 ODI runs, and second fastest to reach 5,000 runs.
Jan 11, 2017 · As Hashim Amla prepares to play his 100th Test, his former and current team-mates offer insight into the making of a great batsman
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Jan 11, 2022 · With his wristy leg-side flick and serene cover drive, Amla became the first South African to score a triple century in Test cricket, while also effectively shifting gears to become the fastest...
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- May 1, 1983
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- 253* v India, Nagpur, 6-9 February 2010 and 114 & 123* v India, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 14-18 February 2010. Surely Amla’s finest hour – or rather 10s of hours – and up there with the greatest series effort by any touring batsman anywhere.
- 112 v Australia, Newlands, Cape Town, 9-11 November 2011. It took an unflappable innings from one of cricket’s most unflappable characters to deliver the telling blow in one of the craziest games in the sport’s history.
- 311* v England, The Oval, London, 19-23 July 2012. A truly epic knock. South Africa’s 2012 series against England was highly anticipated, and billed as the two best teams in the world facing off, with the MRF Tyres No.1 Test Team Ranking up for grabs.
- 150 v England, Hampshire Bowl, Southampton, 28 August 2012. Hashim Amla’s ODI numbers exceed his in Tests, but in white-ball cricket he tended to be not a player of great knocks, but a simply relentless accumulator.
Aug 9, 2019 · The only South African to score a triple hundred in Test cricket, Amla was a part of the South African batting core, and finishes up as their second-highest Test run-scorer of all time. He also climbed to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Batting Rankings in both Tests and ODIs.
Aug 9, 2019 · Hashim Amla, who announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday, was one of South Africa’s greatest batsmen. In 2013, the top-order batsman was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, which prompted this tribute. Read more from the Almanack archive. Hashim Amla enjoyed one of the most productive tours of England ever seen.
The tournament in England and Wales might just be the one Amla has been waiting for to allow his bat do the talking. For South Africa to have a good World Cup Amla's form at the top will be...
