Profile
Hashim Amla was summoned from domestic team Natal in 2004 seeking to fill the gap in the South African middle-order that looked to rebuild under Graeme Smith. After an unflattering start, it was in his 4th Test outing, against New Zealand at Cape Town a year and half following his debut, when he scored a massive 149 to make his mark.
Playing at a slow run-rate, Amla was symbolic of Test batsmen of yore who bid their time to build long innings. It often forced him into an ultra defensive mode, carefully choosing deliveries to entertain his willow with, and weakness bowlers initially suspected. He was given time to iron out flaws just like his South African side circa 2006. It took another 11 Tests since that 149 for Amla to post a second ton, once again facing New Zealand at home in late 2007 at Johannesburg. It was the first of two consecutive hundreds, opening floodgates in the process.
Centuries in India and England a year later marked his adoption to the pinnacle level, atoning for poor displays in those very foreign soils earlier in his career. It also flagged an ODI call-up against Bangladesh in 2008, a position he hasn’t relinquished since.
As South Africa returned to being in and among the best in all formats by 2009, Amla’s presence in the middle-order became one of ingredients of resurgence. His hard work paid him rich dividends in 2011, when Amla was appointed vice-captain of South Africa. However, an injury to AB de Villiers resulted in Amla being named captain of the ODI and T20I side for their series against Australia.
Fast Facts
- Hashim Amla became the first South African of Indian ancestry to represent the Proteas.
- Between 2008 and 2010, Amla scored 19.79% of South Africa’s ODI runs, third-most for a team behind Zaheer Abbas (21%) and Ryan ten Doeschate (29%).
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
59 |
103 |
4464 |
8 |
46.98 |
50.95 |
14 |
23 |
253* |
| ODI |
57 |
56 |
2881 |
5 |
56.49 |
91.43 |
9 |
18 |
140 |
| T20 |
8 |
8 |
115 |
0 |
14.37 |
109.52 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
59 |
4 |
42 |
28 |
0 |
0/4 |
/ |
- |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
54 |
0 |
3 |
| ODI |
21 |
0 |
1 |
| T20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| ODI |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
| T20 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2004-2012
- ODI:
- 2008-2012
- T20:
- 2009-2012
- Test
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta) - Nov 28, 2004
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Mar 23, 2012
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Bangladesh at Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong - Mar 09, 2008
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Mar 03, 2012
- T20
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Australia at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane - Queensland - Jan 13, 2009
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Feb 22, 2012
