ICC Hall of Fame
Amla
South AfricaHashim Amla’s stance, trigger movement and twirl in his backlift was truly his own, and eventually effective, having brought his groove to international cricket.
Player Bio
With 55 international centuries to his name, and selected six times across ICC Team of the Year selections across formats, Amla is regarded as one of the first three-format greats.
Amla averaged a touch under 60 for close to 20 Tests as a dependable No.3. Boasting monumental away centuries in India and England, the right-hander was pivotal in South Africa’s historic tour of Australia, in which he helped the Proteas to both Test and ODI series victories in the 2008/09 summer. He made 259 runs in the Test series at 51.80, before leading the Proteas in the runs column in the 50-over encounters, averaging 49.75.
For all of his success in Test whites, it was the ODI format where Amla was the yardstick of his generation, racing to milestones at breakneck speed.
His run to 7000 ODI runs (150 innings) remains a record, with his run to 8000 (176) pipped by Kohli (175). In the T20I arena Amla accelerated through a mix of power and craft, making his international runs at an average of 33.60 to go with an impressive strike rate of 132.05.
