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'''Hashim Mahomed Amla'''<ref name="proebuck" /><ref name="Hashim Amla">{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/43906.html | title=Hashim Amla | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref> [[Order of Ikhamanga|OIS]] (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and [[One Day International]]s (ODIs). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played for South Africa, and one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time.
He is a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] and holds the record for the second highest individual Test score of any South African batsman, scoring 311 [[not out]] against [[England cricket team|England]] at [[The Oval]] in July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1303799 |title=Six of the best: Hashim Amla's career-defining performances |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>
He scored ODI centuries against all Test playing countries, only the fourth person to do so. He was named as one of the [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]] in 2013. Along with [[Quinton de Kock]], [[Faf du Plessis]], and [[AB de Villiers]], he formed the core batting line-up of the South African team.
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* First South African batsman to score 25 centuries in ODIs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/16702/sl-vs-rsa-3rd-match-group-b-icc-champions-trophy-2017|title=SL vs RSA. Commentary – Cricbuzz|website=Cricbuzz|access-date=3 June 2017}}</ref>
* Fourth cricketer to score 25 centuries in both Test and ODI cricket<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/16702/sl-vs-rsa-3rd-match-group-b-icc-champions-trophy-2017|title=SL vs RSA. Commentary – Cricbuzz|website=Cricbuzz|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>
* In the [[Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18|1st ODI against Bangladesh in 2017]], Amla and [[Quinton de Kock]] recorded the highest ODI partnership for any wicket for South Africa, and set the highest score in an ODI for the loss of no wickets (282).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/cricket/quinton-de-kock-168-hashim-amla-110-power-south-africa-to-record-win/story-ZAxMc8AWxYxhWkR5OfGKHM.html|title=Quinton de Kock 168*, Hashim Amla 110* power South Africa to record win|date=15 October 2017|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=15 October 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==See also==
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