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== International career ==
Upon being appointed captain of the Dolphins, Amla began the 2004–2005 South African domestic season by scoring four centuries during his first eight innings.<ref name="proebuck" /> His success at the domestic level and consistent performances for the South Africa A squad led to him being chosen for the winter 2004 tour of Africa at the age of 21, thereby becoming the first South African of Indian descent to represent South Africa in international cricket.<ref name="guardian" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/142829.html|title=Joy and gloom as selectors turn the page|author=Telford Vice|publisher=
Making his debut at [[Eden Gardens]], Kolkata, on 28 November 2004, he initially made a slow start to his career, with his technique having been criticized after scoring 36 runs in the 2004 series against England.<ref name="proebuck" /><ref name="guardian" /> After honing his technique and working on his skills with the Dolphins, for whom he regularly top-scored in the South African domestic circuit, he proved his critics wrong in 2006 as he scored a comeback 149 against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] at [[Newlands Stadium|Newlands]], Cape Town, helping guide South Africa to a match-saving draw.<ref name="proebuck" /><ref name="ha" /> He subsequently continued this success, earning a national contract and scoring 1599 runs at an average of 57.10 in his next 19 Tests, solidifying his position as South Africa's regular number 3 batsman.<ref name="guardian" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385821.html|title=New-look Amla breaks South Africa's No. 3 jinx|author=S Rajesh|publisher=
On 27 March 2008, he scored an unbeaten 159 against [[India national cricket team|India]] in Chennai amidst searing conditions.<ref name="guardian" /> His success throughout the 2008 year, in which he scored 1012 runs, consisted of numerous centuries and solid performances against India, England and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]].<ref name="proebuck" /><ref name="ha" /> During South Africa's 2009 tour of Australia, Amla helped South Africa win a historic Test and one day series victory over Australia, scoring 259 runs at an average of 51.80 during the Tests and contributing crucial scores in the one day series, including a match-winning 80 in the series clincher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/387799.html|title=Amla and de Villiers race to series win|publisher=
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Amla has had four spells playing [[county cricket]] in England, for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] in 2009, [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] in 2010, [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] in 2013 and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] in 2015. In April 2009, he was signed by Essex as their overseas player for a portion of the 2009 English county season, as a short-term replacement for [[Danish Kaneria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/essex/content/story/410937.html|title=Essex sign Amla as cover for Kaneria|publisher=
During England's 2009–2010 tour of South Africa, Amla was an integral member of the side throughout the series, scoring a crucial century in the first Test at [[Centurion Park|Centurion]] and contributing important innings during the rest of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440381.html|title=South Africa benefit from Amla's cultural blend|author=Andrew McGlashan|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=19 December 2009|access-date=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444826.html|title=Morkel's emergence biggest gain|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 January 2010|access-date=19 January 2010}}</ref> His performances saw him move up the ICC Test batting rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444950.html|title=Career-best rankings for Smith and Morkel|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=16 January 2010|access-date=19 January 2010}}</ref>
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Amla went into a five-match ODI series against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] on the back of good form and in the first ODI managed 35 as South Africa won by 8 wickets. Amla scored a quickfire half century in the second ODI before being given out [[Leg before wicket|lbw]] to a [[Shahid Afridi]] [[leg break]], despite this good knock from Amla and 286 from South Africa, they couldn't win the match courtesy of a superb century by [[Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)|Abdul Razzaq]] scoring 109 off just 73 balls. In the third ODI Amla scored 119* as the rest of the South African order collapsed around him and the team only managed 228, however South Africa won the match by just two runs courtesy of some superb death bowling [[yorker]]s from [[Rusty Theron]].
Following these excellent performances in the ODI format Amla was selected in the 12-man Twenty20 squad against India, at the [[Moses Mabhida Stadium]] in Durban. He was selected in place of opener [[Loots Bosman]]. The most significant thing about the match before it started or ended was that it was the final match for iconic [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]] [[Makhaya Ntini]],<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa v India: Hashim Amla recalled to Twenty20 squad
For his performances in 2010 and 2011, he was named in the World Test XI by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/480081.html|title=Dhoni leads ICC Test Team of Year|date=6 October 2010|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/529914.html|title=England dominate ICC Test team of the year|date=26 August 2011|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
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* Amla and [[Faf du Plessis]] hold the highest ODI partnership for any wicket for South Africa (247 runs), set against [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] at the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]] at [[Manuka Oval]], Canberra, on 3 March 2015. Amla made his career best of 159 in that match.<ref>{{cite web |title=ICC Cricket World Cup, 24th Match, Ireland v South Africa |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/engine/match/656445.html |access-date=3 March 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* Amla and AB de Villiers' partnership of 308 runs against the West Indies is the record fourth-wicket partnership for South Africa in a Test match.
* Amla and [[Dwayne Bravo]] hold the record for highest fifth-wicket partnership in [[Twenty20 cricket]] (150)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1025985.html|title=3rd Match: Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents at Port of Spain, Jul 1, 2016
* 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
* 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
* 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}}</ref>
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