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===2012===

During the Proteas tour of England, he scored the highest ever Test score by a South African and the country's first triple century while playing in the 1st Test at The Oval.<ref>Higginson, Marc. (22 July 2012) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18948298 England v South Africa: Hashim Amla now 'an awesome batsman']. ''BBC Sport''. Retrieved on 2018-05-21.</ref> He scored 311 not out in a man of the match performance, while fasting as South Africa defeated England by an innings and 12 runs. He then scored his 16th Test century in the 2nd innings of the 3rd Test at [[Lord's]], as South Africa beat England by 51 runs to clinch the series by 2–0 and ascended to the top of the ICC Test rankings. He was South Africa's man of the series and during the ODI series that followed, he scored a career-best 150 (from 124 balls) in the 2nd match against England in Southampton.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/19374085|title= England v South Africa 2nd ODI: Live| date= 28 August 2012|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

They then toured to Australia, where Amla scored 104 and shared a 165 run 3rd wicket partnership with [[Jacques Kallis]] in the 1st Test at [[the Gabba]], Amla and Kallis are the most prolific partnership in South Africa's Test match history. In the 3rd Test at [[WACA Ground|the WACA]], Amla scored 196 in the 2nd innings in a match-winning, series-clinching effort. Together with [[Graeme Smith]], their 2nd wicket stand of 178 in 2 while his century came up in 87 balls.