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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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