Hashim Mohamed Amla OIS (Gujarati: ????? ????; born 31 March 1983) is a South African International cricketer who plays for South Africa in all three formats of the game, widely regarded as one of South Africa's best modern batsman. He is a right-handed batsman, and has the record of the highest individual test score for any South African Batsman of 311* against England at Kia Oval, London in July 2012. Amla is an occasional off-break bowler and was South Africa's Test captain from June 2014 to January 2016.

Hashim Amla

Amla training with South Africa in 2009.
Personal information
Full name	Hashim Mohamed Amla
Born	(1983-03-31) 31 March 1983 (age 35) Durban, Natal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting	Right hand
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
Relations	Ahmed Amla (brother)
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 295)	28 November 2004 v India
Last Test	20 July 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 90)	9 March 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	12 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	1
T20I debut (cap 38)	13 January 2009 v Australia
Last T20I	14 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999–2013	KwaZulu Natal Dolphins (squad no. 1)
2009	Essex
2010	Nottinghamshire
2013–present	Cape Cobras (squad no. 1)
2013	Surrey
2015	Derbyshire
2016–2017	Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 1)
2016–2017	Trinbago Knight Riders (squad no. 1)
2018–present	Hampshire (squad no. 99)
2018	Barbados Tridents (squad no. 1)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 119 169 231 230 Runs scored 9,022 7,696 17,444 9,546 Batting average 47.23 49.65 49.13 45.24 100s/50s 28/39 26/36 52/85 29/49 Top score 311* 159 311* 159 Balls bowled 54 – 393 16 Wickets 0 – 1 0 Bowling average – – 277.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a Best bowling – – 1/10 – Catches/stumpings 105/– 83/– 182/– 104/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 September 2018

In January 2011, Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 2,000 runs in ODIs, in his 40th ODI innings. He became the first South African to score a Test match triple century when he scored 311 not out against England in 2012. In the 57th innings of his ODI career, Amla became the fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs, requiring 12 innings fewer than Sir Vivian Richards, and also became the fastest cricketer to reach 10 ODI centuries. On 8 December 2013, he became the fastest batsman to score 4,000 ODI runs, requiring 8 innings fewer than Richards.

In 2014, he became the fastest cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs in his 86th innings. In the same year he became the fastest cricketer to reach 16 centuries in ODIs in his 94th inning and fastest cricketer to 17 centuries in ODIs in his 98th innings. He scored 5 hundreds in ODIs in 2014. On 16 January 2015 against West Indies he became the fastest to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs in his 101st innings. On 18 January 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to 18 centuries in ODIs in his 102nd inning. On 3 March 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODIs in his 108th inning.

He has scored ODI centuries against all Test playing countries and only the fourth person to do so. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013. He recently hit 2 centuries in 2017 IPL season playing for Kings XI Punjab. He became fastest player to score 7,000 runs in ODIs – 11 innings quicker than Virat Kohli. On 3rd June 2017, he became the fastest cricketer to 25 ODI centuries, again 11 innings quicker than Kohli. He also became the fastest batsman to score 26 ODI hundred.