Personalities
Hashim Amla: batting craft, captaincy and county cricket
His professional roles and approach across formats, with conflicting source totals identified.
What this record covers
Selected international innings, county cricket, retirement statements and honours from 2004 through Hall of Fame induction in 2025. This is not a complete match log or a current ranking. Conflicting aggregate run totals are not adopted.
Position at the coverage date
South African batter with documented Test, one-day and Twenty20 international careers, followed by county cricket and later recognition. [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6]
Record details
- South African representation
- The ICC profile identifies Amla as a South African right-handed batter with an international career across formats. [s1]
- Batting position
- The ICC career feature describes his development into a dependable number-three Test batter after an uneven start. [s5]
- Scoring range
- The ICC retirement account records 28 Test centuries and 27 ODI centuries, distinguishing achievements in the two formats. [s2]
- Shot selection
- The ICC feature describes cover drives against fuller deliveries and placement into leg-side gaps when bowlers changed their line. [s5]
- A major partnership
- The contemporary Oval report records his large third-wicket partnership with Jacques Kallis during the triple-century innings. [s6]
- Captaincy under pressure
- The ICC retrospective describes his unbeaten Colombo innings and subsequent defensive batting helping South Africa protect a series lead. [s4]
- Surrey leadership
- Surrey describes him supporting captain Rory Burns within the dressing-room leadership group after his signing. [s3]
Sources & evidence
- [s1] www.icc-cricket.com
- [s2] www.icc-cricket.com
- [s3] www.kiaoval.com
- [s4] www.icc-cricket.com
- [s5] www.icc-cricket.com
- [s6] www.icc-cricket.com
Public update history
— Researched against the cited evidence and independently checked before publication. Coverage limits apply.
— Titles and explanatory text passed the copywriting and source-consistency checks. Sources and data are unchanged.