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Hashim Amla Latest News.Hashim Amla Profile.Hashim Amla Biography.Hashim Amla Photos.Hashim Amla Videos.Hashim Amla Records.Hashim Amla Runs.Hashim Amla Scored.Hashim Amla Family.Hashim Amla Wife.Hashim Amla Married. Hashim Mahomed Amla (born 31 March 1983) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed top order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler, Amla bats at number 3 for South Africa in Test matches and has opened in limited overs contests.

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An elegant strokeplayer blessed with the temperament to make the most of his talent, Hashim Amla is the first South African of Indian descent to reach the national squad - his grandparents migrated from Gujarat - and he shares the penchant for wristy leg-side flicks that ooze off his bat. His elevation to the South Africa side was a poorly kept secret after he reeled off four centuries in his first eight innings of the 2004-05 season, after being appointed captain of the Dolphins (formerly Natal) at the tender age of 21. His older brother by four years, Ahmed, made his first-class debut two seasons before Hashim, but there is little doubt that the younger Amla is the better player. He is also a devout Muslim whose requests to have logos promoting alcohol removed from his playing gear have been successful so far. Amla toured New Zealand with the South African Under-19 team in 2000-01, he captained South Africa at the 2002 Under-19 World Cup, and after starring for the A team, made his Test debut against India in 2004-05. He was not an instant success, with serious questions emerging about his technique as he mustered 36 runs in four innings against England later that season.

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When he was handed a second chance he made it count with 149 against New Zealand at Cape Town, helping guide South Africa to a draw. He remained a consistent performer, if not as prolific as South Africa would like, with fifties against Pakistan in 2007, but saved his best for the following tour to India where he racked up 307 runs in the three Tests. It included a majestic 159 in Chennai, his second score of 150 or more, and was followed by a pugnacious 81 in the second innings, in conditions trying thanks to the weather, the pitch and the attack. In the summer of 2008, he got his name on the honours board at Lord's with a sublime century, and in the process silenced all whimpers about his pedigree for the longest version. Still, doubts remained over his ability in the shorter formats, and while Twenty20 cricket was never going to be his strong point, he developed a remarkable appetite for ODI excellence, when given an extended run in the side. He contributed crucial fifties during South Africa's heist of Australia in 2008-09, but his inability to convert them into big knocks meant the likes of AB de Villiers and JP Duminy stole the headlines. Amla righted that with a couple of big scores in the ODI series that followed, as Australia were humbled in all formats at home. A consistent run of scores followed before a strong home series against England.

His biggest year in international cricket, though, was in 2010, when he was outstanding in both Tests and ODIs, scoring over 1000 runs in both forms at 75-plus averages. It started with a magnum opus tour of India, where the hosts threw everything at him, but could not find a way past or around his monk-like patience and ability to soak pressure. In the two-Test series he scored 490 runs and dismissed just once. In ODIs he combined quick scoring with stunning consistency, scoring five centuries and four fifties in 15 innings, all the while scoring at over a run a ball. With his consistency and skills in both forms of the game, Amla is already looked upon as Jacques Kallis' successor in the role of middle-order bulwark.

And in 2012 he lived up to his billing by becoming the first South African to score a triple century by making 311 not out against England at The Oval.

A quiet man, there is no doubting Amla's immense hunger for runs. He remains a candidate to become South Africa's second non-white Test captain after Ashwell Prince, and possesses the most impressive beard in all the game. 

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 Batting Averages:-

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	62	108	9	4946	311*	49.95	9578	51.63	16	23	627	6	56	0
ODIs	59	57	5	3031	150	58.28	3275	92.54	10	18	301	15	21	0
T20Is	8	8	0	115	33	14.37	105	109.52	0	0	11	3	3	0
First-class	153	254	24	11690	311*	50.82			36	57			121	0
List A	114	110	7	4682	150	45.45			13	29			41	0
Twenty20	38	37	1	775	88*	21.52	668	116.01	0	3	90	11	8	0

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“Amla gesture to SA team ethic”

The usually undemonstrative Hashim Amla did a strange thing when he reached his century at Lord's. He demonstrated something. A television set drawn mid-air was his way of dedicating the ton to the team's video analyst, Prassana Agoram, one of the squadron of back-room staff who have all been credited with making the South African team the strong unit they have become.

"It was just an acknowledgment of the amount of work he puts in," Amla said, when explaining his gesture. "He said something really inspirational to me before the series which is why I did it." Amla would not reveal what Agoram had said, saying "it's a personal thing" but his acknowledgment was a telling detail about the new culture of the South African team.

Gary Kirsten has created a community, which Dale Steyn said "trusts" each other as part of the key to their success. Apart from a head coach, an assistant coach, a bowling coach and the usual medical and administrative staff - physiotherapist, media manager and logistics manager, they also have a performance director in Paddy Upton and an adventurer in Mike Horn. Both are not with the team all the time but their influence is obvious.

Ever since the Switzerland bonding exercise at Horn's home, South Africa have appeared mentally tougher than they have ever been before. They have been willing to reach deeper, pull harder, think bigger and play tougher and it is those things that have made them the better side for large chunks of the series.

Amla was hesitant to say the change had been recent. "It's been like this for quite a few years. It's not all of a sudden," he said. "But the way some of the lower order guys came to the party has been a hallmark for the last two Tests."

Without making the point explicitly, Amla still made it. Crucial performances have come from unlikely places and South Africa have never looked out of control. "The games have ebbed and flowed in different situations and we've managed to get out of bad situations at times," Amla said.

The ability to bat on even when runs are not being scored, something only Jonny Bairstow was able to muster for England, has been one of the things that set South Africa apart. At Leeds, Alviro Petersen and Jacques Rudolph battled through a tricky first hour, at Lord's, Amla and Dale Steyn did it. "We were in a delicate position but we knew we had to hang in there for about 30 minutes and that really set up the day for us. Then Vernon and Morne showed a lot of guts as well later on," Amla said.

The ability to take wickets, even on pitches that look like batting could continue for months on, has been the other. South Africa took 20 wickets at The Oval where England could only manage two, on a surface far less helpful than the one at Lord's. Even though a draw will still give them the series win and No.1 ranking, Amla said they have bigger targets in their sights.

"We are thinking of the win. We do understand it's going to take a lot of hard work but if we show the intensity we showed this evening, we can win."

England face the uphill battle of needing to score over 330 runs on a fifth day pitch, something Amla said is hard enough without bigger things at stake. "Any score above 300 is a very difficult ask," he said. "I think any score above 250, especially on the last innings when the wicket is deteriorating is difficult."

Asked if South Africa will think up new ways to keep England up against it, Amla said they do not need to, because the situation is fraught enough for their opposition. "The wicket itself is good to bat on but in the last innings, there is this thing called pressure that exists. When we were batting we felt it. England have to make the play and if we hit our areas for long enough, they are going to have look to score. We are going to try and stick to our plan. That situation alone creates enough pressure."

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