A portrait of a bearded man wearing South African ODI uniform
Hashim Amla has scored 55 centuries for South Africa.[1]
A view of a portion of a cricket ground during a match
Amla made his highest Test score at The Oval.[2]

Hashim Amla is a retired cricketer who represented the South Africa national cricket team for 15 years.[3] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 28 and 27 occasions respectively.[4][5] Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott once said about him that, "he bats in a way that gives very little hope for the bowlers" and "he plays the same way at the start of his innings as he does at the end of it".[6]

Amla made his Test debut against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in 2004.[7][8] His first century came two years later against New Zealand at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.[9] His score of 311 not out, against England at The Oval, London, in 2012, is the only triple century by a South African batsman in Test cricket.[10][11][12] Amla has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including ten at venues outside South Africa.[13][14] In Tests, he has scored centuries against eight different opponents, and has the most centuries (six) against England. As of January 2019, Amla has the second-highest number of centuries for South Africa in Tests.[n 1][15]

Amla made his ODI debut in 2008 against Bangladesh at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong.[16] His first century came in the same year against the same team at the Willowmoore Park, Benoni.[17] His highest ODI score of 159 was made against Ireland at the Manuka Oval, Canberra in 2015.[18] His 27 centuries in the format is a South African record. Amla has played 38 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches without scoring a century;[19] his highest score in the format is 97 not out.[3] As of January 2019, Amla has the sixth-highest number of centuries across all formats in international cricket.[20]

Key

Test centuries

Test centuries scored by Amla[21]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 149  New Zealand 3 2 2/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 27 April 2006 Drawn [9]
2 176*  New Zealand 3 3 1/2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 8 November 2007 Won [22]
3 103  New Zealand 3 2 2/2 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 16 November 2007 Won [23]
4 159  India 3 1 1/3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away 26 March 2008 Drawn [24]
5 104*  England 3 3 1/4 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away 10 July 2008 Drawn [25]
6 112  Bangladesh 3 1 1/2 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Home 19 November 2008 Won [26]
7 100  England 4 3 1/4 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 16 December 2009 Drawn [27]
8 253* †  India 3 1 1/2 VCA Stadium, Nagpur Away 6 February 2010 Won [28]
9 114 †  India 3 1 2/2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away 14 February 2010 Lost [29]
10 123* †  India 3 3 2/2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away 14 February 2010 Lost [29]
11 118*  Pakistan 3 3 1/2 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 12 November 2010 Drawn [30]
12 140  India 3 2 1/2 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 16 December 2010 Won [31]
13 112  Australia 3 4 1/2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 9 November 2011 Won [32]
14 105  Australia 3 3 2/2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 17 November 2011 Lost [33]
15 311* †  England 3 2 1/3 The Oval, London Away 19 July 2012 Won [2]
16 121  England 3 3 3/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away 16 August 2012 Won [34]
17 104  Australia 3 1 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Away 9 November 2012 Drawn [35]
18 196 †  Australia 2 2 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 30 November 2012 Won [36]
19 110  New Zealand 2 2 2/2 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 11 January 2013 Won [37]
20 118  Pakistan 3 1 1/2 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 14 October 2013 Lost [38]
21 127*  Australia 5 1 2/3 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 20 February 2014 Won [39]
22 139* ‡  Sri Lanka 4 1 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away 24 July 2014 Drawn [40]
23 208 † ‡  West Indies 4 1 1/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 17 December 2014 Won [41]
24 201 ‡  England 3 2 2/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 5 January 2016 Drawn [42]
25 109  England 3 1 4/4 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 22 January 2016 Won [43]
26 134  Sri Lanka 3 1 3/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 12 January 2017 Won [44]
27 137  Bangladesh 3 1 1/2 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home 28 September 2017 Won [45]
28 132  Bangladesh 3 1 2/2 Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Home 6 October 2017 Won [46]

One Day International cricket centuries

ODI centuries scored by Amla[47]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 140 †  Bangladesh 1 1 103.70 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Home 9 November 2008 Won [17]
2 102 †  West Indies 1 1 93.57 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Away 22 May 2010 Won (D/L) [48]
3 129 †  West Indies 2 2 112.17 Windsor Park, Roseau Away 30 May 2010 Won [49]
4 110  Zimbabwe 1 1 114.58 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Home 15 October 2010 Won [50]
5 110  Zimbabwe 1 2 106.79 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home 17 October 2010 Won [51]
6 119* †  Pakistan 1 1 94.44 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 2 November 2010 Won [52]
7 116* †  India 2 1 87.87 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 23 January 2011 Won (D/L) [53]
8 113  Netherlands 1 1 86.92 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Neutral 3 March 2011 Won [54]
9 112  Sri Lanka 1 1 87.50 Boland Bank Park, Paarl Home 11 January 2012 Won [55]
10 150 †  England 2 1 120.96 Rose Bowl, Southampton Away 28 August 2012 Won [56]
11 122 † [n 2]  Pakistan 2 1 107.96 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 17 March 2013 Won [57]
12 100  India 2 1 85.47 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home 8 December 2013 Won [58]
13 109 †  Sri Lanka 1 1 83.84 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away 6 July 2014 Won [59]
14 101  Sri Lanka 1 2 99.01 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Away 9 July 2014 Lost [60]
15 122*†  Zimbabwe 2 1 92.42 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 17 August 2014 Won [61]
16 119†  New Zealand 1 1 88.14 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Away 24 October 2014 Won [62]
17 102  Australia 1 2 88.69 Manuka Oval, Canberra Away 19 November 2014 Lost [63]
18 153*  West Indies 1 1 107.74 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 18 January 2015 Won [64]
19 133 ‡  West Indies 2 1 126.66 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 28 January 2015 Won [65]
20 159 †  Ireland 1 1 125.19 Manuka Oval, Canberra Neutral 3 March 2015 Won [18]
21 124 †  New Zealand 2 1 98.41 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 19 August 2015 Won [66]
22 127  England 2 2 97.69 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 9 February 2016 Won [67]
23 110  West Indies 1 1 111.11 Warner Park, Basseterre Away 15 June 2016 Won [68]
24 154 †  Sri Lanka 2 1 114.92 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 10 February 2017 Won [69]
25 103  Sri Lanka 2 1 89.57 Kennington Oval, London Neutral 3 June 2017 Won [70]
26 110*  Bangladesh 2 2 98.21 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Home 15 October 2017 Won [71]
27 108*  Pakistan 1 1 90.00 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 19 January 2019 Lost [72]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Jacques Kallis leads the list with 45 centuries.
  2. ^ Amla shared the man of the match award with AB de Villiers.[57]

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