List of international cricket centuries by Hashim Amla

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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]

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]

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, was the first 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]

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Test centuries

More information No., Score ...
Test centuries scored by Amla[21]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 149  New Zealand322/3Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome27 April 2006Drawn[9]
2 176*  New Zealand331/2New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome8 November 2007Won[22]
3 103  New Zealand322/2SuperSport Park, CenturionHome16 November 2007Won[23]
4 159  India311/3M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiAway26 March 2008Drawn[24]
5 104*  England331/4Lord's Cricket Ground, LondonAway10 July 2008Drawn[25]
6 112  Bangladesh311/2Chevrolet Park, BloemfonteinHome19 November 2008Won[26]
7 100  England431/4SuperSport Park, CenturionHome16 December 2009Drawn[27]
8 253* †  India311/2VCA Stadium, NagpurAway6 February 2010Won[28]
9 114 †  India312/2Eden Gardens, KolkataAway14 February 2010Lost[29]
10 123* †  India332/2Eden Gardens, KolkataAway14 February 2010Lost[29]
11 118*  Pakistan331/2DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral12 November 2010Drawn[30]
12 140  India321/2SuperSport Park, CenturionHome16 December 2010Won[31]
13 112  Australia341/2Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome9 November 2011Won[32]
14 105  Australia332/2New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome17 November 2011Lost[33]
15 311* †  England321/3The Oval, LondonAway19 July 2012Won[2]
16 121  England333/3Lord's Cricket Ground, LondonAway16 August 2012Won[34]
17 104  Australia311/3The Gabba, BrisbaneAway9 November 2012Drawn[35]
18 196 †  Australia223/3WACA Ground, PerthAway30 November 2012Won[36]
19 110  New Zealand222/2St George's Park, Port ElizabethHome11 January 2013Won[37]
20 118  Pakistan311/2Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral14 October 2013Lost[38]
21 127*  Australia512/3St George's Park, Port ElizabethHome20 February 2014Won[39]
22 139* ‡  Sri Lanka412/2Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway24 July 2014Drawn[40]
23 208 † ‡  West Indies411/3SuperSport Park, CenturionHome17 December 2014Won[41]
24 201 ‡  England322/4Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome5 January 2016Drawn[42]
25 109  England314/4SuperSport Park, CenturionHome22 January 2016Won[43]
26 134  Sri Lanka313/3New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome12 January 2017Won[44]
27 137  Bangladesh311/2Senwes Park, PotchefstroomHome28 September 2017Won[45]
28 132  Bangladesh312/2Mangaung Oval, BloemfonteinHome6 October 2017Won[46]
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One Day International cricket centuries

More information No., Score ...
ODI centuries scored by Amla[47]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 140 †  Bangladesh11103.70Willowmoore Park, BenoniHome9 November 2008Won[17]
2 102 †  West Indies1193.57Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, AntiguaAway22 May 2010Won (D/L)[48]
3 129 †  West Indies22112.17Windsor Park, RoseauAway30 May 2010Won[49]
4 110  Zimbabwe11114.58Chevrolet Park, BloemfonteinHome15 October 2010Won[50]
5 110  Zimbabwe12106.79Senwes Park, PotchefstroomHome17 October 2010Won[51]
6 119* †  Pakistan1194.44DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral2 November 2010Won[52]
7 116* †  India2187.87SuperSport Park, CenturionHome23 January 2011Won (D/L)[53]
8 113  Netherlands1186.92Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliNeutral3 March 2011Won[54]
9 112  Sri Lanka1187.50Boland Bank Park, PaarlHome11 January 2012Won[55]
10 150 †  England21120.96Rose Bowl, SouthamptonAway28 August 2012Won[56]
11 122 † [n 2]  Pakistan21107.96New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome17 March 2013Won[57]
12 100  India2185.47Kingsmead Cricket Ground, DurbanHome8 December 2013Won[58]
13 109 †  Sri Lanka1183.84R Premadasa Stadium, ColomboAway6 July 2014Won[59]
14 101  Sri Lanka1299.01Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, KandyAway9 July 2014Lost[60]
15 122*†  Zimbabwe2192.42Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway17 August 2014Won[61]
16 119†  New Zealand1188.14Bay Oval, Mount MaunganuiAway24 October 2014Won[62]
17 102  Australia1288.69Manuka Oval, CanberraAway19 November 2014Lost[63]
18 153*  West Indies11107.74New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome18 January 2015Won[64]
19 133 ‡  West Indies21126.66SuperSport Park, CenturionHome28 January 2015Won[65]
20 159 †  Ireland11125.19Manuka Oval, CanberraNeutral3 March 2015Won[18]
21 124 †  New Zealand2198.41SuperSport Park, CenturionHome19 August 2015Won[66]
22 127  England2297.69SuperSport Park, CenturionHome9 February 2016Won[67]
23 110  West Indies11111.11Warner Park, BasseterreAway15 June 2016Won[68]
24 154 †  Sri Lanka21114.92SuperSport Park, CenturionHome10 February 2017Won[69]
25 103  Sri Lanka2189.57Kennington Oval, LondonNeutral3 June 2017Won[70]
26 110*  Bangladesh2298.21De Beers Diamond Oval, KimberleyHome15 October 2017Won[71]
27 108*  Pakistan1190.00St George's Park, Port ElizabethHome19 January 2019Lost[72]
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Footnotes

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

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