Hashim Amla

Hashim Mahomed Amla ( born March 31, 1983 in Durban, KwaZulu -Natal today, South Africa) is a South African cricketer. Amla plays in Test cricket commonly referred to as number 3 batsman for the South African Cricket Team, while he. Limited in Over- games, such as one- day internationals (ODI ), as one of the two openers occurs According to the International Cricket Council, he is currently the world's best batsman in ODIs.

Amla is a devout, practicing Muslim. On his Test debut he put it through successfully to order the removal sponsor logos of alcohol producers such as the South African Breweries from his jersey. His grandparents are originally emigrated from India Surat, Gujarat to South Africa. His older brother Ahmed is also a professional cricketer, but not at the international level.

Career

Immediately after graduating from Durban High School Amla started for his home team, who play KwaZulu Natal Dolphins. When Under -19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, he captained the South African team to the finals. Due to impressive achievements he has been named as 21 -year-old captain of KwaZulu -Natal. Already at the beginning of his professional career he was regarded by experts as a potential future captain of the national team.

His debut on the international stage was in a Test match against India on 28 November 2004. This made ​​him the first South African of Indian descent, who represented South Africa in an international cricket match.

After various performances at international level, he had a successful 2008, in which he scored a total of 1012 runs, including several Centuries. This continued in 2009, where his performance is emphasized in the test and ODI victories against Australia.

In England's 2009-10 tour of South Africa, Amla was an integral part of the team in all games. The first time he already managed a decisive Century and in the following games this tour he played a big part in the success of South Africa.

His most well- best year he had in 2010. In February, he scored unbeaten 253 runs in a Test match against India. Other successful games this year he had against the West Indies, Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

He then rose to number 1 on the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen, a position he still holds.

In July 2012, he scored in a Test match against England 311 runs. He thus became the first South African to a triple -century in Test cricket, so a score of more than 300 runs in an innings, has succeeded.

Dean Jones controversy

During a test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka on August 7, 2006 Amla was by Dean Jones, who commented on the game for Ten Sports, designated as a terrorist after he caught a catch. Jones had mistakenly assumed that the live broadcast was interrupted for a commercial break and said " The terrorist has got another wicket ". ( engl: "The terrorist gets another wicket "). This statement was broadcast live around the world, whereupon Jones was mainly from South African fans, players and other commentators criticized. This led subsequently to the fact that the TV channel Ten Sports announced its contract with Jones. He asked after this incident Amla pardon, who accepted his apology.

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