Hashim Amla, the only South African to score a triple century in Test match, on Thursday announced his retirement from international cricket, just days after fast bowler Dale Steyn said he was quitting Tests.
Amla, 36, said he was retiring from all international cricket after a 15-year career during which he hit 55 centuries in 349 matches across all formats.
Amla scored 9,282 runs at an average of 46.64 in 124 Test matches and 8,113 at 49.46 in 181 one-day internationals.
He also made 1,277 runs in 44 Twenty20 Internationals at an average of 33.60.
Here’s a look at the numbers that made him a truly special player:
.@amlahash retires as @OfficialCSA's 2nd highest Test run scorer and their only triple centurion, making 311* against England in 2012.
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) August 8, 2019
Amla is the quickest batsman in history to reach 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 ODI runs by innings batted.#ThankYouHash #ProteaFire
Expected Average uses ball-tracking data—therefore considering bowling quality & the difficulty of conditions—to evaluate how an average player would fare if he faced those deliveries. By this measure Hashim Amla is clearly a modern Test & ODI great. #AmlaRetires pic.twitter.com/vI8mLKVEH3
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) August 8, 2019
08 August, 2015: Michael Clarke announced his retirement.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 8, 2019
08 August, 2019: Hashim Amla announced his retirement.
Both scored 28 Test centuries. #ThankYouAmla
Hashim Amla in Asia bw 2007-14:
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 8, 2019
14 Tests
1593 runs
Avg 75.85
7 X 100s
5 X 50s
HS 253*
Kallis averaged 66.77, Smith 59.57 & De Villiers 60.52 in the same period. Amla was the rock in the batting lineup during SA's unbeaten run in Asia bw 2007 & 2014. #ThankYouAmla
Number Of Innings Taken To Smash 25 Centuries In Both Odi & Test
— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) August 9, 2019
Amla - 326
Kohli - 334
Sachin - 386
Ponting - 465
Sangakkara - 604
(Excluded T20I)#ThankYouAmla
Hashim Amla retires from international cricket. Loved his style of batting. Remember his hundreds in each innings v India at Kolkata in 2010 after scoring a double in Nagpur.
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) August 8, 2019
First SA player to hit a triple hundred in Tests.
Top ODI player — 27 tons in 181 matches#AmlaRetires
Highest average in ODI cricket among openers
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 8, 2019
58.18 Rohit Sharma
49.89 HASHIM AMLA
48.29 Sachin Tendulkar
46.08 Brian Lara
46.04 Tillakaratne Dilshan#ThankYouAmla
South Africa Test cricketer ( by number)
— JSK (@imjsk27) August 8, 2019
295 - Hashim Amla
296 - AB de Villiers
297 - Dale Steyn
These 3 legends made their Test debut in the space of 2 weeks in 2004...ruled Test cricket for over a decade and now have retired...end of an era!! pic.twitter.com/CTyomnZ2Ea
Most international runs for RSA !
— Anukul Das (@anukuldas1800) August 8, 2019
Kallis - 25422
De villiers - 19864
Hashim Amla - 18553
Most international 100s for RSA !
Kallis - 62
Hashim Amla -55 #ThankYouAmla
Only five players have scored 25+ centuries in both Tests and ODIs:
— Cricket District (@cricketdistrict) August 8, 2019
— Sachin Tendulkar 🇮🇳
— Ricky Ponting 🇦🇺
— Virat Kohli 🇮🇳
— Kumar Sangakkara 🇱🇰
— Hashim Amla 🇿🇦
Legend. pic.twitter.com/1QaZjbCen9