Hashim Amla is a retired cricketer who represented the South Africa national cricket team for 15 years. 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. 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".

Amla made his Test debut against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in 2004. His first century came two years later against New Zealand at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town. 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. Amla has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including ten at venues outside South Africa. In Tests, he has scored centuries against eight different opponents, and has the most centuries (six) against England. , Amla has the second-highest number of centuries for South Africa in Tests.

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

Key * Remained not out Man of the match Captain of South Africa in that match (D/L) The result of the match was based upon the Duckworth–Lewis method

Test centuries

+Test centuries scored by AmlaScoreAgainstVenue 1 3 2 2/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Drawn 2 3 3 1/2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 3 3 2 2/2 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 4 3 1 1/3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away Drawn 5 3 3 1/4 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Drawn 6 3 1 1/2 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Home Won 7 4 3 1/4 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Drawn 8 3 1 1/2 VCA Stadium, Nagpur Away Won 9 3 1 2/2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away Lost 10 3 3 2/2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away Lost 11 3 3 1/2 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Drawn 12 3 2 1/2 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 13 3 4 1/2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Won 14 3 3 2/2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Lost 15 3 2 1/3 The Oval, London Away Won 16 3 3 3/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Won 17 3 1 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Away Drawn 18 2 2 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Won 19 2 2 2/2 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home Won 20 3 1 1/2 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral Lost 21 5 1 2/3 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home Won 22 4 1 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Drawn 23 4 1 1/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 24 3 2 2/4 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home Drawn 25 3 1 4/4 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 26 3 1 3/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 27 3 1 1/2 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home Won 28 3 1 2/2 Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Home Won

One Day International cricket centuries +ODI centuries scored by AmlaScoreAgainstVenue 1 1 1 103.70 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Home Won 2 1 1 93.57 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Away Won (D/L) 3 2 2 112.17 Windsor Park, Roseau Away Won 4 1 1 114.58 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Home Won 5 1 2 106.79 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home Won 6 1 1 94.44 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral Won 7 2 1 87.87 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won (D/L) 8 1 1 86.92 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Neutral Won 9 1 1 87.50 Boland Bank Park, Paarl Home Won 10 2 1 120.96 Rose Bowl, Southampton Away Won 11 2 1 107.96 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 12 2 1 85.47 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home Won 13 1 1 83.84 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Won 14 1 2 99.01 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Away Lost 15 2 1 92.42 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 16 1 1 88.14 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Away Won 17 1 2 88.69 Manuka Oval, Canberra Away Lost 18 1 1 107.74 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home Won 19 2 1 126.66 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 20 1 1 125.19 Manuka Oval, Canberra Neutral Won 21 2 1 98.41 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 22 2 2 97.69 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 23 1 1 111.11 Warner Park, Basseterre Away Won 24 2 1 114.92 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home Won 25 2 1 89.57 Kennington Oval, London Neutral Won 26 2 2 98.21 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Home Won 27 1 1 90.00 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home Lost

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