List of international cricket centuries by Hashim Amla

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]

Hashim Amla has scored 55 centuries for South Africa.^[1]

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^[update], 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^[update], Amla has the sixth-highest number of centuries across all formats in international cricket.^[20]

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 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]