Hashim Amla, the renowned South African batter, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 39-year-old was still playing in the domestic circuit despite having already signaled his retirement from international cricket.
He participated in 349 international games for South Africa and scored 18,672 runs in all three formats.
The top-order batsman, who is regarded as one of the best Proteas players ever, scored 27 hundred in one-day internationals and 28 test hundreds in 124 games. The Durban-born cricketer scored 311 runs against England at The Oval on July 22, 2012, and became South Africa’s first triple-centurion.
The cricketer also thanked Surrey and expressed his gratitude for the chance he got to represent the team.
Amla said, “I have great memories of the Oval ground and to finally leave it as a player fills me with immense gratitude for what has been. A sincere thank you to Alec Stewart and the entire Surrey staff, players, and members for their support. The Surrey ship runs so professionally that it would make any international player feel a sense of honor just to be involved with it. I wish them all the best and many more trophies.”
The cricketer signed up to play for Surrey in 2019 and has also played for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in the Indian Premier League. He played county cricket and belonged to the team’s leadership group and scored a heap of runs for the team.
