Cricket Special Report: South African batsman, Hashim Amla is in the form of his life
South Africa’s batsman Hashim Amla is having a time of his life. He is boasting on a purple patch with the bat this year. Amla has become an integral part of the South Africa’s batting line-up in both Test matches and One-day internationals. In the longest
format, he has developed himself as solid number 3 batsmen going around, and in ODIs, he opens the innings alongside his captain, Graeme Smith.
As a batsman, Amla is strong in front of the wicket. In addition, he is one of those players who can play both off the back-foot and the front-foot. As a result, he can play shots all around the ground; he does it with a straight bat. As his grandparents
migrated from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, whether it has do with it or not, but there is a touch of subcontinent in him, as he uses his wrists to play spinners and is strong off his legs. Amla’s cover drive and his whip through mid-wicket are his signature shots.
In Test cricket, Hashim has rounded off a remarkable year. Recently, the right hand batsman has developed himself as one of the best one-down batsman going around. Add to it, his great powers of concentration, hunger for runs and full array of shots has
made him a prolific run scorer. His elegance backed by his temperament to go about his business has helped him to make full use of his talent.
Moreover, the natal batsman has been at his belligerent best this year. In the current year, he has amassed an amazing tally of 796 runs at an amazing average of almost 80 with a best of 253, in only 7 matches. His tally of runs includes 3 centuries. Most
of his runs have come on India soil.
Earlier this year in February, the Indian tour has been a hallmark of his career. In a 2 Test series, he piled up huge runs. In doing so, he mustered 490 runs, and was dismissed only once in three innings. His mountain of runs filmed, 3 Test centuries, which
includes the first double century by a South African batsman in subcontinent. Amla with his twin hundreds in the series at Kolkata became the country’s fourth batsmen to do so.
Furthermore, his only quite series came against West Indies, where he failed to register a single fifty plus score. In 3 matches, he only managed 122 runs at 20 with a best of 44.
The natal’s batsman was only considered to be a product, tailor made for Test cricket. Critics always said that he hasn’t got the ability to play aggressively and to score quick runs, top of the order. The master batsman has shut everything that has come
his way as a criticism. To everyone’s surprise, he has been more than productive in short ODI career.
In all, the right hander has played 31 limited overs game, scoring 1591 runs at an average of 59 with a best of 140. The most surprising factor in his hunt for runs is his rate of scoring. A strike-rate of 91, which is backed by his high average, certainly
shows his ability to score huge runs at a quicker rate than his other colleagues. Only Albie Morkel has a better strike rate for players, who have played more than 30 matches.
This year, the top batsman has played 9 ODIs, hunting down 793 runs at a breathtaking average of 83 with a best of 129. In hunger of his runs, he has cracked up 4 tons. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 have been on the receiving ends at the hands of a silent killer,
Hashim Amla.
In praise of his run-scoring achievements, Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 has awarded him with the prize of CSA cricketer of the year. In response Amla said”It’s a great honour and privilege. A lot of great cricketers have been awarded this, and it's nice to be
in their league. It's been a good year for me and the award is basically recognition of that.”
It will be of great interest that how the runs machine maintains his effectiveness and proves to be a consistent performer right down the line.
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