# 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. 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, is the only 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. As of January 2019, 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. As of January 2019, 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 Amla :
| No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result |
| 1 | 149 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 2/3 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 27 April 2006 | Drawn |
| 2 | 176* | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 8 November 2007 | Won |
| 3 | 103 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 2/2 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 November 2007 | Won |
| 4 | 159 | India | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Away | 26 March 2008 | Drawn |
| 5 | 104* | England | 3 | 3 | 1/4 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 10 July 2008 | Drawn |
| 6 | 112 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein | Home | 19 November 2008 | Won |
| 7 | 100 | England | 4 | 3 | 1/4 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 December 2009 | Drawn |
| 8 | 253* † | India | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | Away | 6 February 2010 | Won |
| 9 | 114 † | India | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 14 February 2010 | Lost |
| 10 | 123* † | India | 3 | 3 | 2/2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 14 February 2010 | Lost |
| 11 | 118* | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 12 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 12 | 140 | India | 3 | 2 | 1/2 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 16 December 2010 | Won |
| 13 | 112 | Australia | 3 | 4 | 1/2 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 9 November 2011 | Won |
| 14 | 105 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 2/2 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 17 November 2011 | Lost |
| 15 | 311* † | England | 3 | 2 | 1/3 | The Oval, London | Away | 19 July 2012 | Won |
| 16 | 121 | England | 3 | 3 | 3/3 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 16 August 2012 | Won |
| 17 | 104 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Away | 9 November 2012 | Drawn |
| 18 | 196 † | Australia | 2 | 2 | 3/3 | WACA Ground, Perth | Away | 30 November 2012 | Won |
| 19 | 110 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 2/2 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 11 January 2013 | Won |
| 20 | 118 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Neutral | 14 October 2013 | Lost |
| 21 | 127* | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2/3 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 20 February 2014 | Won |
| 22 | 139* ‡ | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Away | 24 July 2014 | Drawn |
| 23 | 208 † ‡ | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 17 December 2014 | Won |
| 24 | 201 ‡ | England | 3 | 2 | 2/4 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 5 January 2016 | Drawn |
| 25 | 109 | England | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 22 January 2016 | Won |
| 26 | 134 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 3/3 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 12 January 2017 | Won |
| 27 | 137 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Home | 28 September 2017 | Won |
| 28 | 132 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein | Home | 6 October 2017 | Won |

## One Day International cricket centuries

ODI centuries scored by Amla :
| No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result |
| 1 | 140 † | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 103.70 | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | Home | 9 November 2008 | Won |
| 2 | 102 † | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 93.57 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | Away | 22 May 2010 | Won (D/L) |
| 3 | 129 † | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 112.17 | Windsor Park, Roseau | Away | 30 May 2010 | Won |
| 4 | 110 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 114.58 | Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein | Home | 15 October 2010 | Won |
| 5 | 110 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 | 106.79 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Home | 17 October 2010 | Won |
| 6 | 119* † | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 94.44 | DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Neutral | 2 November 2010 | Won |
| 7 | 116* † | India | 2 | 1 | 87.87 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 23 January 2011 | Won (D/L) |
| 8 | 113 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 86.92 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | Neutral | 3 March 2011 | Won |
| 9 | 112 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 87.50 | Boland Bank Park, Paarl | Home | 11 January 2012 | Won |
| 10 | 150 † | England | 2 | 1 | 120.96 | Rose Bowl, Southampton | Away | 28 August 2012 | Won |
| 11 | 122 † | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 107.96 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 17 March 2013 | Won |
| 12 | 100 | India | 2 | 1 | 85.47 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Home | 8 December 2013 | Won |
| 13 | 109 † | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 83.84 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 6 July 2014 | Won |
| 14 | 101 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | 99.01 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | Away | 9 July 2014 | Lost |
| 15 | 122*† | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 92.42 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Away | 17 August 2014 | Won |
| 16 | 119† | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 88.14 | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | Away | 24 October 2014 | Won |
| 17 | 102 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 88.69 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Away | 19 November 2014 | Lost |
| 18 | 153* | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 107.74 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Home | 18 January 2015 | Won |
| 19 | 133 ‡ | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 126.66 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 28 January 2015 | Won |
| 20 | 159 † | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 125.19 | Manuka Oval, Canberra | Neutral | 3 March 2015 | Won |
| 21 | 124 † | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 98.41 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 19 August 2015 | Won |
| 22 | 127 | England | 2 | 2 | 97.69 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 9 February 2016 | Won |
| 23 | 110 | West Indies | 1 | 1 | 111.11 | Warner Park, Basseterre | Away | 15 June 2016 | Won |
| 24 | 154 † | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 114.92 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Home | 10 February 2017 | Won |
| 25 | 103 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 89.57 | Kennington Oval, London | Neutral | 3 June 2017 | Won |
| 26 | 110* | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 98.21 | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Home | 15 October 2017 | Won |
| 27 | 108* | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 90.00 | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Home | 19 January 2019 | Lost |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Jacques Kallis leads the list with 45 centuries.
* ↑ Amla shared the man of the match award with AB de Villiers.