Afghanistan seal historic win over West Indies

Afghanistan finished their World Twenty20 campaign on a high as they stunned Group 1 winners West Indies by six runs in Nagpur to record their first victory over a Test-playing nation other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. The Windies had won their previous three group matches, and seemed set to maintain their 100 per cent record when the associate minnows were restricted to 123 for seven.

But spinners Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi took two wickets each as the favourites, who rested star batsman Chris Gayle, limped to 117 for eight in reply.  

Some unbelievable record of great Hashim Amla

Fastest man to reach 2000 runs in ODIs (40 Innings).

Fastest man to reach 3000 runs in ODIs (59 Innings).

Fastest man to reach 4000 runs in ODIs (81 Innings).

Fastest man to reach 5000 runs in ODIs (101 Innings).

First South African to score Triple century in Test Matches.

First South African Captain to score a Test Century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

1000 runs in both Tests and ODIs in the same calendar (2010).

Hashim Amla & Faf du Plessis hold the highest partnership for South Africa (247 runs) against

Ireland in 24th match of World Cup Cricket on 3 March 2015 at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Amla made
his carrier best 159 in that match and South Africa became the first team to make back to back 400 in

ODI getting a total of 411/5.

Fastest cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODI’s, requiring 23 matches less than Indian batsman Virat Kohli.

Fastest to achieve 15 ODI Centuries (89 matches).

Hashim Amla and AB De Villers’ partnership of 308 runs against West Indies is the record 4th wicket partnership for South Africa in a test match,was played from 17–20 December 2014.

Fastest cricketer to reach 16 centuries in ODI’s.

Fastest cricketer to reach 17 centuries in ODI’s.

Fastest cricketer to reach 18 centuries in ODI’s.

Fastest cricketer to reach 19 centuries in ODI’s.

Fastest cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODI’s.

Fastest cricketer to reach 21 centuries in ODI’s.

Hashim Amla has the highest batting average(54.39) in One Day International cricket, in the list of cricketers with more than 5,000 runs.

International cricket centuries by Hashim Amla

Hashim Amla is a cricketer who represents the South Africa national cricket team and is the captain of the national Test side.  He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on 23 and 21 occasions respectively.  As of 19 August 2015, he has played 84 Tests and 118 ODIs for South Africa, scoring 6,770 and 5,743 runs 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 fifteen cricket grounds, including ten at venues outside South Africa.  He has scored his twenty-three Test centuries against eight different opponents; he is most successful against Australia and India, making five each. As of 2015, Amla is third in the list of Test century-makers for South Africa. 

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 is 159 against Ireland at the Manuka Oval, Canberra in 2015. Amla is the fastest batsman to reach 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 runs in ODIs, taking 40, 57, 81 and 101 innings respectively to do so.  He has played 15 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, without scoring a century,  his highest score being 47 not out.  As of 2015, Amla is eighth in the list of century-makers in international cricket, all formats of the game combined.