Hashim Amla retires

[Vilander]

this above stat also gives the quantum of Sachin. if above 40 in both only he remains. If above 30 he and Ricky -- Virat will catchup eventually.

[Vilander]

17 hours ago, Real McCoy said:

Amla is certainly a SA great atleast in tests if not overall. Can't forget that series in India where it was impossible to get him out. He has scored runs in India, Aus and Eng the big 3 in all sorts of conditions. 253 in India and 311 in Eng his 100 in the decisive test in perth. Also comes across as a good guy unlike rat who goes mc bc everytime. Congrats on a great career Hashim Amla and good luck on your post retirement life

there it is lol 490  avg hehe, some might say he owned Indian players and Indian players grandmoms there.

 

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=2;qualmin2=400;qualval1=matches;qualval2=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=series

 

 

Only Andy Flower comes a distant second with 270 avg in zim in India  2001 for an overseas bat in a series.( how good was he phuk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Moochad]

Great test player for SA. During the peak of his career was a key batsmen for #1 test side. 

 

SA has to replace a lot of talent in a short time

[Vijy]

5 hours ago, Moochad said:

Great test player for SA. During the peak of his career was a key batsmen for #1 test side. 

 

SA has to replace a lot of talent in a short time

they will not. they are on the way to minnowhood. even SL bashed them...hard.

[Moochad]

19 hours ago, Vijy said:

they will not. they are on the way to minnowhood. even SL bashed them...hard.

Bowling is still okay. Rabada will be their spearhead at home for a long time to come. Their batting is the worry for now. Smith, Kallis, ABCD, Amla is a tough group to replace in such a small time. 

[Vijy]

9 hours ago, Moochad said:

Bowling is still okay. Rabada will be their spearhead at home for a long time to come. Their batting is the worry for now. Smith, Kallis, ABCD, Amla is a tough group to replace in such a small time. 

they are struggling to even find players like neil mckenzie or dippenaar (in ODIs) these days.

[WC2011INDIA]

18 hours ago, Moochad said:

Bowling is still okay. Rabada will be their spearhead at home for a long time to come. Their batting is the worry for now. Smith, Kallis, ABCD, Amla is a tough group to replace in such a small time. 

Rabada is overrated.

[Wall2018]

2 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

Rabada is overrated.

yet to 'Mature'....

[prinzo]

On 8/10/2019 at 10:44 PM, Vijy said:

they will not. they are on the way to minnowhood. even SL bashed them...hard.

How do you know. 

There are young players that are hungry for success. Anrich nortjie will takenoflver from Steyn as a fierce fast bowler and there a few that needs to step up. It's good that SA can be looked at in your view. Will take pressure  off them 

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, prinzo said:

How do you know. 

There are young players that are hungry for success. Anrich nortjie will takenoflver from Steyn as a fierce fast bowler and there a few that needs to step up. It's good that SA can be looked at in your view. Will take pressure  off them 

 The only areas where I have see the SA "hunger" so far is the hunger for taking Kolpaks and leaving the country. World cricket needs a strong SA to make it interesting, and I will be happy if they can unearth players like Steyn, ABDV, Amla, Smith and Kallis. But I believe that the mid-2000s SA team was the best they can do, and we will not see players like that. Rabada may equal Steyn on helpful pitches, but not yet on SC ones. as for batting, their best bet is markram but he is not up to the level of ABDV or even amla. the less said about bavuma and zondo and others, the better. the fact is that kolpak + improperly handled quota system have caused a lot of issues for SA.

[Sandeep99]

Absolute legend will always rank above Rat no matter what stats say. He is a better pressure player than Rat.

[Vijy]

7 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

Absolute legend will always rank above Rat no matter what stats say. He is a better pressure player than Rat.

I too like to dump on the rat, but amla is very much in the rat mould in ODIs - bilateral king who does little of note in WCs. In tests, he was outstanding (probably world numero uno) during his monster peak but was otherwise just a decent batsman on either side of this peak.