Hashim Amla - the jewel in South Africa's cricketing crown

[flamy]

What a cricketer, what a batsmen! He's fast becoming one of the widely respected and admired cricketers in a global scale. Putting aside his batting feats, what a guy/personality he is. Pious, religious, simple, humble, with a foot long beard and a shaven head. Does not drink, does not smoke, walks when he knows if he's out. Even when he was called a terrorist by Dean Jones, his response to it was ready forgiveness. Hashim you beauty!

Absolutely. I was very frustrated, but couldn't bring myself to curse him hard. :hatsoff:

[Ranjha]

Hashim Amla is man of match (tough competition from Harbhajan) but no complaints he also deserved it. Hashim Amla is also the man of the series without any competition.

[Indiaa]

23 hours and 22 minutes of batting in the series, nine hours and 39 minutes in this innings. :omg::hatsoff:

[The Outsider]

To be very frank, I still don't understand how he scores all those runs with the horrible technique of his, but runs are runs and this was an out of the world performance from him! Probably the difference between an Indian series win and a tie, given how easily their middle order caved in the second test.

[vvvslaxman]

He just loves Indian pitches. His performance in India is bradmansque.

[Karan114]

To maintain concentration right till the end despite batting so long in three innings in a row is just astonishing, really, especially given the sort of pressure they were under today - it takes a lot out of a batsman but he just kept going.

[EnterTheVoid]

Respect.

[flamy]

Respect.

Disrespect.

[cowboysfan]

well done amla,he absolutely owned us in this series.i have a feeling though that we are going to get some revenge on bouncier pitches in south africa.

[IKnowU]

Poor guy had to give up his hair to be good at cricket. :giggle:

[vvvslaxman]

He probably wish he stays back in India or he could roll out these pitches and carry it with him.

[Lord]

WAT A PLAYER!wat an innings.i have rarely felt so bad for an opposition player.u couldnt help but feel for him wen u saw his face.infact a part of me wanted SA to save it just for his effort. wat impressed me most was that he never gave up.wen Steyn got out,there were still 50 overs remaining.u would have thought that he would play few strokes,get to his 100 n eventually surrender to the inevitable.but he hung around,got the partnershp with tail n got SA so close to series win. :hatsoff: is all i can do

[azanian]

Amla has silenced the majority of white South Africans who always called him a 'quota' player

[spectre]

Fantastic batsman! Incredible innings, one of the very best what a player :hatsoff:

[cricketman]

Whadda player

[Pak_Forever]

What an elegant batsman, what a class, what a fighter, what a player. :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:

[Texy]

how does he grow his beard so long?

[bsriharsha]

What an elegant batsman, what a class, what a fighter, what a player. :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:

:two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[Riley's Girl]

Great show of determination. Pure class. Hero's innings. Thank you, Hashim Amla, for fighting to the end in what was essentially a lost cause. This is one innings I won't forget. :hatsoff:

[Riley's Girl]

Amla has silenced the majority of white South Africans who always called him a 'quota' player

FYI: The majority of South African cricket fans don't give a damn about color. When a player merits a place in the national side, he merits a place in the national side. It's an insult to the players themselves to suggest that they are representing SA for any reason other than that they deserve to be in the national side because of their talent and the skills they contribute.