Hashim Amla...

[Fireworks11]

^

Trott also has an average of 60

[cric]

[QUOTE=AZ;3584529]bump for ACF & Whippy [/QUOTE

For whippy every SA and its players are over rated, and england are the best team in all formats. ( in this world cup he and his team are back, where they have been for at least 100 years.)

[attock]

Originally Posted by Thatsgold

Two of my favourite players......Hashim Amla is a brilliant batsman and looks like a real nice person....

[Salma_T]

whippy probably wishes that amla had an english connection so that he could come and join a few of his fellow countrymen in england shirts!

[Fireworks11]

They have enough already. They need a few Englishmen when Strauss and Kevin retire.

[AfghanCricketFan]

next goal for ECB to get

AB
JP

[freelance_cricketer]

Phenomenal test record against us

[GOAT]

Great ODI player, if he can maintain his stats he'd be a contender for one of the greats of the game. Pretty far from that now but I wish him the best.

More so then the stats its the personality you have to like. Always comes across as a genuinely nice, humble individual. Might even be captaining SA in a few years time

[W63L35]

Amla 13 not out....

The kind of form he is in today.... he may break Sachin's record...or at least score 150+.

[kkmix]

unbelievably good batsman.

[Wiji]

Phenomenal batting by Amla today!! I haven't seen batting like this in a long, long time. He can't stop hitting fours! Unbelievable.

[Love Pakistan]

Gem of a player!

[kkmix]

Originally Posted by kkmix unbelievably good batsman.

Yeah good job jinxing him ... but very good inning nevertheless.

[IAJ]

Very very fine batsman! He deserved his century today!

Clarke running upto him to congratulete him after his dismissal. Both true gentlemen.

[Statsman]

got dropped twice, but nevertheless good batting

[kkmix]

He went from 40 to 112 in no time.

[James]

Should have been out early on really.

Today was the Graeme Smith show - as it so often is when South Africa have pulled off their greatest victories. Another majestic and chanceless hundred.

[khalil1986]

Whippy probably will still try to make a BS excuse, better than any current English batsman hands down. The likes of Trott don't even come close plus my man Amla is a true gentleman unlike the moody **** that Trott is.

[kkmix]

The way he treated Aussie bowlers was amazing to watch ... They looked absolutely clueless bowling to him ... and the little passage when Amla got from 70 to 110, he must've hit boundary every other ball. And not one shot was a slog, all pretty classy shots. Amazing amazing player.

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by Whippy Should have been out early on really. Today was the Graeme Smith show - as it so often is when South Africa have pulled off their greatest victories. Another majestic and chanceless hundred.

You already looking like a fool in this thread and you'll look like a bigger one in a couple years or so.

[James]

Give him a good bowling attack who stick to an off-stump line and he will be kept quiet (unlike numerous England players). Not yet seen anything to convince me otherwise.

[James]

When the pressure is on, it goes Smith > Kallis > Amla... always has

[Keith]

The legend of "The Beard" continues to grow. His legions of SA fans continues to grow. "The Beard" continues to grow. Fake beard sales in SA have skyrocketed in the past 2 years!

[James]

A good player? Yes.

A very good player? Maybe.

A great player? No.

He does not have an air of greatness.

Smith, Kallis, de Villiers, Amla. That probably makes Amla the third best batsman in his team. Probably.

[kkmix]

really you sound pretty rubbish right now taking a shot at Amla who just helped SA win a test match.

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by Whippy A good player? Yes. A very good player? Maybe. A great player? No. He does not have an air of greatness. Smith, Kallis, de Villiers, Amla. That probably makes Amla the third best batsman in his team. Probably.

And your opinion means jack ****

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Whippy A good player? Yes. A very good player? Maybe. A great player? No. He does not have an air of greatness. Smith, Kallis, de Villiers, Amla. That probably makes Amla the third best batsman in his team. Probably.

... and still better than your "pretender englanders"

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by kkmix really you sound pretty rubbish right now taking a shot at Amla who just helped SA win a test match.

Bit ironic considering a lot of the English wins were also mainly down to South Africans.

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by Keith ... and still better than your "pretender englanders"

Not just better miles better

[James]

Originally Posted by Keith ... and still better than your "pretender englanders"

Matter of opinion, they average equal to him/higher than him I believe

[James]

Originally Posted by khalil1986 Not just better miles better

uh...huh.

[James]

Originally Posted by kkmix really you sound pretty rubbish right now taking a shot at Amla who just helped SA win a test match.

God forbid someone disagreeing

[ads101]

If I'd had to place the English and South African line ups in terms of order it'd be

Trott (currently) < Kallis < Smith < KP < Cook < Bell < Amla < AB de villiers.

So yeah basically England's batting is better. When you compare the English batsmen to Amla, most of them are better than him. But in terms of South African batting, Amla's pretty good, he's around 3rd.

[James]

Originally Posted by ads101 If I'd had to place the English and South African line ups in terms of order it'd be Trott (currently) So yeah basically England's batting is better. When you compare the English batsmen to Amla, most of them are better than him. But in terms of South African batting, Amla's pretty good, he's around 3rd.

You insulted the beard using balance and reason. Die.

[upper_Cut]

Originally Posted by Keith ... and still better than your "pretender englanders"

englanders , 99.9% South Africans in and 0.1% Irish

[upper_Cut]

Originally Posted by Whippy You insulted the beard using balance and reason. Die.

keep your racist comments inside your !@#$%^&* mouth

[James]

You're obviously looking for it. The beard is one of his nicknames (Keith used it also).

[Keith]

Eish! Keep it "unpersonal" lads!!!!

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by ads101 If I'd had to place the English and South African line ups in terms of order it'd be Trott (currently) < Kallis < Smith < KP < Cook < Bell < Amla < AB de villiers. So yeah basically England's batting is better. When you compare the English batsmen to Amla, most of them are better than him. But in terms of South African batting, Amla's pretty good, he's around 3rd.

Let's say for arguments sake your right than the top four spots go to South Africa and overall it's still 6-2 to South Africa.

[kkmix]

carry on trolling bud ... I'm off to bed.

[upper_Cut]

Originally Posted by Whippy You're obviously looking for it. The beard is one of his nicknames (Keith used it also).

It is Hashim Amla

and dont think so he got any nicknames

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by upper_Cut keep your racist comments inside your !@#$%^&* mouth

Calm down Whippy ain't like that.

[James]

...weird.

[khalil1986]

Originally Posted by upper_Cut It is Hashim Amla and dont think so he got any nicknames

He is not trying to be offensive, seriously take a chill pill.

[ads101]

Originally Posted by khalil1986 Let's say for arguments sake your right than the top four spots go to South Africa and overall it's still 6-2 to South Africa.

Doesn't matter if you consider Trott and KP saffers or not, fact is their batting for England. And at the moment, the batsmen in the English team are better than the ones in the South African one.

And either way you look at it, Amla's good, but he's not as good as Trott, Kallis, KP, Smith, Cook or Bell. And no one really classes Cook or Bell as greats (at least not yet). So dunno why Amla should be considered one.

Having said that Amla's a very good player who seems to be improving all the time. If he keeps improving, he could well become a great. But he isn't one now. Too many batsmen better than him at the moment.

[Keith]

Whippy's "hatred" of anything South African is blatantly obvious (probably stems from the fact that his beloved "English" side cannot produce homegrown players that are good enough at international cricket?), but there was nothing racist about his comment. (Yes, I just defended Whippy!!!!!!!)

[Jo_Don]

Originally Posted by ads101 And either way you look at it, Amla's good, but he's not as good as Trott, Kallis, KP, Smith, Cook or Bell. And no one really classes Cook or Bell as greats (at least not yet). So dunno why Amla should be considered one.

Any idea what their averages are for the past 2 years? I'll give you Trott and KP, but I'm not entirely sure about Cook and Bell.

[VTEC]

@upper_cut

Why so much affection for Amla? is it because hes a Muslim and has a Beard?

The Beard is his nickname and in good sense

[ads101]

Originally Posted by Jo_Don Any idea what their averages are for the past 2 years? I'll give you Trott and KP, but I'm not entirely sure about Cook and Bell.

Bell averages 118 this year and 65 last year. Far better than Amla. In fact if you're going by the last two years and by simply averages, forget Amla, we should be comparing him to Bradman .

Cook, 84 this year, 58.5 last year.

Amla (though he's only played 2 matches this year), 44 this year, 78 last year. 2009 wasn't a particularly good year, he averaged only 30 something.

There, gone through the stats on cricinfo, and Amla is still behind them.

[James]

Originally Posted by Keith Whippy's "hatred" of anything South African is blatantly obvious (probably stems from the fact that his beloved "English" side cannot produce homegrown players that are good enough at international cricket?), but there was nothing racist about his comment. (Yes, I just defended Whippy!!!!!!!)

Dude, I'm doing a personal tour of Southern Africa before I go back to study for my masters in postcolonial literature. I just think your lot are good for the banter.

[James]

Originally Posted by Jo_Don Any idea what their averages are for the past 2 years? I'll give you Trott and KP, but I'm not entirely sure about Cook and Bell.

Cook and Bell's averages in last 2 years are like 80-100. No joke.

[inzy_paratha]

Lol people calm down.....these accusations of racism are extremely immature. On topic Amlas a great ODI player IMO, in tests he has his weaknesses, but who doesnt, I would put him in the Ian Bell, Michael Clarke, Gambhir category, an echelon below the truly top tier players such as Trott, Tendulkar, Dravid, yk etc. Hes a magnificent strokemaker but sometimes plays loose strokes, if he can tighten up around offstump he could become a true great of the game , remember people have questioned his technique before and look how he answered the critics , respect the beard.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Whippy Dude, I'm doing a personal tour of Southern Africa before I go back to study for my masters in postcolonial literature. I just think your lot are good for the banter.

Ofcourse we are good for the banter! The "bantier" the better! Nothing wrong with banter mate! As long as it does not become personal!

When are you starting your tour? If you want I can provide you with my email address (via the moderators route naturally!!) and we can maybe arrange to meet when in this beautiful country of mine?

Southern Africa means not just South Africa so where else will you be visiting?

[James]

I finish my BA in May and might need to save up for a while before I can go, but exchange rates are in my favour I guess. I've got a mate from Malawi so I'll be starting there - 5-10 countries in total I'd say, ending in South Africa which is the most fascinating of the lot to me. If we're both still networking by then I'll drop you a line!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Whippy I finish my BA in May and might need to save up for a while before I can go, but exchange rates are in my favour I guess. I've got a mate from Malawi so I'll be starting there - 5-10 countries in total I'd say, ending in South Africa which is the most fascinating of the lot to me. If we're both still networking by then I'll drop you a line!

Sounds good!

I can then personally show you what we eat so that you can take that "magic" home and teach the English how to produce your very own crickters and stop nicking others!!!

[Jo_Don]

Originally Posted by Keith Sounds good! I can then personally show you what we eat so that you can take that "magic" home and teach the English how to produce your very own crickters and stop nicking others!!!

No amount of biltong or wors will help them, it's in our blood!

[James]

The Yorkshire-born Matthew Hoggard's twelve wicket haul ring any bells??

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Jo_Don No amount of biltong or wors will help them, it's in our blood!

That be true!!!! Although biltong and wors does aid somewhat!!!!!!!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Whippy The Yorkshire-born Matthew Hoggard's twelve wicket haul ring any bells??

Yep, unfortunately!!! But hey, 1 out 1000 ain't too good either!!!!

[freelance_cricketer]

14th test hundred today, magnificent player. His batting is a joy to watch, full of class.
Well played sir

[AZ]

Awesome, awesome, awesome player!

[freelance_cricketer]

And this guy averages 55 in ODI cricket with a strike rate above 90.

Awesome !

[Inziquicksingle]

Originally Posted by freelance_cricketer And this guy averages 55 in ODI cricket with a strike rate above 90. Awesome !

Almost 57 now!

[khalil1986]

And we still got haters.

[freelance_cricketer]

Class act really. Making loads of runs and at a very good strike rate. Best batsman in World Cricket ATM.

[JustAnotherFan]

Originally Posted by freelance_cricketer Class act really. Making loads of runs and at a very good strike rate. Best batsman in World Cricket ATM.

In your eyes he is the top batsmen, but in SA eyes, AB Devilliers is our star (Amla and Kallis gets things going, then AB murders ppl, then we still have Albie Morkel as our ODI batting specialist in the lower order).

In my opinion Amla is a very good batsman, but needs to make an impression in T20 to be the Worlds best batsman. SA has kept him away from there in general, but it is not his style of batting.

[Lala-Afridi]

in terms of technique one of the best players right now

[Inziquicksingle]

Did anyone see that? Glorious cover drive for a six by Amla. Dirty, dirty shot.

[Jo_Don]

Originally Posted by Inziquicksingle Did anyone see that? Glorious cover drive for a six by Amla. Dirty, dirty shot.

And then a flick of the leg for 6!

[Inziquicksingle]

Another magnificent six by Amla. Flick of the wrists.

[AZ]

Amla on fyah!

[NJamal]

Amla is pure class.

[Choking_Protea]

Originally Posted by NJamal Amla is pure class.

No Protea player is class while they continue to choke in knockout tournaments

[freelance_cricketer]

I saw the flicked six. Top shot

[Lara400]

I'm hooked on watching his batting, has a touch of panache and flair and most defiantly has an aura about him. Playing in such pivotal positions producing the goods in both formats and hardly breaks sweats.

Whippy you a believer yet? Or you waiting for the summer?

[sameer]

average 56 and 90 plus strike rate in ODI's

what a turn around.same player who was not given opportunities in ODI's some years back as he was labelled a test specialist

[freelance_cricketer]

Good days are back Amla lovers.

[freelance_cricketer]

Brilliant 88 from one of the best batsmen in world cricket.

[straightdrive1]

Played well yesterday.

Has a game today too,hope he does well.

[LegCutter]

Wow Amla is a beast in T20 as well, who wouldve guessed? I did!