Johannesburg, Sep 12: South Africa batsman Hashim Amla, who been piling on the runs lately in all formats of the game for his country, took charge of another notable landmark, as becomes the player with the longest stint as a team’s top-scorer in consecutive one-day internationals.
Amla is now sole record-holder, as his six instances in a row (four against England and two New Zealand) eclipses the previous best of five, according to the cricket website, Cricinfo.
Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan, 1981-82), Martin Crowe (NZ, 1990-91), Brian Lara (West Indies, 1993-94), Mark Waugh (Australia, 1998-99), Salman Butt (Pakistan, 2008) and Fraser Watts (Scotland, 2010) trail Amla in the list.
“You could even stretch it further by saying that Amla has now top-scored for the grateful Proteas in seven successive limited-overs internationals in which he has participated,” Sports24 quoted cricket journalist, Rob Houwing, as saying.
“He sat out the first Twenty20 international at Chester-le-Street on Saturday, but then on Tuesday night amassed 47 not out (his own best score in the format) in the eventually abandoned second at Manchester,” he added.
“But whether you want to factor in T20 internationals or not, Amla at the very least rules the roost in the 50-overs arena,” he said.
© ANI
