Ackerman made Amla his captain for the U19 World Cup, and Amla led the team to the final. "Hylton spoke of how Hashim had cricketing knowledge beyond his years," says Stephen Cook, who was also ...

In the period between May 2010 and the end of World Cup 2015, Amla's average of 56.90 was only behind that of De Villiers' 66.78 and Amla's 19 centuries was only bettered by Kohli's 20, which took ...