South Africa opener Hashim Amla, who has joined MI Cape Town as a batting coach for SA20, has announced his retirement as player from all forms of cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 39-year-old South African batting legend has informed Surrey Country Club that he will not play for them in the County Championship 2023. Amla had played a key role in helping Surrey win the Championship in 2022, the last season of his contract with the county club.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In his two-decade-long career, Amla has scored 34,104 runs across all formats -- 9,282 of them in 124 Tests, the second highest for his country behind Jacques Kallis for his country. This included 28 hundreds and a best of 311 not out against England at The Oval in 2012, which was also South Africa's first triple-century in Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Amla was also quite successful in white-ball cricket, scoring 8113 runs including 27 hundreds in 181 ODIs, and 1,277 runs in 44 T20Is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A few months back he embarked on a coaching career, joining MI Cape Town as a batting coach in the ongoing SA20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Amla quit international cricket after South Africa's campaign ended in the 2019 ODI World Cup. He had bowed out of Test cricket earlier in the same year after a match against Sri Lanka at Gqeberha in February ending a two-decade career that stretched from 200 4o 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A few months back he embarked on a coaching career, joining MI Cape Town as a batting coach in the ongoing SA20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n