Amla’s challenge: tell us about yourself, skipper …

Sunday Times

TELFORD VICE, Johannesburg

That Hashim Amla has a Wikipedia page might raise the eyebrows of those who think of him as an intensely private man. They should put their surprise on hold.

The content on the page amounts to 1921 words. Just 48 of them deal with Amla’s personal life, and 26 of those are spent on the fact that his older brother, Ahmed, also played cricket to a high standard.

Amla himself is reduced to 22 words in a document of almost 2000. There is no mention of his wife a...