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Amla is never spoken of in the highest terms but I still undeniably a great batsman and, statistically speaking, one of the best of his generation.

How will history remember him?

A great I think. On the level of, say, Michael Clarke and Jayawardene. Maybe not a legend quite, like Viv, SRT, Bradman, Lara or Sobers.

A product of an era of rubbish bowlers and docile pitches, I very much doubt Amla would have survived in other eras. While there are exceptions, his finest test moments all seemed to come in easier conditions. The 300 at the Oval was made on a real featherbed (And he was dropped before he scored 50), his three in a row in India against a tired attack, with his back to back in the same tests coming in between an innings I think India scored 5 x 100s in....

Technically, with a moving ball and a decent bowler, he is suspect. He is a hand to eye player, little footwork, bit of a ropey backlift. And hes an average player of spin.

But one cant fault how he turns starts into scores. He has a great mindset to fight in all situations. Good player for me, but nowt special in an area where remembrance really does require you to average 50....especially if your the only one not playing against Philander/Steyn

As a ODI player he is really the other way...underrated. Got to credit how he changed himself so much to adapt to the aggression required for ODI cricket.

For me he's a very good test batsmen, but a magnifcent ODI batsman, who transformed his game to able to turn himself into a modern day giant in odi cricket