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County Cricket - Hashim Amla joins Surrey

Surrey have announced the signing of the South Africa batsman Hashim Amla for the final six championship games. Amla to replace his national team-mate JP Duminy, who will be play in the Champions League T20 to be held in India during September.


"The Oval holds a lot of fond memories for me personally," said Amla, "I look forward to returning there this year and hopefully enjoying similar success."

The 30-year-old Amla is became the fourth South African to be linked with Surrey in this year.

"The dressing room was very, very happy," Stewart said "We've had two high-class batters already in Smith and in Ponting and now we've got a third one. But we can't just rely on the one man, we've got to make sure the whole team performs so that we get some wins on the board."

Amla will make his debut with Surrey on August 22 against Durham at Chester-le-Street.

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