<p>South Africa's Hashim Amla became the fastest player to 3,000 one-day international runs during the course of his 150 that set up the Proteas' 80-run win over England at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amla's brilliant 124-ball knock yesterday, featuring 16 fours, saw him reach the landmark in 57 innings compared to the 69 it took West Indies' Vivian Richards, one of cricket's all-time great batsmen. He is the third South African in a top 10 that also includes current Proteas' coach Gary Kirsten.<br /><br />Below are the 10 fastest players to 3,000 ODI runs, in terms of innings (player, country/team, number of innings):<br /><br />Hashim Amla (RSA) 57Vivian Richards (WIS) 69Gordon Greenidge (WIS) 72Gary Kirsten (RSA) 72Virat Kohli (IND) 72Graham Gooch (ENG) 77Kevin Pietersen (ENG/ICC) 78Navjot Singh Sidhu (IND) 79Brian Lara (WIS) 79Boeta Dippenaar (RSA/AFR) 79. </p>
<p>South Africa's Hashim Amla became the fastest player to 3,000 one-day international runs during the course of his 150 that set up the Proteas' 80-run win over England at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amla's brilliant 124-ball knock yesterday, featuring 16 fours, saw him reach the landmark in 57 innings compared to the 69 it took West Indies' Vivian Richards, one of cricket's all-time great batsmen. He is the third South African in a top 10 that also includes current Proteas' coach Gary Kirsten.<br /><br />Below are the 10 fastest players to 3,000 ODI runs, in terms of innings (player, country/team, number of innings):<br /><br />Hashim Amla (RSA) 57Vivian Richards (WIS) 69Gordon Greenidge (WIS) 72Gary Kirsten (RSA) 72Virat Kohli (IND) 72Graham Gooch (ENG) 77Kevin Pietersen (ENG/ICC) 78Navjot Singh Sidhu (IND) 79Brian Lara (WIS) 79Boeta Dippenaar (RSA/AFR) 79. </p>