 In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.On 19 June 2019, in the match against New Zealand, Amla became the second-fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 8,000 runs in ODIs, do so in his 176th innings.On 8 August 2019, Amla announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.