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Top 10 Fastest ODIs Fifties (Half Centuries)

One Day International cricket has seen many outstanding batting action, but nothing matches a quick fire hard centuries either at the beginning of the match or at the end of the innings.

Here are the Top Ten fastest ODIs fifties in cricket history.

10. New Zealand’s Ross Taylor in 19 balls vs. Ireland, Aberdeen, 2008

9. New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum in 19 balls vs. Bangladesh, Queenstown, 2007

8. South Africa’s Justin Kemp in 19 balls vs. Zimbabwe Durban, 2005

7. South Africa’s  Mark Boucher in 19 balls vs. Kenya Cape Town, 2001

6. Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi in 18 balls vs. Bangladesh Mirpur, 2014

5. Australia’s Glen Maxwell in 18 balls vs. India Bangalore, 2013

4. Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi in 18 balls vs. Netherlands SSC Colombo, 2002

3. Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi in 18 balls vs. Sri Lanka Nairobi, 1997

2. Australia’s Simon O’Donnell in 18 balls vs. Sri Lanka Sharjah, 1990

1. Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya in 17 balls vs. Pakistan, 1996

*All stats updated till 13th January 2015.


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