List of the fastest fifties in ODI

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Batsman Balls to fifty (50) Final score For v against Venue Date
AB de Villiers 16 149 SA v WI Johannesburg 18-1-2015
Sanath Jayasuriya 17 76 SL v PAK Singapore 7-4-1996
Kusal Perera 17 68 SL v PAK Pallekele 15-7-2015
Martin Guptill 17 93 NZ v SL Christchurch 28-12-2015
Simon O’Donnell 18 74 AUS v SL Sharjah 2-5-1990
Shahid Afridi 18 102 PAK v SL Nairobi 4-10-1996
Shahid Afridi 18 55* PAK v NED Colombo 21-9-2002
GJ Maxwell 18 60 AUS v IND Bangalore 2-11-2013
Shahid Afridi 18 59 PAK v BAN Mirpur 4-3-2014
Brendon McCullum 18 77 NZ v ENG Wellington 20-2-2015
Aaron Finch 18 55 AUS v SL Dambulla 31-8-2016
C Gayle 19 77 WI v ENG Grenada 02-03-2019
Mark Boucher 19 51* SA v KEN Cape Town 22-10-2001
Justin Kemp 19 53* SA v ZIM Durban 27-2-2005
Brendon McCullum 19 80* NZ v BAN Queenstown 31-12-2007
Ross Taylor 19 59* NZ v IRE Aberdeen 1-7-2008
David Hussey 19 52 AUS v WI St Kitts 6-7-2008
Shahid Afridi 19 65 PAK v NZ Christchurch 29-1-2011
Brendon McCullum 19 51 NZ v SL Christchurch 11-1-2015
Shahid Afridi 20 102 PAK v IND Kanpur 15-4-2005
Shahid Afridi 20 77* PAK v SA Durban 7-2-2007
Brendon McCullum 20 52 NZ v CAN St Lucia 22-3-2007
Darren Sammy 20 58* WI v SA Antigua 24-5-2010
Richie Berrington 20 56 SCO v IRE Edinburgh 12-7-2011
Corey Anderson 20 131* NZ v WI Queenstown 1-1-2014
Angelo Mathews 20 51 SL v SCO Hobart 11-3-2015
Lance Cairns 21 52 NZ v AUS Melbourne 13-2-1983
Ajit Agarkar 21 67* IND v ZIM Rajkot 14-12-2000
Douglas Marillier 21 56* ZIM v IND Faridabad 7-3-2002
Craig McMillan 21 64* NZ v USA The Oval 10-9-2004
Shahid Afridi 21 58 PAK v ZIM Multan 30-9-2004
Mohammad Ashraful 21 94 BAN v ENG Nottingham 21-6-2005
Brendon McCullum 21 51 NZ v ZIM Bulawayo 24-8-2005
Mark Boucher 21 75 SA v NED St Kitts 16-3-2007
Abdur Razzaq 21 53* BAN v ZIM Bulawayo 5-5-2013
Shahid Afridi 21 55 PAK v NZ Sharjah 14-12-2014
Shahid Afridi 21 67 PAK v NZ Wellington 31-1-2015
Brendon McCullum 21 50 NZ v AUS Auckland 28-2-2015
Glenn Maxwell 21 88 AUS v AFG Perth 4-3-2015
Farhaan Behardien 21 50 SA v IRE Benoni 25-9-2016
Kapil Dev 22 72 IND v WI Berbice 29-3-1983
Virender Sehwag 22 55* IND v KEN Paarl 24-10-2001
Damien Martyn 22 92* AUS v BAN Cairns 3-8-2003
Rahul Dravid 22 50* IND v NZ Hyderabad 15-11-2003
Yuvraj Singh 22 69 IND v BAN Dhaka 27-12-2004
Abdul Razzaq 22 51* PAK v ENG Karachi 15-12-2005
Mark Boucher 22 52 SA v WI Grenada 10-4-2007
Shahid Afridi 22 73* PAK v SL Abu Dhabi 18-5-2007
Luke Ronchi 22 64 AUS v WI St Kitts 6-7-2008
Elton Chigumbura 22 68 ZIM v KEN Mombasa 29-1-2009
Dinesh Chandimal 22 52 SL v AUS Sydney 8-3-2015
Brendon McCullum 22 59 NZ v SA Auckland 24-3-2015
Jos Buttler 22 90* ENG v PAK Nottingham 30-8-2016
Mohammad Amir 22 58 PAK v ENG Nottingham 30-8-2016
Saleem Malik 23 72* PAK v IND Calcutta 18-2-1987
Brian Lara 23 73 WI v CAN Centurion 23-2-2003
Mohammad Yousuf 23 76 PAK v ZIM Bulawayo 24-11-2002
Abdul Razzaq 23 89 PAK v NZ Wellington 17-1-2004
John Davison 23 52 CAN v NZ Gros Islet 22-3-2007
AB de Villiers 23 54 SA v BAN Benoni 9-11-2008
Kieron Pollard 23 60 WI v NED Delhi 28-2-2011
Jesse Ryder 23 104 NZ v WI Queenstown 1-1-2014
Thisara Perera 23 54 SL v ENG Colombo (RPS) 16-12-2014
Brendon McCullum 23 55 NZ v SL Christchurch 26-12-2015
Seekkuge Prasanna 23 95 SL v IRE Dublin (Malahide) 18-6-2016

Secrets to scoring the fastest fifty in ODI:

  • First and foremost, being a boundary-hitter
  • A no-brainer: being able to hit fours and sixes from the get-go
  • Ability to manipulate the field, though you don’t always have to be a 360-degree batsman
  • Just have a bit of luck

Now, if you look at the above list of players who have hit the fastest fifties in ODI cricket, their strike rates tend to be above 100.00 or at least very close to it. And each one of them is a natural stroke-maker who plays his shots and boundary hitting was and is his forte. Shahid Afridi, unsurprisingly, appears the most number of times on this list.

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