Fastest fifty...ever??

[Lurker]

No didnt mean to start another thread on Yuvi but this innings of his has to be the fastest 50 in ANY form of the game. In 50 overs match it is Jayasurya with 50 off 17 deliveries. In Test it is Kallis with 50 off 24. So unless statisticians pull out some XYZ game from first class in early 1900's I am pretty positive that this is indeed the fastest 50 played in ANY form of cricket. Count yourself lucky to be part of history ladies and gentlemen. :two_thumbs_up:

[apocalypse]

Yes it is a fastest fifty but records of 20-20 and ODI are kept separate

[bigdhoni7]

Yeah fastest 50 ever! cricinfo: Unsurprisingly, that's also the fastest Twenty20 fifty - it came up from 12 balls. Three fours, six sixes. More to the point, he's the first batsman to hit six sixes in Twenty20, and the fourth in senior cricket.

[Holysmoke]

Need highlights. :eyedance:I was in class

[Lurker]

Need highlights. :eyedance:I was in class

Another reason for you to drop out of college. Aise bhi you go there only to look at ahmmmm :sex:

[Lurker]

Fastest fifties
Balls Player Venue Date [b]12 Yuvraj Singh India v England Durban 19/09/2007[/b] 14 Imran Nazir Sialkot v Lahore Eagles Lahore 26/04/2005 14 GL Brophy Yorkshire v Derbyshire Derby 10/07/2006 16 RL Taylor Central Districts v Otago Dunedin 27/01/2006 18 A Symonds Kent v Middlesex Maidstone 02/07/2004 18 BB McCullum Auckland v Canterbury Auckland 05/02/2006 20 Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh v West Indies Johannesburg 13/09/2007 21 DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka v Kenya Johannesburg 14/09/2007 23 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka v New Zealand Wellington 22/12/2006 25 A Symonds Australia v South Africa Brisbane 09/01/2006 25 MN Samuels West Indies v England The Oval 28/06/2007 25 Nazimuddin Bangladesh v Pakistan Nairobi 02/09/2007 26 CH Gayle West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11/09/2007 27 LL Bosman South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 02/02/2007 27 KP Pietersen England v Zimbabwe Cape Town 13/09/2007 27 Shoaib Malik Pakistan v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 17/09/2007 27 CD McMillan New Zealand v England Durban 18/09/2007 28 SB Styris Auckland v Canterbury Auckland 05/02/2006 29 PD Collingwood England v West Indies The Oval 28/06/2007 30 DS Smith West Indies v England The Oval 28/06/2007 30 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka v Kenya Johannesburg 14/09/2007 30 RL Taylor New Zealand v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 15/09/2007 31 SB Styris New Zealand v Australia Auckland 17/02/2005 31 DL Maddy England v New Zealand Durham 18/09/2007 32 HH Gibbs South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 24/02/2006 32 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka v New Zealand Johannesburg 15/09/2007 32 ML Hayden Australia v Bangladesh Cape Town 16/09/2007 32 Younis Khan Pakistan v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 17/09/2007 33 RT Ponting Australia v New Zealand Auckland 17/02/2005 33 GC Smith South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 21/10/2005 33 DR Martyn Australia v South Africa Brisbane 24/02/2006 33 ME Trescothick England v Pakistan Bristol 15/06/2006 33 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan v India Durban 14/09/2007 35 GC Smith South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 02/02/2007 35 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan v Australia Johannesburg 18/09/2007 36 Shoaib Malik Pakistan v Australia Johannesburg 18/09/2007 37 GC Smith South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 24/02/2006 37 NJ Astle Canterbury v Auckland Auckland 05/02/2006[code]
 
Ahhhh thats a lovely sight there :isalute::isalute:

[yoda]

with 36 runs in 6 balls, it better be the fastest 50. :D

[Lurker]

50 off 12 deliveries....thats like a 4 every delivery and then some. This would be a tough act to follow really.

[Tapioca]

So unless statisticians pull out some XYZ game from first class in early 1900's I am pretty positive that this is indeed the fastest 50 played in ANY form of cricket.

There is one from a first class game from 1965 as you guessed, but in dubious circumstances. Clive Inman, a Sri Lankan born player of Leicestershire, hit 50 in eight minutes and 11 balls against Notts. Both teams were trying to contrive a result and the runs were scored against "declaration bowling". Inman took a single off Brian Bolus and hit Norman Hill for 4,4,6,4 and 4,6,6,6,6,4 in two overs. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27744.html

[The Outsider]

Both teams were trying to contrive a result and the runs were scored against "declaration bowling".

Quite possible that Broad thought of contriving a result as well. I think this is one record which will stand for a long long time like Afridi's 37 ball century.

[Yuvraj4Captaincy]

This record will stay for years. Its not easy to score 50 off 12.

[zubinpepsi]

This record will stay for years. Its not easy to score 50 off 12.

Y4C u are one the moon. .. aint u?:D

[Lurker]

There is one from a first class game from 1965 as you guessed, but in dubious circumstances. Clive Inman, a Sri Lankan born player of Leicestershire, hit 50 in eight minutes and 11 balls against Notts. Both teams were trying to contrive a result and the runs were scored against "declaration bowling". Inman took a single off Brian Bolus and hit Norman Hill for 4,4,6,4 and 4,6,6,6,6,4 in two overs. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/27/27744.html

Top stuff that Tapioca. Didnt know about this. :two_thumbs_up: I suppose in International format 50 off 12 is gonna be tough to beat. I mean even if you hit the ground running and score a four every ball you face from get go, you shall still end up with 48 off 12. To score 50 off lesser number of balls(11 or less) you shall have to have 7 sixes, 2 four or 5 sixes and 5 fours and so on...Quite tough me thinks. xxx

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Lurker]

Hmmm I thought you said you didnt like stats .... :giggle::D

I said I dont like stats as argument in itself, so long as they supplement an argument why not?

[Guest dada_rocks]

Can we please put all these yuvraj threads in one place...