Mehrab Hossain was the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a fifty in Cricket World Cup. He scored 64 runs against West Indies in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
Mehrab Hossain was the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a fifty in Cricket World Cup. He scored 64 runs against West Indies in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
There have been a total of fifty-eight centuries scored in Twenty20 cricket, the highest of which was scored on April 18, 2008 by New Zealand batsman Brendan McCullum, for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2007-08 Indian Premier League. He amassed 158 runs in 73 balls.
Yuvraj Singh of India has scored the fastest fifty in t20 cricket off 12 balls against England in 2007 ICC T20 World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar has the most runs of any international cricket player. He has scored over 10000 runs in both Test matches and One day internationls. He is closely followed by Brian Lara who again has scored over 10000 runs in both forms of the game.
sachin tendulkar first century of one's cricket career.
perhaps between Len Hutton and Godfrey Evans of England . Reportedly they scored only 9 runs in 175 minutes and drew the test !
By Minutes : M Ashraful 27 minutes vs India By Balls: J Kallis 24 Balls vs Zimbabwe
Sanath Jayasuriya he scored 50 in 17 balls
Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka scored the fastest Fifty in ODI against Pakistan in 1996 in Singapore. He scored 50 in just 17 balls.
Fifty years ago Australian cricket teams had eight balls in an over.
Now it is Yuvraj Singh who scored fifty in just 12 balls. It is against England in recently concluded Twenty20 world cup,in 2007,at south Africa. Yuvraj hit 6 consecutive sixes in an over to complete his half century.
Sanath Jayasuriya(SriLanka) scored 50 off 17 balls against Pakistan in 1996 which is the fastest 50 in limited overs cricket. If you also consider Twenty20 Internationals (which is indeed a form of Limited overs cricket), the record is currently held by Yuvraj Singh (India), who scored a memorable 50 off just 12 balls against England in 2007 during the Twenty20 World Cup.