da imperador bet： During the first encounter of the recently concluded five-match one-day series between India and Zimbabwe at Faridabad, Douglas Marillier scored the fastest fifty for Zimbabwe in ODI’s off just 21 balls with the help of nine fours and one six
Mohammad Ramis Shah24-Apr-2002During the first encounter of the recently concluded five-match one-day series between India and Zimbabwe at Faridabad, Douglas Marillier scored the fastest fifty for Zimbabwe in ODI’s off just 21 balls with the help of nine fours and one six.Marillier’s fifty was the fifth fastest in LOI’s. He joins two other batsmen (New Zealand’s Lance Cairns and India’s Ajit Agarkar) who have also achieved it in 21 balls. The record of fastest half century in one day internationals is held by Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya who reached his fifty off 17 balls during his 76-run knock against Pakistan at Singapore on April 7,1996.Marillier’s fifty was also the quickest against India, bettering the 23 ball fifty by Pakistani Salim Malik during his unbeaten 72 at Calcutta on 18-2-1987.Marillier also became the first batsman in ODI history to register a fifty while batting at number ten. The previous highest score was the 46 by Pakistani Abdul Razzaq against South Africa at Durban on 3-4-1998. The previous highest score by a Zimbabwean in this position was the unbeaten 19 by Eddo Brandes against Sri Lanka at Worcester on 22-5-1999. Interestingly, the previous highest score by a number 10 against India was also by a Zimbabwe batsman – 29 by Andy Whittall at Bulawayo on 26-9-1998.
For interest here are the details:
Fastest fifties in LOI'sBalls Batsman (score) Fixture Venue Date17 ST Jayasuriya (76) SL v Pak Singapore 07-04-199618 SP O'Donnell (74) Aus v SL Sharjah 02-05-199018 Shahid Afridi (102) Pak v SL Nairobi (Gym) 04-10-199619 MV Boucher (51*) SA v Ken Cape Town 22-10-200121 BL Cairns (52) NZ v Aus Melbourne 13-02-198321 AB Agarkar (67*) Ind v Zim Rajkot 14-12-200021 D Marillier (56*) Zim v Ind Faridabad 07-03-200222 Kapil Dev (72) Ind v WI Berbice 29-03-198322 V Sehwag (55) Ind v Ken Paarl 24-10-200123 Salim Malik (72*) Pak v Ind Calcutta 18-02-198724 Shahid Afridi (73) Pak v NZ Sharjah 12-04-200125 Richards (82) WI v Eng Port-of-Spain 04-03-198625 RB Richardson (52*) WI v Eng Kingstown 02-03-199425 ST Jayasuriya (68) SL v Ind Colombo (SSC) 23-08-1997All data updated to 29.03.2002