Fifties or half-centuries are the important stages that strongly drive the batters to the big scores.
This article has brought out the various records for most fifties in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup history.
Just like the number of centuries, the number of fifties or half-centuries also shows the consistency of a batter in any cricket format.
In this most fifty article, we have also emphasised the number of 50+ scores, which also adds centuries.
Article Contents
Who has most fifty in World Cup history
List of most fifties (Top 10)
Who scored most fifties in World Cup first batting
List of World Cup most fifties in first batting (Top 5)
Who scored most fifties in World Cup chasing
List of World Cup most fifties in chasing (Top 5)
Who scored most fifties in World Cup as a wicketkeeper
List of most 50+ scores by wicketkeepers (Top 5)
Which captain has most fifties in World Cup
List of most 50+ scores by captain (Top 5)
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup: Records for most fifties
Q. Who has the most fifty in World Cup history?
A. Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar strongly holds the most fifties record in the ODI World Cup history with 21 50+ scores, including six centuries and 15 half-centuries.
Top 10 players with most fifties in ODI World Cup history
Player (Team) | Number of 50+ scores | 100s/50s |
Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 21 | 6/15 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 12 | 5/7 |
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) | 12 | 2/10 |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) | 11 | 5/6 |
AB de Villiers (South Africa) | 10 | 4/6 |
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) | 10 | 2/8 |
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) | 10 | 1/9 |
Rohit Sharma (India) | 9 | 6/3 |
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) | 9 | 4/5 |
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) | 9 | 3/6 |
(Updated till ICC Cricket World Cup 2019)
Q. Who scored the most fifties in the World Cup first batting?
A. Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has the record for most fifties in the ODI World Cup first batting with 15 50+ scores (five hundreds and ten half-centuries).
Check out here Players with most centuries in ODI World Cup history
Players with Most fifties in first batting in ODI World Cup history
Player (Team) | Number of 50+ scores | 100s/50s |
Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 15 | 5/10 |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) | 8 | 5/3 |
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) | 8 | 3/5 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 7 | 3/4 |
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) | 7 | 2/5 |
(Updated till ICC Cricket World Cup 2019)
Q. Who scored the most fifties in World Cup chasing?
A. Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has the record for most fifties at chasing in the ODI World Cup with seven 50+ scores (two centuries and five half-centuries).
Players with Most fifties in second batting for ODI World Cup history
Player (Team) | Number of 50+ scores | 100s/50s |
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) | 7 | 2/5 |
Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 6 | 1/5 |
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) | 6 | 0/6 |
Rohit Sharma (India) | 5 | 3/2 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 5 | 1/3 |
(Updated till ICC Cricket World Cup 2019)
Q. Who scored the most fifties as a wicketkeeper in World Cup history?
A. Legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara holds the record for most fifties as a wicketkeeper-batter in the ODI World Cup history with 12 times 50+ scores (five centuries and seven half-centuries).
Most fifties by wicket keepers in ODI World Cup history
Player (Team) | Number of 50+ scores | 100s/50s |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 12 | 5/7 |
Adam Gilchrist (Australia) | 9 | 1/8 |
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) | 7 | 1/6 |
MS Dhoni (India) | 5 | 0/5 |
Brendon Taylor (Zimbabwe) | 4 | 2/2 |
(Updated till ICC Cricket World Cup 2019)
Q. Which captain has the most fifties in the ODI World Cup?
A. Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has the record for most fifties as a captain in the ODI World Cup history with nine 50+ scores (four hundreds and five centuries).
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup: Most fifties by captains (Top 5)
Player (Team) | Number of 50+ scores | 100s/50s |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) | 9 | 4/5 |
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) | 6 | 2/4 |
Mohammad Azharuddin (India) | 6 | 0/6 |
Aaron Finch (Australia) | 5 | 2/3 |
Martin Crowe (New Zealand) | 5 | 1/4 |
(Updated till ICC Cricket World Cup 2019)
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