RT Ponting of Australia registered his 50^th test half century when he scored 57 in the first innings against Pakistan at Melbourne in the first test of 2009/10 test series.

Ponting became the seventh batsman in the world to register 50 fities in a test innings. Others are AR Border of Australia {63}, R Dravid of India {58}, SR Tendulkar of India {54}, S Chanderpual of West Indies {53}, JH Kallis of South Africa {52} and SR Waugh of Australia {50}.

Ponting is the third Australian batsman to achieve the feat of scoring 50 fifties in a test innings. Other two are AR Border {63} and SR Waugh {50}. AR Border with 63 fifties to his credit holds the record for most fifties. Ponting’s 50 fifties are listed below

No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	96	v Sri Lanka	Perth	Dec 1995
2	71	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	Dec 1995
3	88	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 1996
4	73*	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 1997
5	62	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 1998
6	60	v India	Kolkata	Mar 1998
7	76*	v Pakistan	Peshawar	Oct 1998
8	96	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	Sep 1999
9	51	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	Sep 1999
10	67	v India	Melbourne	Dec 1999
11	92	v West Indies	Adelaide	Dec 2000
12	51	v West Indies	Sydney	Jan 2001
13	72	v England	Leeds	Aug 2001
14	62	v England	The Oval	Aug 2001
15	54	v South Africa	Adelaide	Dec 2001
16	89	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2002
17	68	v England	Perth	Nov 2002
18	59	v Bangladesh	Cairns	Jul 2003
19	53*	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	Oct 2003
20	54	v India	Brisbane	Dec 2003
21	50	v India	Brisbane	Dec 2003
22	92	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	Mar 2004
23	51	v New Zealand	Brisbane	Nov 2004
24	68	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2004
25	98	v Pakistan	Perth	Dec 2004
26	62*	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2004
27	86*	v New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 2005
28	61	v England	Birmingham	Aug 2005
29	54	v ICC World XI	Sydney	Oct 2005
30	56	v West Indies	Adelaide	Nov 2005
31	71	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
32	53	v South Africa	Perth	Dec 2005
33	74	v South Africa	Cape Town	Mar 2006
34	52	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	Apr 2006
35	60*	v England	Brisbane	Nov 2006
36	75	v England	Perth	Dec 2006
37	56	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Nov 2007
38	53*	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	Nov 2007
39	55	v India	Sydney	Jan 2008
40	65	v West Indies	North Sound	May 2008
41	87	v India	Delhi	Oct 2008
42	79	v New Zealand	Adelaide	Nov 2008
43	99	v South Africa	Melbourne	Dec 2008
44	53	v South Africa	Sydney	Jan 2009
45	83	v South Africa	Jo’burg	Feb 2009
46	81	v South Africa	Durban	Mar 2009
47	78	v England	Leeds	Aug 2009
48	66	v England	The Oval	Aug 2009
49	55	v West Indies	Brisbane	Nov 2009
50	57	v Pakistan	Melbourne	Dec 2009