England batsmen scoring ten or more fifties in a calendar year
JM Bairstow’s 89 in the first innings of the Mohali Test against India represents his tenth fifty in the calendar year 2016 in the matches played as of date. He became the second batsman to score ten fifties in 2016. JE Root is the other batsman to accomplish the feat. The performances of these two batsmen are listed below
JM BAIRSTOW | |||||
No | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 150* | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2016 |
2 | 140 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 |
3 | 167* | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 09 Jun 2016 |
4 | 58 | 1 | v Pakistan | Manchester | 22 Jul 2016 |
5 | 83 | 3 | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 03 Aug 2016 |
6 | 55 | 1 | v Pakistan | The Oval | 11 Aug 2016 |
7 | 81 | 3 | v Pakistan | The Oval | 11 Aug 2016 |
8 | 52 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 20 Oct 2016 |
9 | 53 | 2 | v India | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
10 | 89 | 1 | v India | Mohali | 26 Nov 2016 |
JE ROOT | |||||
No | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 50 | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2016 |
2 | 110 | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 |
3 | 76 | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 |
4 | 80 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Chester-le-Street | 27 May 2016 |
5 | 254 | 1 | v Pakistan | Manchester | 22 Jul 2016 |
6 | 71* | 3 | v Pakistan | Manchester | 22 Jul 2016 |
7 | 62 | 3 | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 03 Aug 2016 |
8 | 56 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 28 Oct 2016 |
9 | 124 | 1 | v India | Rajkot | 09 Nov 2016 |
10 | 53 | 2 | v India | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 |
The following table lists all the England batsmen who have scored ten or more fifites in the calendar year – arranged in the descending order of fifties scored. It is observed that JE Root has accomplished the feat in consecutive years of 2015 and 2016
No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 50+ | Year |
1 | JE Root | 14 | 26 | 3 | 1385 | 182* | 60.21 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2015 |
2 | KWR Fletcher | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1085 | 178 | 63.82 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1973 |
3 | AN Cook | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1364 | 263 | 54.56 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2015 |
4 | KP Pietersen | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1343 | 158 | 53.72 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2006 |
5 | JM Bairstow | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1355 | 167* | 64.52 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2016 |
6 | JE Root | 15 | 28 | 3 | 1243 | 254 | 49.72 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2016 |