England batsmen scoring ten or more fifties in a calendar year

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

 

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