Unbeaten fifties in T20 Internationals

Unbeaten fifties in T20 Internationals

EJG Morgan scored 85 not out in the T20I game between England and South Africa at Johannesburg on 13.11.09, while Umar Akmal came up with 56 not out in the game between Pakistan and New Zealand at Dubai on 13.11.09 providing the 40th occasion of a batsman remaining not out after scoring a fifty in the history of T20I games. All the 40 instances in the descending order of runs are listed below

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 RT Ponting 98* Aus NZl Auckland 17.02.05
2 TM Dilshan 96* Srl Win The Oval 19.06.09
3 HH Gibbs 90* RSA Win Jo’burg 11.09.07
4 GC Smith 89* RSA Aus Jo’burg 24.02.06
5 JM Kemp 89* RSA NZl Durban 19.09.07
6 DJ Hussey 88* Aus RSA Jo’burg 27.03.09
7 Misbah-ul-Haq 87* Pak Ban Karachi 20.04.08
8 A Symonds 85* Aus NZl Perth 11.12.07
9 EJG Morgan 85* Eng RSA Jo’burg 13.11.09
10 AB de Villiers 79* RSA Sco The Oval 07.06.09
11 ML Hayden 73* Aus Ban Cape Town 16.09.07
12 GC Smith 71* RSA Pak Jo’burg 02.02.07
13 JP Duminy 69* RSA Aus Brisbane 13.01.09
14 BB McCullum 69* NZl Ind Wellington 27.02.09
15 ML Hayden 67* Aus Eng Cape Town 14.09.07
16 Misbah-ul-Haq 66* Pak Aus Jo’burg 18.09.07
17 JDP Oram 66* NZl Aus Perth 11.12.07
18 DJ Bravo 66* Win Ind Lord’s 12.06.09
19 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09
20 CH Gayle 63* Win Srl The Oval 19.06.09
21 Aftab Ahmed 62* Ban Win Jo’burg 13.09.07
22 SK Raina 61* Ind NZl Christchurch 25.02.09
23 BRM Taylor 60* Zim Aus Cape Town 12.09.07
24 IR Bell 60* Eng NZl Manchester 13.06.08
25 Kamran Akmal 59* Pak Aus Dubai 07.05.09
26 ML Hayden 58* Aus Srl Cape Town 20.09.07
27 JH Kallis 57* RSA Eng Nottingham 11.06.09
28 BB McCullum 56* NZl Ind Christchurch 25.02.09
29 Umar Akmal 56* Pak NZl Dubai 13.11.09
30 OA Shah 55* Eng Win The Oval 29.06.07
31 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
32 A Symonds 54* Aus RSA Brisbane 09.01.06
33 Shahid Afridi 54* Pak Srl Lord’s 21.06.09
34 LL Bosman 53* RSA Pak Jo’burg 02.02.07
35 MEK Hussey 53* Aus RSA Brisbane 13.01.09
36 Shoaib Malik 52* Pak Aus Jo’burg 18.09.07
37 AB de Villiers 52* RSA NZl Jo’burg 23.11.07
38 RG Sharma 52* Ind Ire Nottingham 10.06.09
39 ST Jayasuriya 51* Srl NZl Wellington 22.12.06
40 RG Sharma 50* Ind RSA Durban 20.09.07

ML Hayden remains the only batsman in the history of T20I games to register an unbeaten fifty on three occasions, while A Symonds of Austalia, AB de Villers of South Africa, BB McCullum of New Zealand, GC Smith of South Africa, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, Misbah-ul-Huq of Pakistan and RG Sharma of India have achieved the feat on two occasions.

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 ML Hayden 67* Aus Eng Cape Town 14.09.07
2 ML Hayden 73* Aus Ban Cape Town 16.09.07
3 ML Hayden 58* Aus Srl Cape Town 20.09.07
1 A Symonds 54* Aus RSA Brisbane 09.01.06
2 A Symonds 85* Aus NZl Perth 11.12.07
1 AB de Villiers 52* RSA NZl Jo’burg 23.11.07
2 AB de Villiers 79* RSA Sco The Oval 07.06.09
1 BB McCullum 56* NZl Ind Christchurch 25.02.09
2 BB McCullum 69* NZl Ind Wellington 27.02.09
1 GC Smith 89* RSA Aus Jo’burg 24.02.06
2 GC Smith 71* RSA Pak Jo’burg 02.02.07
1 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
2 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09
1 Misbah-ul-Haq 66* Pak Aus Jo’burg 18.09.07
2 Misbah-ul-Haq 87* Pak Ban Karachi 20.04.08
1 RG Sharma 50* Ind RSA Durban 20.09.07
1 RG Sharma 52* Ind Ire Nottingham 10.06.09

RT Ponting of Australia, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka and HH Gibbs of South Africa are the three batsmen who have registered unbeaten nineties in the history of T20I games.

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 RT Ponting 98* Aus NZl Auckland 17.02.05
2 TM Dilshan 96* Srl Win The Oval 19.06.09
3 HH Gibbs 90* RSA Win Jo’burg 11.09.07

Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal are the only pair of brothers in the history of T20I games to register unbeaten fifties.

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 Kamran Akmal 59* Pak Aus Dubai 07.05.09
2 Umar Akmal 56* Pak NZl Dubai 13.11.09

The following list shows the seven occasions of captains registering fifties in the history of T20I games

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 RT Ponting 98* Aus NZl Auckland 17.02.05
2 GC Smith 89* RSA Aus Jo’burg 24.02.06
3 GC Smith 71* RSA Pak Jo’burg 02.02.07
4 Shoaib Malik 52* Pak Aus Jo’burg 18.09.07
5 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
6 CH Gayle 63* Win Srl The Oval 19.06.09
7 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09

GC Smith of South Africa and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka are the two captains who have scored unbeaten fifties on two occasions

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 GC Smith 89* RSA Aus Jo’burg 24.02.06
2 GC Smith 71* RSA Pak Jo’burg 02.02.07
1 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
2 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09

KC Sangakkara remains the only captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman who has scored two unbeaten fifties.

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
2 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09

There are six occasions of wicket keeper batsman registering unbeaten fifties in T20I games which are listed below

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
1 BRM Taylor 60* Zim Aus Cape Town 12.09.07
2 BB McCullum 56* NZl Ind Christchurch 25.02.09
3 BB McCullum 69* NZl Ind Wellington 27.02.09
4 Kamran Akmal 59* Pak Aus Dubai 07.05.09
5 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
6 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09

BB McCullum of New Zealand and KC Sangakaara of Sri Lanka are the two wicket keepers who have scored unbeaten fifties on two occasions

No Batsmen Runs Team Opp Ground Date
2 BB McCullum 56* NZl Ind Christchurch 25.02.09
3 BB McCullum 69* NZl Ind Wellington 27.02.09
5 KC Sangakkara 55* Srl Aus Nottingham 08.06.09
6 KC Sangakkara 64* Srl Pak Lord’s 21.06.09

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