AJ Finch of Australia scored fifty in 18 balls against Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 31.08.16 to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in 20 and less than 20 deliveries in the history of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below in the ascending order of the balls taken to score the fifty.

No	Runs	50 in	Balls	Player	Match	Venue	Date
1	149	50	16	AB de Villiers	RSA v Win	Johannesburg	18.01.15
2	76	50	17	ST Jayasuriya	Srl v Pak	Singapore	07.04.96
3	68	50	17	MDKJ Perera	Srl v Pak	Pallekele	15.07.15
4	93	50	17	MJ Guptill	NZl v Srl	Christchurch	28.12.15
5	74	50	18	SP O’Donnell	Aus v Srl	Sharjah	02.05.90
6	102	50	18	Shahid Afridi	Pak v Srl	Nairobi	04.10.96
7	55*	50	18	Shahid Afridi	Pak v Net	Colombo	21.09.02
8	60	50	18	GJ Maxwell	Aus v Ind	Bangalore	02.11.13
9	59	50	18	Shahid Afridi	Pak v Ban	Mirpur	04.03.14
10	77	50	18	BB McCullum	NZl v Eng	Wellington	20.02.15
11	55	50	18	AJ Finch	Aus v Srl	Dambulla	31.08.16
12	51*	50	19	MV Boucher	RSA v Ken	Cape Town	22.10.01
13	53*	50	19	JM Kemp	RSA v Zim	Durban	27.02.05
14	80*	50	19	BB McCullum	NZl v Ban	Queenstown	31.12.07
15	59*	50	19	LRPL Taylor	NZl v Ire	Aberdeen	01.07.08
16	52	50	19	DJ Hussey	Aus v Win	St Kitts	06.07.08
17	65	50	19	Shahid Afridi	Pak v NZl	Christchurch	29.01.11
18	51	50	19	BB McCullum	NZl v Srl	Christchurch	11.01.15
19	102	50	20	Shahid Afridi	Pak v Ind	Kanpur	15.04.05
20	77*	50	20	Shahid Afridi	Pak v RSA	Durban	07.02.07
21	52	50	20	BB McCullum	NZl v Can	St Lucia	22.03.07
22	58*	50	20	DJG Sammy	Win v RSA	Antigua	24.05.10
23	56	50	20	RD Berrington	Sco v Ire	Edinburgh	12.07.11
24	131*	50	20	CJ Anderson	NZl v Win	Queenstown	01.01.14
25	51	50	20	AD Mathews	Srl v Sco	Hobart	11.03.15

AJ Finch became the fourth Australian batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring a fifty In less than 20 deliveries. Others are – GJ Maxwell {18}, SP O’Donnell {18} and DJ Hussey {19}. The feats of these four batsmen are listed below. AJ Finch emulated the first two batsmen – GJ Maxwell and SP O’Donell – in scoring  fifty in 18 balls.

No	Runs	50 in	Balls	Player	Match	Venue	Date
1	60	50	18	GJ Maxwell	Aus v Ind	Bangalore	02.11.13
2	74	50	18	SP O’Donnell	Aus v Srl	Sharjah	02.05.90
3	55	50	18	AJ Finch	Aus v Srl	Dambulla	31.08.16
4	52	50	19	DJ Hussey	Aus v Win	St Kitts	06.07.08

AJ Finch became the sixth batsman to score a fifty in 20 and less than 20 deliveries against Sri Lanka in one day games. Others are – MJ Guptill {17}, SP O’Donnell {18}, Shahid Afridi {18), BB McCullum {19} and CJ Anderson {20}. The performance of these six batsmen are furnished below

No	Runs	50 in	Balls	Player	Match	Venue	Date
1	93	50	17	MJ Guptill	NZl v Srl	Christchurch	28.12.15
2	74	50	18	SP O’Donnell	Aus v Srl	Sharjah	02.05.90
3	102	50	18	Shahid Afridi	Pak v Srl	Nairobi	04.10.96
4	55	50	18	AJ Finch	Aus v Srl	Dambulla	31.08.16
5	51	50	19	BB McCullum	NZl v Srl	Christchurch	11.01.15
6	131*	50	20	CJ Anderson	NZl v Win	Queenstown	01.01.14