T20 World Cup 2022: Marcus Stoinis Scores Fastest T20I Fifty for Australia
Marcus Stoinis hits the second-fastest fifty in the history of the T20 World Cup
Marcus Stoinis smacked an unbeaten 59 off just 18 deliveries as defending champions Australia outclassed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a must-win match of the Super 12 contest at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2022 on Tuesday, October 25 at Perth Stadium.
With this, Stoinis shattered his teammate David Warner’s record by notching up the fastest half-century for Australia in the shortest format of the game in the T20 World Cup. Also, it is the joint-second-fastest fifty in the history of the T20 World Cup.
Fastest T20I 50s by Australians in T20 World Cup
17 – Marcus Stoinis vs Sri Lanka*
18 – David Warner vs West Indies 2010
18 – Glenn Maxwell vs Pakistan 2014
18 – Glenn Maxwell vs Sri Lanka 2016
19 – David Warner vs South Africa 2009
Fastest 50 in T20 World Cup
12 – Yuvraj Singh vs England in 2007
17 – Stephan Myburgh vs Ireland in 2014
17- Marcus Stoinis vs Sri Lanka in 2022*
Australia’s batting veteran smacked his fastest half-century in 18 balls against the West Indies in 2010 in Sydney at Sydney Cricket Ground. Stoinis and Stephan Myburgh have scored the joint-fastest half-century in the T20 World Cup. Both took 17 balls to accomplish the feat.
Meanwhile, India’s legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh’s record of the fastest half-century, that he notched up in the T20 World Cup in 2007 against England remains undefeated. He clobbered six sixes to Stuart Broad to score the fastest half-century in the shortest format off just 12 deliveries.
