Top 10 Players with most consecutive fifties in One Day Internationals

Top 10 Players with most consecutive fifties in One Day Internationals

Javed Miandad – the Pakistani legend player will always be remembered for his last ball six in Sharjah that claimed victory for Pakistan in 1986. However there is another prominent ODI record currently on his name. With 9 back to back half centuries scored against India, Australia and then England, Javed holds the record for most consecutive fifties in One Day International innings. Consistency being the main problem in a player’s way of success, scoring on a regular basis helps batsmen greatly. Though it is not necessary to go big in all the innings, even scoring 40 to fifty runs per game can lift a player’s batting average really high.

Javed Miandad is generally not so much popular for his services in cricket like various other stars of his era. However considering the record of most consecutive fifties as well as his gutsy performance in Sahrjah it would be right to say that he was certainly underrated. With almost 9 thousand test and over 7000 ODI runs Miandad deserved a lot more than what was offered to him. If the career runs of Javed Miandad do not surprise you have a look at his batting average as well. He scored at an average of 52.57 in tests while his ODI batting average also tops 41.

Speaking of consistency, the second player behind Javed Miandad in consecutive fifties list has only managed to reach six successive half centuries. In fact five players in ODI history have scored six consecutive ODI fifties each. These include Kane Williamson and Yousaf Youhana as well. England’s middle order batting sensation Joe Root also had the chance to make his name into the list but got wasted. Having scored five consecutive fifties Joe Root got booked on 30 runs in 6^th innings against Pakistan during the ongoing series.