Most Test fifties by Batsmen after turning 40 years old

Most Test fifties by Batsmen after turning 40 years old

Most Test fifties record might not be an eye-grabbing feat as most of the people would consider it the failure of a batsman for being unable to convert it to the hundreds. No offence, it is one of the admired cricket records, but the truth is like it is. However the second part of the phrase is what makes it interesting. Usually and specifically in recent years, cricketer are getting retired a lot earlier than they used to be in past. The reasons for this early departures might be different. The hasty nature of the game, an envy for a luxurious life-after-cricket or more frequent opportunities to play for domestic leagues. One thing is for sure, 40 years is a well elder age even for today’s athletic souls.

However, exception to the generality, there are a few daredevils with their endless performances who carried out their cricket careers way after 40 years of age. The oldest cricketers in the world however is a different topic well covered in some previous article. At the moment we are talking about the players with most test fifties after getting 40 years old. The eruption for such an unusual study being the Pakistani Test skipper Misbha ul Haq. The 42 year old rock-solid batsman is currently the most reliable batter team Pakistan has in its camp. Though there was a time when people used to blame him for his slow approach, but time has proven them all wrong. The skipper at the moment is the world record holder for the second fastest test hundred.

Misbah ul Haq’a one-day’s heroics apart, through the years he has proven himself to be the most consistent performer in Pakistan team. What would be right to call him, the core of Pakistan batting line up has proved it yet again. Pakistan cricket team is battling with England at their home soil and Misbah ul Haq has come up with great performance. Apart from all the leadership skills, he has been doing his job with the bat as well. And in process he has raised his position really up in most test fifties by 40+ age group. Looking at the consistency he is going with, certainly he will be holding the second spot in the list. However the first position still requires enough efforts. Most Test fifties by Batsmen after turning 40 years old full list is as under.

Most Test fifties by Batsmen after turning 40 years old

Player	Mat	Runs	Ave	50s
JB Hobbs Eng	27	2440	58.09	19
EH Hendren Eng	24	1901	50.02	15
Misbah-ul-Haq Pak	18	1391	49.67	14
TW Graveney Eng	19	1243	44.39	9
EAB Rowan SA	10	919	51.05	8
G Boycott Eng	14	999	38.42	7
HW Taylor SA	13	843	40.14	7
WG Grace Eng	13	595	28.33	5
AW Nourse SA	13	722	32.81	5
RB Simpson Aus	10	738	38.84	5

Most Test fifties by Batsmen after turning 40 years old

1. JB Hobbs
2. EH Hendren
3. Misbah-ul-Haq
4. TW Graveney
5. EAB Rowan
6. G Boycott
7. HW Taylor
8. WG Grace
9. AW Nourse
10. RB Simpson