Misbah-ul-Haq broke a number of records on day four in Abu Dhabi
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Misbah-Ul-Haq Breaks Batting Records
Misbah-ul-Haq has scored the quickest half-century in Test cricket and followed that up by equalling Sir Viv Richards' record of a 56-ball century on day four of the second Test against Australia in Abu Dhabi.
This Test series started with Pakistan in all sorts of trouble, after losing the ODI series 3-0 and without a number of experienced players, and Australia riding high but now Pakistan are on the brink of a memorable series win.
This series has already seen a number of records fall to Pakistan’s, all thanks to Younus Khan, Sarfraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah but there is one man who you can’t count out even if he is 40 years and 158 days old.
Misbah, who was dropped from the second ball of his innings went on to score the quickest Test 50 in the history of the game, not only in terms of balls but also in terms of minutes batted and then the fastest Test century, levelling Richards.
Here are the lists:
Fastest 50s (balls faced)
|
Batsman |
Balls Faced |
Opponents |
Year |
|
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) |
21 |
Australia |
2014 |
|
Jacques Kallis (SA) |
24 |
Zimbabwe |
2004 |
|
Shane Shillingford (WI) |
25 |
New Zealand |
2014 |
|
Shahid Afridi (PAK) |
26 |
India |
2004 |
|
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN) |
26 |
India |
2007 |
|
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) |
27 |
South Africa |
2002 |
|
Foffie Williams (WI) |
28 |
England |
1947 |
|
Ian Botham (ENG) |
28 |
India |
1981 |
|
Chris Gayle (WI) |
28 |
New Zealand |
2014 |
|
Bruce Yardley (AUS) |
29 |
West Indies |
1977 |
|
Tim Southee (NZ) |
29 |
England |
2001 |
|
Kapil Dev (IND) |
30 |
Pakistan |
1982 |
|
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) |
30 |
New Zealand |
2009 |
Fastest 50s (minutes)
|
Batsman |
Minutes |
Opponents |
Year |
|
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) |
24 |
Australia |
2014 |
|
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN) |
27 |
India |
2007 |
|
John Brown (ENG) |
28 |
Australia |
1894 |
|
Salim Durrani (IND) |
29 |
England |
1963 |
|
Foffie Williams (WI) |
30 |
England |
1947 |
|
Bruce Taylor (NZ) |
30 |
West Indies |
1968 |
Fastest hundred (balls faced)
|
Batsman |
Balls Faced |
Opponents |
Year |
|
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) |
56 |
Australia |
2014 |
|
Viv Richards (WI) |
56 |
England |
1985-86 |
|
Adam Gilchrist (AUS) |
57 |
England |
2006-07 |
|
Jack Gregory (AUS) |
67 |
South Africa |
1921-22 |
|
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) |
69 |
Australia |
2002-03 |
|
David Warner (AUS) |
69 |
India |
2011-12 |
|
Chris Gayle (WI) |
70 |
Australia |
2009-10 |
|
Roy Fredericks (WI) |
71 |
Australia |
1975-76 |
|
Majid Khan (PAK) |
74 |
New Zealand |
1976-77 |
|
Kapil Dev (IND) |
74 |
Sri Lanka |
1986-87 |
|
Mohammad Azharuddin (IND) |
74 |
South Africa |
1996-97 |
|
AB de Villiers (SA) |
75 |
India |
2010-11 |
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