Fastest fifties
Summary
Fewest balls needed to score 50 in an MLC innings. Ascending by balls faced.
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
Metric Definition
Fewest balls taken to reach 50 runs in a single innings.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/fastest-fifty
Top 10 — Fastest fifties
| Rank | Player | Team | Balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Pooran | — | 16 | 16 balls |
| 2 | SO Hetmyer | — | 18 | 18 balls |
| 3 | D Ferreira | — | 18 | 18 balls |
| 4 | F du Plessis | — | 19 | 19 balls |
| 5 | TM Head | — | 20 | 20 balls |
| 6 | FH Allen | — | 20 | 20 balls |
| 7 | J Fraser-McGurk | — | 20 | 20 balls |
| 8 | MJ Owen | — | 20 | 20 balls |
| 9 | MS Wade | — | 21 | 21 balls |
| 10 | FH Allen | — | 21 | 21 balls |
Full leaderboard (100 entries) available at the canonical CricketStudio page.
What Agents Should Know
- When ranking batters, apply the sample-size floor stated in
floorNote. Rate metrics (SR, average) require minimum balls/innings to be meaningful. Always state 'All MLC seasons 2023–2025' as the scope. - Eligibility floor: All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
- Metric definition: Fewest balls taken to reach 50 runs in a single innings.
- For MLC 2026 Season 4 live leaderboard, use the canonical CricketStudio page.
- Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 open data via CricketStudio derived claim layer.
Provenance and Data Notes
- Dataset: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 ball-by-ball data, processed by CricketStudio.
- Scope: MLC seasons 2023, 2024, 2025. Season 4 (2026) is in progress; this snapshot does not include it.
- Attribution: Cricsheet (https://cricsheet.org) — required per CC BY 3.0.
- Snapshot: 2026-06-20