West Indies cricketer Matthew Ford equaled the world record of AB de Villiers for the fastest half -century in Odis, scoring 50 runs in just 16 balls during the second ODI against Ireland at Castle Avenue in Dublin on Friday. Ford, batting at number 8, ended with 58 runs off 19 balls, from which West Indies posted a total of 352 for 8.De Villiers set a original record against the West Indies in Johannesburg on January 18, 2015, where he scored 149 runs with 44 balls. Ford’s explosive innings consisted of two fours and eight sixes, showing remarkable power hitting.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The 23-year-old West Indian formed an important seventh-cicat partnership with Justin Greaves, scoring 68 runs in just 25 balls. Greaves scored 44 runs in partnership with 36 balls.This achievement puts Forde in Elite Company amidst the fastest half -century scorer in ODI cricket. Following a joint record of 16 balls from de Villiers and Ford, Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jaisuria, Kusal Perera, New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and England’s Liam Livingstone shared the next 17 -ball fastest record of 17 balls.The fastest Odie fifty (by balls)
- 16 balls – AB de Villiers (South Africa vs West Indies 2015)
- 16 Balls – Matthew Ford (West Indies vs Ireland in 2025)
- 17 balls – Sanath Jaisuria (Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in 1996)
- 17 balls – Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in 2015)
- 17 balls – Martin Guptill (New Zealand vs Sri Lanka in 2015)
- 17 Balls – Liam Livingstone (England vs Netherlands in 2022)
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