In the second T20I match of New Zealand and West Indies series, Mark Chapman made a significant impact on the list of Kiwi power hitters. He did not only score a blazing 19-ball fifty in Auckland leading the New Zealand team to a thrilling win but also gained recognition among the quickest half-century scorers in the country’s T20I history.
With calmness and precision transitioning into chaotic brilliance, the New Zealand batsmen have been a constant source of entertainment in the shortest format by their incredible displays of rapid scoring. The following is the list of players who topped it with the quickest fifties for New Zealand in T20I cricket.
Fastest 50 for New Zealand in T20I
3. Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, and Glenn Phillips – 19 balls
Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, and Glenn Phillips, all three have belonged with the spectacular batter’s group of New Zealand and made a mark by hitting a 19-ball fifty in T20Is.
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Starting from Chapman, the 31-year-old scored a magnificent 78 runs off just 28 balls, including a 19-ball fifty, to lay down a huge total for New Zealand in the second T20I against the West Indies on November 6. His innings consisted of six boundaries and seven sixes, at a very impressive striking rate of 278.57. His scoring made it possible for New Zealand to set a target of more than 200 runs thereby leading to the victory of the Kiwis
Also during the New Zealand tri-series, Glenn Phillips scored his 19-ball fifty while defending the Bangladesh team by scoring 60 runs off 24 balls in October 2022. He maintained a superb pace of 250, blasting five sixes and hitting two fours during his inning.
On two occasions, the first one in 2016 and the second in 2019, Martin Guptill has done it by writing a 19-ball fifty. He has scored 63 runs off 25 balls vs. Sri Lanka in January 2016 at a strike rate of 252, hitting five sixes and six fours. Then in November 2019 at Auckland, he was again in 19 balls, finishing with 50 runs off 20 deliveries.
2. Finn Allen – 18 balls
Finn Allen almost gave us a taste of his spectacular batting display during Bangladesh’s visit to New Zealand in April 2021. The right-handed batter literally ran to the Bangladesh bowlers, first getting a fifty of 18 balls and then scoring a total of 71 runs off just 29 balls. His electrifying innings comprised of 10 fours and 3 sixes with a phenomenal strike rate of 244.82.
Taskin Ahmed eventually got his wicket but the slow and sluggish pitch at Auckland hardly worked to the advantage of Bangladesh. The visitors performed miserably in their attempt to get 142 runs, the same as New Zealand, as they got all out for a mere 76 runs.
1. Colin Munro – 14 balls
Colin Munro, one of the greatest hitters of all time from New Zealand, is the owner of the record for the fastest fifty in T20I cricket for the Kiwis. The left-handed giant did it in 2016 against Sri Lanka, making a half-a-century in just 14 balls while chasing a target of 143.
Munro stayed not out with captain Kane Williamson to conclude the match. During his fiery innings, he hit 7 massive sixes and 1 four, scoring at a whirlwind strike rate of 357.14 against the Sri Lankan bowlers in Auckland.
