Fastest One-Day International fifty
- Who
- AB de Villiers
- Where
- South Africa (Johannesburg)
- When
- 18 January 2015
AB de Villiers (South Africa) blasted his way to a 16-ball fifty in a One-Day International (ODI) against the West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18 January 2015, beating Sanath Jayasuriya's 17-ball ODI half-century against Pakistan at The Padang (aka Singapore Cricket Club), Singapore, on 7 April 1996.
De Villiers' fifty featured three fours and five sixes, including 21 runs (two fours, two sixes, one single) off one Andre Russell over (the 40th of the South Africa innings) and 23 runs (three sixes, one four, one single) off one Jason Holder over (the 42nd of the South Africa innings).
In the same innings, De Villiers went on to record the fastest international (Test/ODI/Twenty20) hundred ever, in just 31 balls.
De Villiers was dismissed for 149 (44 balls, 59 minutes), two balls before the end of South Africa's 50-over innings, after striking nine fours and 16 sixes.
South Africa (439 for 2) beat the West Indies (291 for 7) by 148 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.
By comparison...
Fastest Twenty20 International fifty: 12 balls, Yuvraj Singh (India), 19 September 2007
Fastest Test fifty: 21 balls, Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), 2 November 2014