Fastest 50s in ICC Cricket World Cup: Cricket World Cup Records
Whenever we talk about individual records in ICC cricket world cup, we cannot ignore three legends; i.e. Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist. Tendulkar hold the record of leading run scorer, most centuries and most fifties in ICC world cup events. Glenn McGrath dominates the individual bowling records. He has taken more wickets at a higher strike rate with a better economy rate than any other bowler, and has the best individual bowling figures in the history of the tournament. While Gilchrist dominated in wicket keeping. Gilchrist has made the most dismissals in a single match, an individual tournament and in World Cup history.
Irish batsman Kevin O’Brien currently has the record of fastest century in the ICC cricket world cup. The record of fastest fifty in ICC cricket world cup belongs to New Zealand’s skipper Brendon McCullum. He has scored 54 runs from just 18 balls against England in 2015 world cup. Here is the full list of Fastest 50s in ICC Cricket World Cup. Number of balls here refers the balls played to reach 50 run mark.
| Player | Country | Opposition | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Venue | Date |
| BB McCullum | New Zealand | England | 77 | 18 | 8 | 7 | Wellington | 20 February 2015 |
| BB McCullum | New Zealand | Canada | 52 | 20 | 1 | 5 | St Lucia | 22 Mar 2007 |
| Mark Boucher | South Africa | Netherlands | 75 | 21 | 9 | 4 | St Kitts | 16 Mar 2007 |
| BB McCullum | New Zealand | Australia | 50 | 21 | 7 | 3 | Auckland | 28 Feb 2015 |
| Mark Boucher | South Africa | West Indies | 52 | 22 | 2 | 5 | St George’s | 10 Apr 2007 |
| Brian Lara | West Indies | Canada | 73 | 23 | 6 | 4 | Centurion | 23 Feb 2003 |
| John Davison | Canada | New Zealand | 52 | 23 | 9 | 1 | St Lucia | 22 Mar 2007 |
| Kieron Pollard | West Indies | Netherlands | 73 | 23 | 4 | 4 | New Delhi | 27 Feb 2011 |
| Wavell Hinds | West Indies | Canada | 64 | 24 | 7 | 3 | Centurion | 23 Feb 2003 |
| John Davison | Canada | New Zealand | 75 | 25 | 9 | 4 | Benoni | 03 Mar 2003 |
| Andy Blignaut | Zimbabwe | Australia | 54 | 25 | 8 | 2 | Bulawayo | 24 Feb 2003 |
| S Tendulkar | India | Bermuda | 57* | 26 | 2 | 4 | Trinidad | 19 Mar 2007 |
| Tom Moody | Australia | Bangladesh | 56* | 28 | 6 | 2 | Chester-le-Street | 27 May 1999 |
| Shane Watson | Australia | New Zealand | 65* | 28 | 4 | 4 | St George’s | 20 Apr 2007 |
| A Ranatunga | Sri Lanka | Kenya | 75* | 29 | 13 | 1 | Kandy | 06 Mar 1996 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | England | 79 | 29 | 10 | 3 | Barbados | 21 Apr 2007 |
| Chris Old | England | India | 51* | 30 | 4 | 2 | Lord’s | 07 Jun 1975 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 56* | 30 | 6 | 2 | Swansea | 09 Jun 1983 |
| Martin Crowe | New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 74* | 30 | 8 | 2 | Napier | 03 Mar 1992 |
| S Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | England | 82 | 30 | 13 | 3 | Faisalabad | 09 Mar 1996 |
| John Davison | Canada | West Indies | 111 | 30 | 7 | 6 | Centurion | 23 Feb 2003 |
