You might know that the former Pakistani captain, Misbah-ul-Haq carries the tag of most runs in ODI for anyone who didn’t score a single century.
But, what’s most striking is that he crossed the 50-mark, a massive 42-times in his 149 batting innings. Yes, he holds that record too. For someone, who has led an international team for that long and scored at an average of 43.40 in ODIs, it must be unexpected to not reach a three-digit mark in any innings.
So, in this article, we decided to focus on players who have scored most ODI fifties but without a hundred. Here you go!
| BATSMEN | FIFTIES | INNINGS | RUNS | AVERAGE | HIGHEST ODI SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 42 | 149 | 5122 | 43.40 | 96* |
| Andrew Jones (NZ) | 25 | 87 | 2784 | 35.69 | 93 |
| Graham Thorpe (ENG) | 21 | 77 | 2380 | 37.18 | 89 |
| Kim Hughes (AUS) | 17 | 88 | 1968 | 24.00 | 98 |
| Mudassar Nazar (PAK) | 16 | 115 | 2653 | 25.26 | 95 |
| Chamu Chibhabha (ZIM) | 16 | 107 | 2418 | 23.02 | 99 |
| Michael Vaughan (ENG) | 16 | 83 | 1982 | 27.15 | 90* |
| Jimmy Adams (WI) | 14 | 105 | 2204 | 28.62 | 82 |
| Habibul Bashar (BAN) | 14 | 105 | 2168 | 21.68 | 78 |
| Aftab Ahmed (BAN) | 14 | 85 | 1954 | 24.73 | 92 |
Stats Insights
Among the players who have attained a rare combination of scoring more than 1000 ODI runs and without an ODI century, 3 players came very close but stayed at 99 – Chamu Chibhabha (ZIM), Jason Holder (WI), and Malcolm Waller (ZIM). Both Holder and Waller were not dismissed during their 99 innings.
Among the current batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja (13) and Jason Holder (10) are on the verge of making it into the above list.
Read the list: Most Runs after Playing 100 Test Matches
