New Zealand in the shortest format of the game is a tough competitor which met Australia in the final competition of T20 World Cup 2021. Currently, New Zealand holds the 4th place in the ICC T20 team ranking. New Zealand has batters like Colin Munro, Martin Guptill, and many more who have the ability to make runs quickly and they have proved that by making the fastest 50 in T20I. So, let’s check out some of the New Zealand players who made the fastest 50 in T20I for New Zealand:
List of Fastest Fifty in T20I for New Zealand
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Player
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Runs
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Balls
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Against
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Venue
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Date
|
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Colin Munro
|
50*
|
14
|
Sri Lanka
|
Auckland
|
10/01/2016
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Colin Munro
|
66
|
18
|
West Indies
|
Mount Maunganui
|
01/01/2018
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Colin Munro
|
57
|
18
|
England
|
Hamilton
|
18/02/2018
|
|
Finn Allen
|
71
|
18
|
Bangladesh
|
Auckland
|
01/04/2021
|
|
Martin Guptill
|
63
|
19
|
Sri Lanka
|
Auckland
|
10/01/2016
|
|
Martin Guptill
|
50
|
19
|
England
|
Auckland
|
10/11/2019
|
|
Glenn Phillips
|
60
|
19
|
Bangladesh
|
Christchurch
|
12/10/2022
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|
Glenn Phillips
|
108
|
22
|
West Indies
|
Mount Maunganui
|
29/11/2020
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|
Michael Bracewell
|
61*
|
22
|
Scotland
|
Edinburgh
|
29/07/2022
|
|
Aaron Redmond
|
63
|
23
|
Ireland
|
Nottingham
|
11/06/2009
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1. Colin Munro
Colin Munro holds the record of hitting the fastest fifty in a T20 international for New Zealand. Munro has achieved this feat in 14 balls only while facing Sri Lankan bowlers in Auckland in 2016. Sri Lanka visited New Zealand for a T20 series where Colin Munro played nicely and added unbeaten 50 runs in 14 balls only while chasing the target of 143.
2. Colin Munro
Colin Munro again finds himself hitting the quickest 50 in T20 for the second time after hitting the first fastest 50. He added his career-fastest T20 fifty in 18 balls only while performing against West Indies at Mount Maunganui in 2018. During West Indies’s tour to New Zealand, both nations met for the 2nd T20I where Colin Munro added 66 runs from 23 balls but the match ended without any result.
3. Colin Munro
Colin Munro is sitting at the 3rd position for contributing the fastest 50 in a T20 international for New Zealand. He achieved this feat in just 18 balls while facing English bowlers in Hamilton in 2018. England visited New Zealand to play a Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tri-Series where both nations faced each other in the 6th match. New Zealand got the target of 195 and Munro gave a good start by adding 57 runs but could not achieve victory and lost the match by just 2 runs.
4. Finn Allen
Finn Allen, the opening batsman of the Kiwis comes in the 4th place for contributing the fastest 50 runs in T20I for New Zealand. He showed this awesome performance in the match against Bangladesh in Auckland and took only 18 balls to complete his fifty. During Bangladesh’s visit to New Zealand, Both teams met for the 3rd T20I where Finn Allen added 71 runs in just 29 balls but New Zealand could not save the match ultimately.
5. Martin Guptill
Martin Guptill, the opener of New Zealand is sitting at the number 5th position for getting the fastest 50 runs milestone in T20I for New Zealand. He achieved this feat in just 19 balls while playing against Sri Lanka in Auckland in 2016. New Zealand welcomed Sri Lanka for a T20 series and then both saw each other in the 2nd T20 international where Sri Lanka batted first and gave the target of 143 runs. In reply, New Zealand batter Martin Guptill played well and added crucial 63 runs in 25 balls only which helped them to achieve the target easily.