England vs Australia: Batting was looking very difficult so far in the first Test being played at Optus Stadium. But looking at the explosive batting of Travis Head in the second innings, it did not seem that Australia was reduced to 132 runs in the first innings. England’s first innings also ended here at 172 runs, today on the second day of the Test too, England was all out for 164 runs in the second innings. But Head created history here by scoring a half-century in 36 balls. He converted this innings into a century.

Travis Head has entered the top-5 in the list of batsmen who have scored the fastest half-century in the history of Ashes. Head completed his half-century in 36 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. The first in the list is Jack Brown, who scored a half-century in 34 balls in 1895.

Fastest half century in Ashes

• 34 Ball- Jack Brown, Melbourne 1895
• 35 B – Graham Yallop, Manchester 1981
• 35 Ball- David Warner, Birmingham 2015
• 36 Ball- Kevin Pietersen, The Oval 2013
• 36 Ball- Travis Head, Perth 2025

Scored a century in 69 balls

After scoring a explosive half-century in the first Test of Ashes 2025-2026, Travis Head did not stop, he also completed his century in 69 balls. That means he added only 33 runs in the next 50 runs. Till scoring his century, he hit 4 sixes and 12 fours.

Head’s batting order changed in the second innings

England won the toss and decided to bat first, but succumbed to the lethal bowling of Mitchell Starc. The entire England team was reduced to 172 runs. Although Australia’s batting was also very bad, Ben Stokes took 5 wickets and bundled out Australia for 132 runs.

On the second day of the Test, England’s second innings ended at 164 runs, thus giving Australia a target of 205 runs to win. The way the pitch was behaving, it seemed that this target would be like a mountain for Australia but Travis Head’s stormy innings made it a minor target. The special thing is that Head, who came at number 5 in the first innings, opened in the second innings.

Fastest Fifty In Domestic Cricket: An Indian player has achieved a feat which no player has ever been able to do till date. Akash Chaudhary, playing Ranji Trophy for Arunachal Pradesh, scored a stormy half-century in the match against Meghalaya. Coming to bat last, this batsman completed his half-century in 11 balls, in which he hit 8 sixes. With this, Akash Chaudhary’s name has been included in the record book of Indian domestic cricket.

Stormy half-century in 11 balls

Arunachal Pradesh player Akash Chaudhary came to bat after the fall of the sixth wicket. Akash played an unbeaten inning of 50 runs in 14 balls, but this batsman had completed his half-century in only 11 balls. Before Akash, the record of scoring the fastest half-century in first class cricket was in the name of Wayne White. This Irish player had scored a half-century in 12 balls in the year 2012.

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First player to hit eight consecutive sixes in first-class cricket

Fastest fifty, off just 11 balls, in first-class cricket

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This feat could not be achieved even in international cricket

Even in international cricket till date such a feat has not been done that any player has scored a half-century in 11 balls. Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh scored a half-century in 12 balls against England in 2007. The record of scoring the fastest fifty in ODI is in the name of South African player AB de Villiers and Caribbean player Matthew Ford. This player has scored a half-century in 16 balls in One Day International. But Akash Chaudhary has broken all records in first class cricket by scoring a half-century in just 11 balls.

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Amazing has happened in Ranji Trophy, Akash Kumar Chaudhary has scored the fastest half-century in the history of first-class cricket. Meghalaya vs Arunachal Pradesh match is being played in Ranji Trophy, in which Akash Kumar created history by completing fifty in just 11 balls. Akash has achieved this feat while playing for Meghalaya.

Akash has broken the record of England’s Wayne White, who scored a half-century in 12 balls against Essex while playing for Leicestershire in 2012. This stormy innings of Akash not only broke the record, he also stunned the spectators present in the ground. Akash came to bat at number 8, completing his fifty in 11 balls. In international cricket, Yuvraj Singh has scored a fifty in 12 balls for India, but this half-century has come in red ball cricket (first-class).

Scored 628 runs in the first innings

Meghalaya declared the first innings at 628/8 against Arunachal Pradesh. Arpit Bhatewara scored a double century and played an innings of 207 runs. Captain Kishan Lyngdoh scored 119 runs and Rahul Dalal scored 144 runs. Ajay Duhan scored 53 runs and Akash Kumar scored 50 runs. Meanwhile, there was a partnership of 289 runs between Kishan Lyngdoh and Arpit Bhatewara.

Let us tell you that this is not just Ranji Trophy, it is a record for scoring the fastest half-century in first-class cricket in the world. Earlier, the record of scoring the fastest fifty for India in first-class cricket was in the name of Bandeep Singh, who scored a half-century in 15 balls while playing for Jammu and Kashmir. He did this in the 2015-16 Ranji season. But now after 9 years, Akash has broken his record.

Fastest half-century in first-class cricket

11 ball – Akash Kumar Chaudhary – India

12 Ball – Wayne White – England

13 ball – Michael van Vuuren – South Africa

14 Ball – Ned Eckersley – England

15 balls – Khalid Mahmood – Pakistan

15 balls – Bandeep Singh – India

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