Stats: Dinesh Chandimal becomes 4th Sri Lankan to score 5 consecutive 50s in ODIs

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Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka during the One Day International match between Ireland and Sri Lanka at Malahide Cricket Ground in Malahide, Dublin. (Photo By Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Sri Lankan vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal has been one of the key batsmen in the inexperienced batting line-up. Despite Sri Lanka losing the first ODI match, he played a brilliant innings as he remained unbeaten on 80, which helped Sri Lanka to post a decent total of 227 on the board.

Chandimal is one match away from being the first Sri Lankan and the sixth cricketer overall to score 6 back-to-back scores of 50 or more in international cricket. Former Pakistan great Javed Miandad is at the top of the record book with 9 consecutive scores over fifty and 5 of them is tied up with 6 consecutive 50 plus scores against their name – West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge (in 1979-80), Andrew Jones of New Zealand (1988-89), Australia’s Mark Waugh (1999), Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf (2003) and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (2015).

Sri Lankan legends, Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda De Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, and Kumar Sangakkara made 5, but failed to make it 6 consecutive 50s. Can the 26-year old Chandimal create history? The answer will be known once he walks out to bat for the second ODI on August 24 at the Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

In the first ODI, injury prevented Chandimal from wicket-keeping as the Sri Lankan skipper, Angelo Mathews also mentioned doubts over Chandimal featuring for the second ODI. “We’ll see how Chandi (Chandimal) goes in the next couple of days and we’ll make a decision on that,” Mathews said.

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Unfortunately for Sri Lanka, all of the 5 half-centuries had went in vain as far as the team result is concerned. Sri Lanka lost 4 out of the 5 matches and the other one was washed-off due to rain.

Here is the list of cricketers with 6 or more consecutive 50s in ODIs:

Player50sRunsInnsTeamOppositionGroundMatch Date
Javed Miandad9781Pakistanv IndiaNagpur24-Mar-87
78*2Pakistanv IndiaJamshedpur26-Mar-87
74*2Pakistanv AustraliaSharjah03-Apr-87
601Pakistanv EnglandSharjah07-Apr-87
52*2Pakistanv IndiaSharjah10-Apr-87
1131Pakistanv EnglandThe Oval21-May-87
71*2Pakistanv EnglandNottingham23-May-87
681Pakistanv EnglandBirmingham25-May-87
1031Pakistanv Sri LankaHyderabad (Sind)08-Oct-87
CG Greenidge685*2West Indiesv EnglandBrisbane23-Dec-79
501West Indiesv EnglandAdelaide16-Jan-80
801West Indiesv EnglandMelbourne20-Jan-80
98*2West Indiesv EnglandSydney22-Jan-80
1031West Indiesv New ZealandChristchurch06-Feb-80
781West Indiesv EnglandLeeds28-May-80
AH Jones6571New Zealandv IndiaVadodara17-Dec-88
55*2New Zealandv PakistanDunedin06-Feb-89
62*2New Zealandv PakistanChristchurch04-Mar-89
672New Zealandv PakistanWellington08-Mar-89
821New Zealandv PakistanAuckland11-Mar-89
63*2New Zealandv PakistanHamilton14-Mar-89
ME Waugh6632Australiav Sri LankaSydney13-Jan-99
83*2Australiav EnglandMelbourne15-Jan-99
852Australiav EnglandSydney17-Jan-99
651Australiav Sri LankaHobart21-Jan-99
571Australiav Sri LankaAdelaide24-Jan-99
651Australiav EnglandAdelaide26-Jan-99
Yousuf Youhana61061Pakistanv BangladeshFaisalabad12-Sep-03
651Pakistanv BangladeshLahore15-Sep-03
94*2Pakistanv BangladeshRawalpindi18-Sep-03
521Pakistanv BangladeshKarachi21-Sep-03
681Pakistanv South AfricaLahore03-Oct-03
651Pakistanv South AfricaLahore05-Oct-03
KS Williamson6931New Zealandv EnglandThe Oval12-Jun-15
1182New Zealandv EnglandSouthampton14-Jun-15
901New Zealandv EnglandNottingham17-Jun-15
501New Zealandv EnglandChester-le-Street20-Jun-15
971New Zealandv ZimbabweHarare02-Aug-15
901New Zealandv ZimbabweHarare07-Aug-15

All stats updated till 22nd August 2016.

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