Top 5 fastest 50 in World cup cricket

2. Angelo Mathews (SL)- 20 balls vs Scotland Hobart 2015

Angelo Mathews hit the second fastest fifty in 20 balls against Scotland at Hobart. Sri Lanka had already piled up 301 runs when Mathews decided to pile some more when he hit leg spinner Machan for 4 sixes in 5 balls. He was 27 off16 balls and with the 4 sixes, Mathews reached the fifty off just 20 balls, getting him the second fastest fifty in World cup history.

Sri Lankan innings was studded with centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan (104) and Kumar Sangakkara(124), Sangakkara’s 4 consecutive century this World Cup.