With 50 days until England play Bangladesh at the Kia Oval in the first match of the Champions Trophy, here are some 50-based facts from previous tournaments.
England have scored the second most fifties in ICC Champions Trophy history, 32, just one behind India.
Marcus Trescothick has scored the most half-centuries for England with four 50-plus scores in just eight innings. The Somerset legend scored three of those fifties in the 2004 tournament - more than any other player in that competition - as England reached the final.
Paul Collingwood is one of six batsmen who average 50 of more in Champions Trophy matches.
Two England players – Neil Fairbrother and Adam Hollioake – scored fifties in their country’s first-ever match at the competition against South Africa in 1998.
Over the course of seven ICC Champions Trophy tournaments, 229 scores of 50 or more have been made, an average of 32.7 per competition.
- In the first ever edition in 1998 – which was known as the ICC Knock-Out Trophy – 23 fifties were scored across eight games.
- The most batsman-friendly tournament was the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 in India, when 44 fifties were scored across the tournament.
- Former India captains Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly hold the record for most fifties at the Champions Trophy, having both hit six scores of 50 or more
- India have also been the most prolific team, with their 33 half-centuries putting them at the top of the list just ahead of England on 32, and Australia and South Africa – who are both on 29.
- The first ever 50 came from the opening batsman in the first-ever game at the tournament. Zimbabwe’s Alistair Campbell opened the innings against New Zealand in the preliminary quarter-final in 1998 and went on to score exactly 100.
- The most recent came from India’s Virat Kohli, who scored 58 in the 2013 semi-final against Sri Lanka at Cardiff.
- It’s no surprise that the fastest-ever ICC Champions Trophy 50 was scored by Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi in the 2002 edition. He smashed 55* off just 18 balls against the Netherlands in Colombo – with a huge strike-rate of 305.55.
- Six batsmen average 50 or over at the ICC Champions Trophy (minimum of ten innings). They are: Sourav Ganguly, Damien Martyn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Herschelle Gibbs and Paul Collingwood.
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