Marcus Stoinis smashes quickest fifty to take Australia home

Marcus Stoinis (Source: Twitter)

Australia and Sri Lanka took the field against each other on the 4th day of the Super 12 stage of ICC T20I World Cup 2022. It was a do or die for the defending champions and they played like one. 

Australia won the toss and decided to field first in the match. Sri Lanka set a target of 158 runs for Australia. 

The 'Men in Yellow' were in a spot of bother at 89 for 3 in 12.2 overs when Marcus Stoinis came out to bat.  But he was not at all overawed by the situation and played a counter attacking brand of cricket. 

During his match winning knock of 59 off 18 deliveries he tumbled a couple of records. 

Records achieved by Stoinis

• Quickest half-century for Australia in T20Is
• Joint second quickest half-century in the history of T20I World Cups. 

Let us look at the quickest half-centuries in T20Is for Australia

• Marcus Stoinis- 17 balls vs Sri Lanka, 25th October 2022
• David Warner- 18 balls vs West Indies, 23rd February 2010
• Glenn Maxwell- 18 balls vs Pakistan, 23rd March, 2014
• Glenn Maxwell- 18 balls vs Sri Lanka, 9th September, 2016

Here is the list of quickest half-centuries in T20I World Cups

• Yuvraj Singh- 12 balls vs England, 2007
• Marcus Stoinis- 17 balls vs Sri Lanka, 2022
• Stephen Myburgh- 17 balls vs Ireland, 2014
• Glenn Maxwell- 18 balls vs Pakistan, 2014
• KL Rahul- 18 balls vs Scotland, 2021

Brief Score

Sri Lanka- 157/6 (20 Overs)

Top Scorer: Pathum Nissanka- 40 (45) Best Bowler: Mitchell Starc- 1/23 (4 Overs)

Australia-  158/3 (16.3 Overs)

Top Scorer: Marcus Stoinis- 59 (18) Best Bowler: Chamika Karunaratne- 1/21 (3 Overs)

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