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Fastest fifties
N Pooran leads MLC all-time fastest 50 with 14 (Season 2026). Fewest balls needed to score 50 in an MLC innings. Ascending by balls faced. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
All time (MLC 2023–2026)
| # | Player | Balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Pooran | 14 | Season 2026 |
| 2 | R Powell | 15 | Season 2026 |
| 3 | N Pooran | 16 | Season 2023 |
| 4 | LG Pretorius | 16 | Season 2026 |
| 5 | KA Pollard | 17 | Season 2026 |
| 6 | SO Hetmyer | 18 | Season 2025 |
| 7 | D Ferreira | 18 | Season 2025 |
| 8 | F du Plessis | 19 | Season 2024 |
| 9 | MJ Owen | 19 | Season 2026 |
| 10 | SPD Smith | 19 | Season 2026 |
| 11 | TM Head | 20 | Season 2024 |
| 12 | FH Allen | 20 | Season 2025 |
| 13 | J Fraser-McGurk | 20 | Season 2025 |
| 14 | MJ Owen | 20 | Season 2025 |
| 15 | Shayan Jahangir | 20 | Season 2026 |
2026 · top 10 for the latest season
| # | Player | Balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Pooran | 14 | Season 2026 |
| 2 | R Powell | 15 | Season 2026 |
| 3 | N Pooran | 16 | Season 2023 |
| 4 | LG Pretorius | 16 | Season 2026 |
| 5 | KA Pollard | 17 | Season 2026 |
| 6 | SO Hetmyer | 18 | Season 2025 |
| 7 | D Ferreira | 18 | Season 2025 |
| 8 | F du Plessis | 19 | Season 2024 |
| 9 | MJ Owen | 19 | Season 2026 |
| 10 | SPD Smith | 19 | Season 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads MLC all-time fastest 50?
- N Pooran leads MLC all-time fastest 50 with 14 (Season 2026). The top three are: N Pooran, R Powell, N Pooran.
- How is MLC fastest 50 calculated?
- Fewest balls needed to score 50 in an MLC innings. Ascending by balls faced. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this MLC fastest 50 leaderboard include 2026?
- Yes. The all-time table covers MLC 2023–2026. A separate 2026-only view is shown below the all-time table.
- What data source powers this leaderboard?
- Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure every leaderboard surface projects from the same canonical file.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
Sample-size floor: All innings across 2023–2025 seasons. Per doctrine §3.1 — claims below the floor are excluded from this surface.
data/_season-stats-mlc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: N Pooran leads MLC all-time fastest 50 with 14. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/fastest-fifty”