Twenty-20 (T20) cricket is the shortest version of cricket on the international stage and is quite fast-paced and rapid. Unlike in Test and One-Day International (ODI) cricket, the game in T20 cricket shifts gears frequently and quickly, so every small contribution from each player counts. A half century is one of the most difficult tasks for batters in this format. Some players, however, have done it multiple times, and this article summarises the English players who have done it the most.
1. Jos Buttler
Number one on our list is Jos Buttler, one of the world’s best white-ball batters at present and England’s newly appointed white-ball captain. Time and again, Buttler has showcased his power-hitting and stroke-making abilities. He plays as a right-handed wicketkeeper batter and has 16 fifties to his name so far in 94 T20 internationals.
2. Eoin Morgan
Eoin Morgan, one of England’s greatest and most successful white-ball captains, is next on the list. Morgan played as a left-handed middle-order batter and was a fierce and clean striker of the ball. In 115 T20 internationals, he scored 2458 runs at an average of 28.58 with 14 fifties to his name.
3. Dawid Malan
Dawid Malan, a left-handed top-order batter and a former world number one T20I batter, is next to feature on the list. Malan began his T20 international career in 2017 and since then has played in 42 matches. In 41 innings, he has scored 1411 runs at an average of 39.19, which includes 13 half-centuries.
4. Alex Hales
Alex Hales is a right-handed top-order batter from Middlesex and one of the best-suited white-ball cricketers. Hales loves to play his shots and is indeed a powerful and clean striker of the cricket ball. He played his debut T20 international in 2011 against India at Manchester, and until 2019, he played in 60 T20Is, scoring over 1600 runs with nine fifties to his name.
5. Johnny Bairstow
Johnny Bairstow, the right-handed wicketkeeper batter from Yorkshire, is next to feature on the list. Bairstow made his T20 international debut in 2011 against the West Indies at the Oval. Until now, he has scored 1337 runs in 66 T20Is at an average of 27.85 with eight fifties to his name.
6. Jason Roy
Next on the list is Jason Roy, a right-handed opening batter born in Durban, South Africa. Roy began his T20I career in 2014 against India in Birmingham and has since played in 64 matches. In 64 innings, he has scored over 1500 runs at an average of 24.15, which includes eight fifties as well.
7. Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen is an England cricket veteran and one of the first proper T20 batters in England. Pietersen played the role of a right-handed top-order batter. He averages close to 38 in the shortest format of the game and has scored 1176 runs in 37 T20 internationals, with seven fifties to his name.
8. Joe Root
Joe Root, the former England captain and a right-handed top-order batter from Yorkshire, is next on the list. Root first played in T20 internationals in 2012 against India at Wankhede and then played in 32 T20Is until 2019. He has scored 893 runs at an average of 35.72, with five fifties to his name.
9. Moeen Ali
Next on the list is Moeen Ali, one of England’s premier spin bowling all-rounders. Ali plays as a left-handed middle-order batter and bowls right-arm off-spin and is certainly one of the players to have on your team. In 55 T20Is, he has scored 791 runs at an average of 19.77, with five fifties to his name, and has also picked up 39 wickets.
10. Luke Wright
Luke Wright was a right-handed top-order batter known for his power hitting and stroke-playing ability. In 2007, Wright played his first T20 international against Zimbabwe in Cape Town. Until 2014, he played in 51 T20Is and scored 759 runs, which included four fifties. He also took 18 wickets in 23 innings.
