{"id":16252,"date":"2026-05-16T00:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/16\/record-pakistan-captain-fatima-sana-hits-fastest-fifty-in-wt20i-history\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:17:30","slug":"record-pakistan-captain-fatima-sana-hits-fastest-fifty-in-wt20i-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=16252","title":{"rendered":"Record! Pakistan captain Fatima Sana hits fastest fifty in WT20I history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131123304,imgsize-46670,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mmbn-36.jpg\" alt=\"Record! Pakistan captain Fatima Sana hits fastest fifty in WT20I history\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;Fatima Sana of Pakistan bats during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup India 2025 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium on October 02, 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo\/Getty Images)&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Fatima Sana of Pakistan bats during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup India 2025 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium on October 02, 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo\/Getty Images)\"><\/p>\n<p>Fatima Sana of Pakistan bats during the ICC Women&#8217;s Cricket World Cup India 2025 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium on October 02, 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan captain Fatima Sana created a new record on Friday after scoring the fastest half-century in Women\u2019s T20 Internationals during Pakistan\u2019s match against Zimbabwe at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The Pakistan captain reached her fifty in just 15 balls in the final over of the innings, breaking the previous record held by Sophie Devine, Phoebe Litchfield and Richa Ghosh, all of whom had scored an 18-ball fifty.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Fatima Sana also became the fastest Pakistani batter to score a fifty in T20 Internationals across both men\u2019s and women\u2019s cricket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>She remained unbeaten on 62 off 19 balls, hitting 10 fours and two sixes, with an strike rate of 326.31.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>One of the key moments of her innings came in a 24-run over against Nomvelo Sibanda, where she hit three fours and two sixes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Fastest fifties in Women\u2019s T20Is:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"15\">\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan \u2014 Fatima Sana, 15 balls vs Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand \u2014 Sophie Devine, 18 balls vs India<\/li>\n<li>Australia \u2014 Phoebe Litchfield, 18 balls vs West Indies<\/li>\n<li>India \u2014 Richa Ghosh, 18 balls vs West Indies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Her innings helped Pakistan post 223 runs in 20 overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Saira Jabeen also contributed with an unbeaten 50 off 32 balls, including eight fours.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>For Zimbabwe, Lindokuhle Mabhero took two wickets for 36 runs. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Fastest fifties for Pakistan in T20Is<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"25\">\n<ul>\n<li>Fatima Sana 15 balls against Zimbabwe in 2026<\/li>\n<li>Shoaib Malik 18 balls against Scotland in 2021<\/li>\n<li>Shadab Khan 20 balls against South Africa in 2022<\/li>\n<li>Iftikhar Ahmed 20 balls against New Zealand in 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/15-balls-62-not-out-pakistan-captain-fatima-sana-hits-fastest-fifty-in-wt20i-history\/articleshow\/131123250.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatima Sana of Pakistan bats during the ICC Women&#8217;s Cricket World Cup India 2025 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at R. 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(Photo\/Getty Images) Pakistan captain Fatima Sana created a new record on Friday after scoring the fastest half-century in Women\u2019s T20 Internationals during Pakistan\u2019s match&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}