Most Fifties in Test

At the forefront of the list for most fifties in Test cricket stands Sachin Tendulkar , who has notched up 68 half-centuries across 200 matches. In pursuit, Shivnarine Chanderpaul follows with an admirable tally of 66 fifties, closely pursued by Joe Root with 64 fifties.

Here is the list of batsmen with most fifties in Test format.

Sr.	Player	Team	Mat	Inn	50s	100s	HS	Runs	Avg
1	Sachin Tendulkar	India	200	329	68	51	248*	15921	53.78
2	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	164	280	66	30	203*	11867	51.37
3	Joe Root	England	149	272	64	35	262	12754	51.01
4	Allan Border	Australia	156	265	63	27	205	11174	50.56
5	Rahul Dravid	India	164	286	63	36	270	13288	52.31
6	Ricky Ponting	Australia	168	287	62	41	257	13378	51.85
7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	166	280	58	45	224	13289	55.37
8	Sir Alastair Cook	England	161	291	57	33	294	12472	45.35
9	VVS Laxman	India	134	225	56	17	281	8781	45.97
10	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	134	233	52	38	319	12400	57.40
11	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	149	252	50	34	374	11814	49.84
12	Steve Waugh	Australia	168	260	50	32	200	10927	51.06
13	Brian Lara	West Indies	131	232	48	34	400*	11953	52.88
14	Mark Waugh	Australia	128	209	47	20	153*	8029	41.81
15	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	111	189	46	9	274*	7172	40.06

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