competing to break records. Naturally,

that aggressive batting has also left its mark in other formats. In 2015, AB de Villiers set the world record for the fastest half-century in ODIs. Now, after 10 years, Caribbean pacer Matthew Ford has shared his record.

AB de Villiers - Caribbean star

Against Ireland, the Windies tail-ender came in at number eight and scored a fifty in just 16 balls. He ended up hitting 58 runs off 19 balls, including 2 fours and 8 sixes. Ford was close to breaking the record for the fastest fifty in ODIs. However, the 23-year-old Caribbean player did manage to equal de Villiers' record, which had stood for 10 years.

Coincidentally, the record for the fastest fifty in ODIs was set by De Villiers against the West Indies. In that match in Johannesburg, de Villiers not only set the record for the fastest fifty, but also the world record for the fastest century. His 31-ball century is still the fastest in an ODI. In the end, the Protea legend scored 149 runs off 44 balls against the Caribbeans, including 9 fours and 16 sixes. South Africa, having scored 439 runs, defeated the Windies by 148 runs.

Despite sharing the record of fifty,

AB de Villiers did not lose the record of the fastest fifty-century in ODIs.
Meanwhile, Ford set another record in yesterday's match. Out of his 58 runs, 56 came on the boundary. That is, he scored 96.95 percent of his runs on the boundary. Which is the highest percentage of boundaries in men's ODIs. Earlier, this record was held by another compatriot of Ford, Andre Fletcher. In 2009, he scored 50 out of 52 runs against Bangladesh by hitting only boundaries. Where the boundary was 96.16 percent.

Ford put on a 68-run stand for the seventh wicket with Justin Greaves off just 25 balls, helping the Caribbeans post a mammoth 352 against the Irish. Greaves remained unbeaten on 44 off 36 balls. Earlier, Casey Carty had scored 102 off 109 balls and captain Shai Hope had scored 49. However, the match was eventually abandoned due to rain. The hosts Ireland did not even get a chance to bat in Dublin.

Incidentally, the joint record for the fastest fifty

in ODIs is now held by Ford and de Villiers. They are followed by Sanath Jayasuriya, Kusal Perera, Martin Guptill and Liam Livingstone. All four of them have scored fifties in 17 balls. And among the Windies, the fastest fifty in ODIs after Ford is Chris Gayle (19), Darren Sammy (20), Brian Lara (23) and Kieron Pollard (23).