Rahul Dravid to S. Chanderpaul: Slowest half-centuries in history of Champions Trophy
Champions Trophy has seen a fair share of fast scorers. However, today we will take a look at some of the slowest players to score a half-century in the history of the tournament.
Marvan Atapattu
Former right-handed Sri Lankan batter Marvan Atapattu has the record for scoring the slowest fifty in history of Champions Trophy till now. He scored 50 runs in 109 balls against Australia in 2002.
Mathew Sinclair
Former New Zealand top-order batter and wicketkeeper Mathew Sinclair is at the second position for the slowest fifty. He scored one in 99 balls against Bangladesh in 2002.
Russel Arnold
Former Sri Lankan middle-order batter Russel Arnold had also secured his name in the record list in the 2002 edition of the tournament. Russel scored a fifty off 98 balls against India.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
S. Chanderpaul is a former West Indies left-handed batter. He had experienced more than 250 ODI matches in his career. But he also seemed to lack at one point, as he scored a fifty in 97 balls against Bangladesh in 2006.
Shakib Al Hasan
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is a slow left arm orthodox bowler and a left handed batter. His batting seems to have struggled during the 2006 Champions Trophy, as he could only score a fifty after playing 95 balls against Sri Lanka.
Justin Kemp
South Africa's former medium-fast bowling all-rounder Justin Kemp had been in many ODI matches, but had appeared in a bit lesser innings. With an experience of 60+ innings in the format, he still could not manage to score a fifty till he played 94 balls against Pakistan in 2006.
Rahul Dravid
Former Indian top-order batter and India's 2024 T20 World Cup-winning head coach Rahul Dravid also has his name in this list for his Champions Trophy match in 2004 against Pakistan, where he scored 50 runs off 93 balls.
Cameron White
Former Australia's middle-order batter Cameron White had made decent numbers in the One-day matches. However, he still found himself in this list after the match against New Zealand in 2009, where he scored 50 runs against 87 balls.