Test Batting Records - Fastest Test Half Centuries in Cricket:
| Rank | Players | Team | Against | Venue | Balls | Year |
| 1 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 24 | 2004-05 |
| 2 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | India | Bangalore | 26 | 2005 |
| 3 | Mohammad Ashraful | Bangaldesh | India | Mirpur | 26 | 2007 |
| 4 | Yousuf Youhana | Pakistan | South Africa | Cape Town | 27 | 2002-03 |
| 5 | EAV Williams | West Indies | England | Bridgetown | 28 | 1947-48 |
| 6 | I.Botham | England | India | Delhi | 28 | 1981-82 |
| 7 | B Yardley | Australia | West Indies | Bridgetown | 29 | 1977-78 |
| 8 | TG Southee | New Zealand | England | Napier | 29 | 2007-08 |
| 9 | Kapil Dev | India | Pakistan | Karachi | 30 | 1982-83 |
| 10 | TM Dilshan | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Galle | 30 | 2009 |
