Sri Lanka's [Images] Ajantha Mendis [Images] on Monday became the fastest to race to the 50-wicket mark in ODIs when he had Zimbabwe's Ray Price stumped by Kumar Sangakkara.
Mendis was playing his 19th match, which takes him ahead of India's Ajit Agarkar [Images], who reached the landmark in his 23rd match.
The following table lists the fastest to complete 50 wickets in one-day internationals:
| Matches | Bowler | Opp | Venue | Year | Age |
| 19 | BAW Mendis (SL) | Zimbabwe | Dhaka | 2009 | 23 Years 307 Days |
| 23 | AB Agarkar (Ind) | Zimbabwe | Harare | 1998 | 20 Y 300 D |
| 24 | DK Lillee (Aus) | India | Sydney | 1980 | 31 Y 153 D |
| 25 | SK Warne (Aus) | Sri Lanka | Colombo PSS | 1994 | 25 Y |
| 26 | LS Pascoe (Aus) | West Indies [Images] | Sydney | 1982 | 31 Y 348 D |
| 26 | BP Patterson (WI) | Pakistan | Port-of-Spain | 1988 | 26 Y 187 D |
| 26 | CEL Ambrose (WI) | Pakistan | Sharjah | 1989 | 26 Y 23 D |
| 27 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | West Indies | Karachi | 1990 | 20 Y 358 D |
| 27 | SE Bond (NZ) | Pakistan | Dambulla | 2003 | 27 Y 338 D |
| 28 | IR Bishop (WI) | Pakistan | Lahore [Images] | 1990 | 23 Y 18 D |
| 28 | Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | Zimbabwe | Peshawar | 1996 | 19 Y 310 D |
| 28 | GI Allott (NZ) | India | Nairobi Gym | 2000 | 28 Y 296 D |
| 28 | T Mupariwa (Zim) | Sri Lanka | Harare | 2008 | 23 Y 228 D |