Niroshan Dickwella officially holds the record for securing the most Test half-centuries without scoring a single century in the format. The batter has so far scored 23 half-centuries for the Sri Lanka cricket team, but is yet to register a hundred.
A pair of records Niroshan Dickwella set soon after his dismissal against India in Galle
In this list of records, after Shane Warne and Niroshan Dickwella, there are Mitchell Starc, Tim Southee and Chetan Chauhan. Australia national cricket team pacer Mitchell Starc is not too far behind off Dickwell, as Starc now has 2497 runs in Tests without a single century. However, the Aussie star is known for his bowling skills, not for batting.
Most Test 50s without a century
Most Test runs without a century
Most Test 50s without Century 23 N Dickwella*16 Chetan Chauhan 13 Ken MacKay13 Mitchell Starc 12 Shane Warne
— Merin Kumar (@merin_kumar) August 17, 2026
Dickwella made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in 2014; after that, he has played 55 Test matches and has scored a total of 2837 runs, averaging 31.52. As a middle-order batter, his stats are decent, but surprisingly, he has never scored a hundred. Today, when he was batting against India, looking sharp and steady to get his maiden ton. But as soon as he touched the 80-run mark, he made a mistake and lost a wicket as well.
There are multiple instances when he dismissed on 80s or 90s.
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