21 Pointers - The Lack of ODI century - Who Cares?

Scoring 50s in small scoring games are often worth more than 100s in high scoring games where anybody can make runs for fun

Scoring 50s consistently is better than scoring a 100 and not doing much around it

Man of the match awards and top scoring in a team innings is more impressive than centuries.

Thilan Samarawera got 2 ODI tons, but no 50. Centuries are not everything if you lack consistency around it. 

It's like a team consistently reaching finals, but not going on to win the trophy. Not a bad position to be in by any means. Losing finals isn't a bad thing. 

It's like a student consistently getting As across all academic subjects, but not managing to bag that golden A+. 

Dhoni/Razzaq never got a T20 50, do you see them being targeted?

Tendulkar's last 3 ODI tons never resulted in an Indian win

Weak tail, often left stranded

Has been not out many times, therefore harsh to count the conversion rate against him

Has got 11 List A Centuries, scored many in professional cricket still 

50 in wins are better than 100s in defeat

Best ODI player without 100 - not a bad tag to have 

Most 50s without 100, consistent nonetheless

Most runs without 100, consistent nonetheless 

Many didn't get an ODI ton: Michael Vaughan, Graham Thorpe, Dwayne Bravo, Angelo Matthews, Andrew Jones

Far too long is spent dwelling on personal milestones in a team game

If centuries are the criteria, then Hafeez and Rameez Raja are two of Pakistan's best ODI players

Often has to resurrect the innings and therefore bide his time and patiently compile his first 50 runs

He is predominantly a middle order player, therefore not all that unusual 

Pakistan's matches don't tend to be very high scoring - a 160-240 type team, hence don't need to score as many runs and score as quickly