Most Balls Faced in 1954: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1954, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	298	Peter May	England
2	261	Colin Cowdrey	England
3	233	Neil Harvey	Australia
4	173	Jim Burke	Australia
5	162	Sir Leonard Hutton	England
6	136	Bill Edrich	England
7	108	Ron Archer	Australia
8	98	Richie Benaud	Australia
9	81	Tom Graveney	England
9	81	Bob Appleyard	England
10	79	Johnny Wardle	England
11	71	Les Favell	Australia
12	61	Trevor Bailey	England
13	60	Alan Davidson	Australia
14	57	Brian Statham	England
15	52	Frank Tyson	England
16	32	Arthur Morris	Australia
16	32	Ray Lindwall	Australia
17	30	Graeme Hole	Australia
18	22	Bill Johnston	Australia
19	20	Gil Langley	Australia
20	15	Godfrey Evans	England
21	5	John Holt	West Indies
22	3	Frank Worrell	West Indies
22	3	Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand
23	2	Esmond Kentish	West Indies
24	1	Alf Valentine	West Indies
24	1	Maqsood Ahmed	Pakistan
25	0	Waqar Hasan	Pakistan
25	0	Mahmood Hussain	Pakistan
25	0	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Pakistan
25	0	Wazir Mohammad	Pakistan
25	0	Alimuddin	Pakistan
25	0	Khalid Wazir	Pakistan
25	0	Shujauddin	Pakistan
25	0	Ebbu Ghazali	Pakistan
25	0	Khalid Hasan	Pakistan
25	0	Aslam Khokhar	Pakistan
25	0	Jack Cheetham	South Africa
25	0	Hugh Tayfield	South Africa
25	0	John Watkins	South Africa
25	0	Jackie McGlew	South Africa
25	0	Clive van Ryneveld	South Africa
25	0	John Waite	South Africa
25	0	Roy McLean	South Africa
25	0	Russell Endean	South Africa
25	0	Ken Funston	South Africa
25	0	Anton Murray	South Africa
25	0	Neil Adcock	South Africa
25	0	David Ironside	South Africa
25	0	Dick Westcott	South Africa
25	0	George Headley	West Indies
25	0	Jeffrey Stollmeyer	West Indies
25	0	Gerry Gomez	West Indies
25	0	Robert Christiani	West Indies
25	0	Wilf Ferguson	West Indies
25	0	Sir Clyde Walcott	West Indies
25	0	Sir Everton Weekes	West Indies
25	0	Frank Mooney	New Zealand
25	0	Geoff Rabone	New Zealand
25	0	John Reid	New Zealand
25	0	Tony MacGibbon	New Zealand
25	0	Bob Blair	New Zealand
25	0	Lawrie Miller	New Zealand
25	0	Murray Chapple	New Zealand
25	0	Eric Dempster	New Zealand
25	0	Matt Poore	New Zealand
25	0	Guy Overton	New Zealand
25	0	John Beck	New Zealand
25	0	Bill Bell	New Zealand
25	0	Ian Leggat	New Zealand
25	0	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
25	0	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan
25	0	Imtiaz Ahmed	Pakistan
25	0	Khan Mohammad	Pakistan
25	0	Jim Laker	England
25	0	Sir Alec Bedser	England
25	0	David Sheppard	England
25	0	Reg Simpson	England
25	0	Willie Watson	England
25	0	Dick Spooner	England
25	0	Fred Trueman	England
25	0	Tony Lock	England
25	0	Alan Moss	England
25	0	Charles Palmer	England
25	0	Keith Miller	Australia
25	0	Abdul Kardar	India
25	0	Ian Johnson	Australia
25	0	Len Maddocks	Australia
25	0	Denis Compton	England
25	0	Frank King	West Indies
25	0	Bruce Pairaudeau	West Indies
25	0	Michael Frederick	West Indies
25	0	Clifford McWatt	West Indies
25	0	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
25	0	Keith Andrew	England
25	0	Denis Atkinson	West Indies
25	0	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies
25	0	Jim McConnon	England
25	0	Jim Parks	England
25	0	Peter Loader	England