Most Balls Faced in 1959: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1959, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1959115 entries
1867Colin McDonaldAUS13 clear of Tom Graveney
2854Tom GraveneyENG13 off the lead
3743Colin CowdreyENG124 off the lead
● LEADS
Colin McDonaldAUS
867 · 13 ahead of Graveney
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
297
The mark at number ten — 105 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
16 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

115 entries, ranked
1Colin McDonaldAUS867
2Tom GraveneyENG854
3Colin CowdreyENG743
4Peter MayENG719
5Peter RichardsonENG454
6Jim BurkeAUS440
7Ted DexterENG366
8Norm O'NeillAUS336
9Alan DavidsonAUS312
10Ken MackayAUS297
11Roy SwetmanENG296
12Neil HarveyAUS273
13Richie BenaudAUS240
14Bruce BoltonNZ239
15Willie WatsonENG238
16Fred TruemanENG222
17Wally GroutAUS218
18Les FavellAUS209
19Tony LockENG208
20John MortimoreENG186
21John GuyNZ171
22Trevor BaileyENG165
23Eric PetrieNZ160
24Bert SutcliffeNZ159
25Roger HarrisNZ142
26John SparlingNZ138
27John ReidNZ128
28Frank TysonENG115
29Arthur MiltonENG79
30Godfrey EvansENG78
31Brian StathamENG76
32Noel McGregorNZ74
33Ken HoughNZ56
34Ray LindwallAUS52
35Bob BlairNZ42
36Alex MoirNZ41
37Jim LakerENG35
38Gordon RorkeAUS8
39Keith SlaterAUS4
39Ian MeckiffAUS4
39Sir Conrad HunteWI4
40Sir Garry SobersWI3
40Pankaj RoyIND3
41Polly UmrigarIND1
41SurendranathIND1
41Fazal MahmoodPAK1
41Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK1
42Saeed AhmedPAK0
42Antao D'SouzaPAK0
42Ijaz ButtPAK0
42Mushtaq MohammadPAK0
42Duncan SharpePAK0
42Mohammad MunafPAK0
42Intikhab AlamPAK0
42Munir MalikPAK0
42Sonny RamadhinWI0
42John HoltWI0
42Collie SmithWI0
42Roy GilchristWI0
42Rohan KanhaiWI0
42Gerry AlexanderWI0
42Eric AtkinsonWI0
42Lance GibbsWI0
42Jaswick TaylorWI0
42Basil ButcherWI0
42Sir Wes HallWI0
42Joe SolomonWI0
42Robin BynoeWI0
42Hanif MohammadPAK0
42Imtiaz AhmedPAK0
42Israr AliPAK0
42Waqar HasanPAK0
42Mahmood HussainPAK0
42Wazir MohammadPAK0
42AlimuddinPAK0
42ShujauddinPAK0
42Wallis MathiasPAK0
42Haseeb AhsanPAK0
42Tommy GreenhoughENG0
42Martin HortonENG0
42Ken TaylorENG0
42Geoff PullarENG0
42Harold RhodesENG0
42Brian CloseENG0
42Gilbert ParkhouseENG0
42Alan MossENG0
42Ken BarringtonENG0
42Ray IllingworthENG0
42Raman Subba RowENG0
42Mike SmithENG0
42AK SenguptaIND0
42Ramakant DesaiIND0
42Motganhalli JaisimhaIND0
42Arvind ApteIND0
42Abbas Ali BaigIND0
42Venatappa MuddiahIND0
42Nana JoshiIND0
42Vinoo MankadIND0
42Hemu AdhikariIND0
42Subhash GupteIND0
42Vijay ManjrekarIND0
42Datta GaekwadIND0
42Gulabrai RamchandIND0
42Jayasinghrao GhorpadeIND0
42Naren TamhaneIND0
42Jasubhai PatelIND0
42AG Kripal SinghIND0
42Nari ContractorIND0
42Bapu NadkarniIND0
42Chandu BordeIND0
42Ramnath KennyIND0
42Lindsay KlineAUS0
42Gavin StevensAUS0
42Barry JarmanAUS0
42Peter BurgeAUS0
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