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Most Balls Faced in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most balls faced during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
1981
110 entries
1
2713
Geoff Boycott
ENG
417 clear of Allan Border
2
2296
Allan Border
AUS
417 off the lead
3
2010
Kim Hughes
AUS
703 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff Boycott
ENG
2713 · 417 ahead of Border
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Boycott is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1040
The mark at number ten — 100 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
15 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Balls Faced — full list
110 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Geoff Boycott
ENG
2713
2
Allan Border
AUS
2296
3
Kim Hughes
AUS
2010
4
David Gower
ENG
1943
5
Graeme Wood
AUS
1716
6
Graham Gooch
ENG
1563
7
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1480
8
Chris Tavaré
ENG
1369
9
Greg Chappell
AUS
1150
10
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
1040
11
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1027
12
Rod Marsh
AUS
1023
13
Peter Willey
ENG
949
14
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
926
15
John Reid
NZ
891
16
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
841
17
Graham Yallop
AUS
836
17
John Dyson
AUS
836
18
Sandeep Patil
IND
830
19
Mike Gatting
ENG
825
20
Clive Lloyd
WI
800
21
Bruce Laird
AUS
784
22
Syed Kirmani
IND
769
23
John Wright
NZ
738
24
Larry Gomes
WI
715
25
Desmond Haynes
WI
667
26
Dirk Wellham
AUS
644
27
John Emburey
ENG
643
28
Dennis Lillee
AUS
638
29
Ravi Shastri
IND
633
30
Sir Viv Richards
WI
577
31
Gordon Greenidge
WI
470
32
Geoff Howarth
NZ
434
33
Doug Walters
AUS
430
34
Graham Dilley
ENG
426
35
Trevor Chappell
AUS
418
36
Bruce Edgar
NZ
412
37
Everton Mattis
WI
401
38
Mike Brearley
ENG
400
39
Javed Miandad
PAK
382
40
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
379
41
Yashpal Sharma
IND
374
42
Ray Bright
AUS
355
43
Wasim Raja
PAK
352
44
Shivlal Yadav
IND
344
44
Kapil Dev
IND
344
45
Martin Kent
AUS
334
46
Alan Knott
ENG
331
47
Bruce Yardley
AUS
304
48
Jeremy Coney
NZ
300
49
Paul Downton
ENG
298
50
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
293
51
Kirti Azad
IND
292
52
Karsan Ghavri
IND
279
53
David Murray
WI
272
54
Keith Fletcher
ENG
264
55
Majid Khan
PAK
254
56
Jock Edwards
NZ
249
57
Mohsin Khan
HK
223
57
Bob Taylor
ENG
223
58
Jeff Dujon
WI
211
59
Andy Roberts
NZ
205
60
Imran Khan
BHR
190
61
Tirumalai Srinivasan
IND
186
62
Joel Garner
WI
175
63
Paul Allott
ENG
173
64
Roland Butcher
ENG
160
65
Terry Alderman
AUS
156
66
Madan Lal
IND
154
66
Colin Croft
WI
154
67
Wayne Larkins
ENG
153
68
Michael Holding
WI
139
69
Bob Woolmer
ENG
133
69
Kris Srikkanth
IND
133
70
Ian Smith
NZ
125
71
Dilip Doshi
IND
119
72
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
111
73
Roger Binny
IND
110
74
Lance Cairns
NZ
107
75
Bob Willis
ENG
104
75
Rodney Hogg
AUS
104
76
Geoff Lawson
AUS
98
77
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
97
78
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
95
79
Robin Jackman
ENG
93
80
Chris Old
ENG
89
81
Jeff Thomson
AUS
83
81
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
83
82
Wasim Bari
PAK
81
83
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
77
84
Derek Underwood
ENG
69
85
Mike Whitney
AUS
65
86
Bill Athey
ENG
59
87
Jim Higgs
AUS
54
88
Yograj Singh
IND
50
89
Len Pascoe
AUS
49
89
Paul Parker
ENG
49
90
Malcolm Marshall
WI
47
91
Brian Rose
ENG
46
92
Geoff Miller
ENG
40
93
John Bracewell
NZ
38
94
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
32
95
Martin Snedden
NZ
25
96
Mike Hendrick
ENG
16
97
John Lever
ENG
14
97
Sikander Bakht
PAK
14
98
Faoud Bacchus
WI
11
99
Graham Stevenson
ENG
7
100
David Bairstow
ENG
4
101
Gary Troup
NZ
2
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