Most Balls Faced in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The most balls faced in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	1547	Martin Crowe	New Zealand
2	1498	Dilip Vengsarkar	India
3	1379	Mike Gatting	England
4	1339	John Wright	New Zealand
5	1250	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
6	1246	Chris Broad	England
7	1213	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies
8	1207	Jeff Crowe	New Zealand
9	1148	John Emburey	England
10	1021	Javed Miandad	Pakistan
11	963	Imran Khan
12	946	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
13	918	Andrew Jones	New Zealand
14	886	Allan Border	Australia
15	883	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
16	818	Bill Athey	England
17	805	Desmond Haynes	West Indies
18	750	Tim Robinson	New Zealand
19	711	Sir Richie Richardson	West Indies
20	705	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
21	693	David Capel	England
22	658	David Gower	England
23	636	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
24	635	John Bracewell	New Zealand
25	629	Dean Jones	Australia
26	603	Peter Sleep	Australia
27	585	Jeff Dujon	West Indies
28	563	Sir Ian Botham	England
29	552	Steve Waugh	Australia
30	548	Brendon Kuruppu	Sri Lanka
31	521	Geoff Marsh	Australia
32	520	Graham Gooch	England
33	509	Saleem Yousuf	Pakistan
34	508	Sunil Gavaskar	India
35	469	David Boon	Australia
36	461	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
37	452	Bruce French	England
38	432	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
39	426	Kris Srikkanth	India
40	400	Gus Logie	West Indies
41	394	Aamer Malik	Pakistan
42	385	Mansoor Akhtar	Pakistan
43	383	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
44	382	Younis Ahmed	Pakistan
45	381	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
46	370	Kiran More	India
47	358	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
48	340	Arshad Ayub	India
49	339	Jack Richards	England
50	329	Neil Foster	England
51	317	Kapil Dev	India
52	316	Rizwan-uz-Zaman	Pakistan
53	302	Arun Lal	India
54	272	Ijaz Faqih	Pakistan
55	247	Phil Horne	New Zealand
55	247	Evan Gray	New Zealand
56	237	Mike Veletta	Australia
57	232	Shoaib Mohammad	Pakistan
58	228	Carl Hooper	West Indies
59	224	Mohinder Amarnath	India
60	218	Peter Taylor	Australia
61	216	Greg Dyer	Australia
61	216	Tony Dodemaide	Australia
62	211	Ian Smith	New Zealand
63	192	Ravi Shastri	India
64	187	Nick Cook	England
65	183	Jeremy Coney	New Zealand
66	182	Craig McDermott	Australia
67	179	Tauseef Ahmed	Pakistan
68	177	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
69	159	Larry Gomes	West Indies
70	158	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
71	157	Ranjan Madugalle	Sri Lanka
72	151	Chetan Sharma	India
73	150	Manzoor Elahi	Pakistan
74	144	Merv Hughes	Australia
75	137	Phil DeFreitas	England
76	134	Phil Edmonds	England
77	133	Ken Rutherford	New Zealand
78	104	Winston Davis	West Indies
79	102	Martyn Moxon	England
80	97	Clyde Butts	West Indies
81	93	Ashraf Ali	Pakistan
82	88	Sanjay Manjrekar	India
83	85	Allan Lamb	England
84	84	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
85	80	Graham Dilley	England
86	77	Roger Binny	India
87	75	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand
88	68	Martin Snedden	New Zealand
88	68	Tony Gray	West Indies
89	67	Saleem Jaffar	Pakistan
90	66	Dirk Wellham	Australia
91	61	Mohsin Kamal	Pakistan
91	61	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
92	59	Maninder Singh	India
93	58	Greg Ritchie	Australia
93	58	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
94	52	Tim Zoehrer	Australia
95	51	Stephen Boock	New Zealand
96	50	Gladstone Small	England
96	50	Asanka Gurusinha	Sri Lanka
97	47	Ravi Ratnayeke	Sri Lanka
98	46	Roy Dias	Sri Lanka
98	46	Patrick Patterson	West Indies
99	45	Duleep Mendis	Sri Lanka
100	42	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
101	40	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
102	39	Tim Robinson	England
103	38	Rumesh Ratnayake	Sri Lanka
103	38	Winston Benjamin	West Indies
104	36	Bruce Reid	Australia
104	36	Tim May	Australia
105	29	Neil Fairbrother	England
106	26	Joel Garner	West Indies
107	23	Shivlal Yadav	India
108	20	Mike Whitney	Australia
108	20	Kosala Kuruppuarachchi	Sri Lanka
109	11	Michael Holding	West Indies
110	10	Raman Lamba	India
111	7	Eddie Hemmings	England
112	4	Don Anurasiri	Sri Lanka
113	3	Roger Harper	West Indies
114	1	Gopal Sharma	India
115	0	Raju Kulkarni	India
115	0	Bharat Arun	India
115	0	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
115	0	Asoka de Silva	Sri Lanka
115	0	Guy de Alwis	Sri Lanka
115	0	Sidath Wettimuny	Sri Lanka