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Most Balls Faced in 1996: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1996, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1996
276 entries
1
3232
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
421 clear of Saeed Anwar
2
2811
Saeed Anwar
PAK
421 off the lead
3
2524
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
708 off the lead
● LEADS
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
3232 · 421 ahead of Anwar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tendulkar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2053
The mark at number ten — 266 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Balls Faced — full list
276 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
3232
2
Saeed Anwar
PAK
2811
3
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
2524
4
Gary Kirsten
SA
2489
5
Alec Stewart
ENG
2284
6
Grant Flower
ZIM
2187
7
Mark Waugh
AUS
2118
8
Steve Waugh
AUS
2087
9
Andrew Hudson
SA
2054
10
Graham Thorpe
ENG
2053
11
Saleem Malik
PAK
2052
12
Daryll Cullinan
SA
1997
13
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
1941
14
Mark Taylor
AUS
1939
15
Mike Atherton
ENG
1934
16
Stephen Fleming
NZ
1924
17
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1905
18
Aamer Sohail
PAK
1871
19
Rahul Dravid
IND
1849
20
Sherwin Campbell
WI
1781
21
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1674
22
Andy Flower
ZIM
1670
23
Hansie Cronje
SA
1655
24
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1653
25
Nayan Mongia
IND
1554
26
Adam Parore
NZ
1549
27
Sourav Ganguly
IND
1508
28
Nathan Astle
NZ
1460
29
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1446
30
Michael Bevan
AUS
1443
31
Aravinda de Silva
SL
1435
32
Guy Whittall
ZIM
1372
33
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1315
34
Nasser Hussain
ENG
1292
35
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1225
36
Paul Strang
ZIM
1209
37
Jimmy Adams
WI
1207
38
Brian Lara
WI
1169
39
Roger Twose
NZ
1159
40
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1156
41
Moin Khan
PAK
1154
42
Lee Germon
NZ
1135
43
Ajay Jadeja
IND
1114
44
Nick Knight
ENG
1071
45
Chris Cairns
NZ
1040
46
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
1036
47
Ian Healy
AUS
1029
48
Craig Spearman
NZ
997
49
Wasim Akram
PAK
951
50
Graeme Hick
ENG
932
51
Dave Houghton
ZIM
926
52
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
910
53
John Crawley
ENG
886
54
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
883
55
Roshan Mahanama
SL
880
56
Jack Russell
ENG
862
57
Jonty Rhodes
SA
830
58
Carl Hooper
WI
825
59
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
819
60
Brian McMillan
SA
805
61
Anil Kumble
IND
793
62
Stuart Law
AUS
732
63
Navjot Sidhu
IND
720
64
Chris Harris
NZ
697
65
Justin Vaughan
NZ
641
66
Phil Simmons
WI
639
67
Robert Samuels
WI
604
68
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
572
69
Javagal Srinath
IND
568
70
Robin Smith
ENG
535
71
Greg Blewett
AUS
531
72
Jacques Kallis
SA
513
73
Andy Waller
ZIM
508
74
Heath Streak
ZIM
506
75
Dipak Patel
NZ
498
76
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
494
77
Vikram Rathour
IND
481
78
Michael Slater
AUS
458
78
David Richardson
SA
458
79
Bryan Young
NZ
453
80
Paul Reiffel
AUS
450
81
Sunil Joshi
IND
433
82
Pat Symcox
SA
429
83
Courtney Browne
WI
425
84
Craig Wishart
ZIM
423
85
Dominic Cork
ENG
416
86
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
394
87
Zahoor Elahi
PAK
390
88
Ian Bishop
WI
388
89
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
378
90
Chaminda Vaas
SL
372
91
Ali Shah
ZIM
369
92
Sanjeeva Ranatunga
SL
367
93
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
366
94
Chris Lewis
ENG
365
95
Mohammad Wasim
PAK
352
95
Mark Dekker
ZIM
352
96
Vinod Kambli
IND
347
97
Shadab Kabir
PAK
337
98
Dipak Chudasama
KEN
336
99
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
335
100
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
329
101
Hitesh Modi
KEN
326
102
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
316
103
Craig Evans
ZIM
314
104
Peter Cantrell
NED
307
105
Mark Greatbatch
NZ
289
106
Matthew Elliott
AUS
288
107
Steve Tikolo
KEN
286
108
Fanie de Villiers
SA
285
109
Shaun Pollock
SA
278
110
Roland Holder
WI
275
111
Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk
NED
268
112
Lance Klusener
SA
255
113
Flavian Aponso
NED
247
114
Junior Murray
WI
244
115
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
243
116
Mark Ealham
ENG
241
116
Rashid Latif
PAK
241
117
Roger Harper
WI
238
118
Ramiz Raja
PAK
236
119
Shane Warne
AUS
235
120
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
230
121
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
225
122
Waqar Younis
PAK
224
123
Ronnie Irani
ENG
222
124
Craig White
ENG
220
125
VVS Laxman
IND
208
126
Bryan Strang
ZIM
207
127
Azam Khan
PAK
195
128
Shane Thomson
NZ
194
129
Shahid Afridi
GER
193
130
Peter Martin
ENG
192
130
Woorkeri Raman
IND
192
131
Ali Brown
ENG
191
132
Mazhar Hussain
UAE
189
133
David Boon
AUS
181
134
Azhar Saeed
UAE
175
135
Adam Bacher
SA
174
136
Sean Davies
ZIM
173
137
Stuart Williams
ZIM
171
138
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
166
139
Derek Crookes
SA
162
140
Bas Zuiderent
NED
160
141
Darren Gough
ENG
159
142
Saleem Elahi
PAK
157
143
Courtney Walsh
WI
153
144
Gavin Larsen
NZ
151
144
Aashish Kapoor
IND
151
145
Tito Odumbe
KEN
150
145
Andy Whittall
ZIM
150
146
Matthew Maynard
ENG
142
147
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
141
148
Arshad Laeeq
UAE
140
149
Shaukat Dukanwala
UAE
139
150
Tim de Leede
NED
138
151
Marvan Atapattu
SL
137
152
Saleem Raza
UAE
136
153
Hasan Raza
PAK
133
153
Allan Donald
SA
133
154
Alan Mullally
ENG
132
154
Johanne Samarasekera
UAE
132
154
Neil Smith
ENG
132
155
Aaqib Javed
PAK
131
156
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
130
157
Robert Croft
ENG
127
158
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
126
158
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
126
159
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
116
159
Paras Mhambrey
IND
116
160
Jason Gillespie
AUS
112
160
Min Patel
ENG
112
160
Roland Lefebvre
NED
112
160
Nolan Clarke
NED
112
160
Vijay Mehra
UAE
112
161
Henry Olonga
ZIM
109
162
Javed Miandad
PAK
104
163
Glenn McGrath
AUS
100
163
Aasif Karim
KEN
100
164
Paul Adams
SA
99
165
Saeed Azad
PAK
96
165
Richard Snell
SA
96
166
Upul Chandana
SL
94
167
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
93
168
Ganesh Mylvaganam
UAE
92
168
Brad Hogg
AUS
92
169
Shahid Nazir
PAK
91
170
Simon Doull
NZ
89
171
Ottis Gibson
WI
86
172
Mohammad Ishaq
UAE
84
172
Ian Salisbury
ENG
84
173
Peter McIntyre
AUS
83
174
Steve Palframan
SA
80
175
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
78
176
David Tikolo
KEN
75
176
Sandeep Gupta
KEN
75
176
Kenny Benjamin
WI
75
177
Mohammad Aslam
UAE
73
178
Marcel Schewe
NED
68
179
Adrian Kuiper
SA
66
180
Sujith Somasunder
IND
63
181
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
61
181
Robert Kennedy
NZ
61
182
Phil Tufnell
ENG
60
183
Martin Suji
KEN
59
184
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
58
184
Dermot Reeve
ENG
58
185
John Rennie
ZIM
57
186
Danny Morrison
NZ
55
187
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
54
188
Nicky Boje
SA
53
189
Tariq Iqbal
KEN
52
190
Adam Hollioake
ENG
50
191
Basit Ali
PAK
48
192
Craig Matthews
SA
46
193
Simon Brown
ENG
44
193
Robin Singh
IND
44
193
Shahid Anwar
PAK
44
194
Graham Lloyd
ENG
40
195
Steven Lubbers
NED
37
196
Eric Gouka
NED
36
196
Sultan Zarawani
UAE
36
196
Dion Nash
NZ
36
197
David Johnson
IND
35
197
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
35
198
Manjula Munasinghe
SL
33
199
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
32
199
Angus Fraser
ENG
32
200
Chris Silverwood
ENG
31
201
Rajab Ali
KEN
28
202
Justin Langer
AUS
27
203
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
26
204
Rajindra Dhanraj
WI
25
205
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
24
205
Matthew Hayden
AUS
24
206
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
23
206
Shane Lee
AUS
23
206
Lameck Onyango
KEN
23
207
Tony Suji
KEN
22
207
Imtiaz Abbasi
UAE
22
207
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
22
207
Tom Moody
AUS
22
207
Greg Loveridge
NZ
22
207
Geoff Allott
NZ
22
208
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
21
208
Keith Arthurton
WI
21
208
Philo Wallace
WI
21
208
Nixon McLean
WI
21
209
Ridley Jacobs
WI
20
209
Charlie Lock
ZIM
20
210
Robert van Oosterom
NED
19
210
Stephen Peall
ZIM
19
211
Laurie Williams
WI
18
211
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
18
211
Craig McDermott
AUS
18
211
Richard Illingworth
ENG
18
212
Darren Lehmann
AUS
16
213
Devon Malcolm
ENG
14
214
Mike Watkinson
ENG
13
214
Adrian Griffith
WI
13
214
Eric Upashantha
SL
13
215
Mohammad Akram
PAK
12
215
Prashant Vaidya
IND
12
216
Narendra Hirwani
IND
11
217
Patterson Thompson
WI
10
218
Damien Fleming
AUS
9
219
Pankaj Dharmani
IND
8
219
Cameron Cuffy
WI
8
220
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
7
221
Andy Caddick
ENG
5
221
Gary Brent
ZIM
5
222
Paul-Jan Bakker
NED
4
222
Dean Headley
ENG
4
223
Jayantha Silva
SL
2
224
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
1
225
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
0
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