Most Balls Faced in 1997 for all time

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	4157	Rahul Dravid	India
2	3730	Sourav Ganguly	India
3	3478	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
4	3159	Sachin Tendulkar	India
5	2984	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
6	2719	Greg Blewett	Australia
7	2716	Steve Waugh	Australia
8	2620	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
9	2558	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
10	2474	Mark Waugh	Australia
11	2469	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
12	2405	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
13	2396	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
14	2383	Brian Lara	West Indies
15	2378	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
16	2214	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
17	2203	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
18	2061	Mark Taylor	Australia
19	2046	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
20	1982	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
21	1960	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
22	1956	Carl Hooper	West Indies
23	1924	Graham Thorpe	England
24	1903	Matthew Elliott	Australia
25	1898	Navjot Sidhu	India
26	1894	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
27	1887	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
28	1858	Mike Atherton	England
29	1844	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
30	1811	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
31	1793	Ajay Jadeja	India
32	1765	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
33	1750	Michael Bevan	Australia
34	1732	Alec Stewart	England
35	1668	Adam Parore	New Zealand
36	1652	Bryan Young	New Zealand
37	1624	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
38	1501	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
39	1366	Adam Bacher	South Africa
40	1348	Moin Khan	Pakistan
41	1335	Nasser Hussain	England
41	1335	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
42	1286	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
43	1238	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
44	1237	Nayan Mongia	India
45	1228	Ian Healy	Australia
46	1227	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
47	1220	Matt Horne	New Zealand
48	1185	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
49	1155	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
50	1132	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
51	1099	Chris Harris	New Zealand
52	1095	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
53	1080	Ricky Ponting	Australia
54	1076	John Crawley	England
55	1075	Brian McMillan	South Africa
56	1031	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
57	1026	Lance Klusener	South Africa
58	964	Roland Holder	West Indies
59	878	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
60	869	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
61	859	Anil Kumble	India
62	856	Paul Reiffel	Australia
63	811	Shahid Afridi
64	802	Robin Singh	India
65	799	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
66	778	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
67	764	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
68	754	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
69	742	Shane Warne	Australia
70	727	David Richardson	South Africa
71	705	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
72	697	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
73	694	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
74	649	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
75	628	Ian Bishop	West Indies
76	624	Mark Butcher	England
77	603	VVS Laxman	India
78	596	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
79	570	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
80	525	Matthew Hayden	Australia
81	506	Nick Knight	England
82	501	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
83	493	Mark Ealham	England
84	476	Stuart Law	Australia
85	466	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
86	462	Kennedy Otieno	Kenya
87	454	Junior Murray	West Indies
88	452	Dominic Cork	England
89	431	Pat Symcox	South Africa
90	414	Saba Karim	India
91	413	Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh
92	411	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe
93	402	Ali Naqvi	Pakistan
94	386	David Williams	West Indies
95	359	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
96	349	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
97	347	Robert Croft	England
98	346	Lanka de Silva	Sri Lanka
99	339	Adam Hollioake	England
100	322	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
101	315	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
102	314	Robert Samuels	West Indies
103	312	Phil Simmons	West Indies
104	297	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
105	295	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
106	290	Jason Gillespie	Australia
107	286	Simon Doull	New Zealand
108	283	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
108	283	Andy Caddick	England
109	281	Michael Di Venuto	Australia
109	281	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
110	275	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
110	275	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
111	270	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
112	263	Javagal Srinath	India
113	249	Courtney Browne	West Indies
114	246	Sunil Joshi	India
115	233	Vikram Rathour	India
115	233	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
116	224	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
117	222	Allan Donald	South Africa
118	217	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
118	217	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
119	211	Lee Germon	New Zealand
120	210	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
121	207	Abey Kuruvilla	India
122	204	Vinod Kambli	India
122	204	Dipak Chudasama	Kenya
122	204	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
123	198	Andy Waller	Zimbabwe
124	194	Zahoor Elahi	Pakistan
125	191	Glenn McGrath	Australia
126	174	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
126	174	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
127	161	Graeme Hick	England
128	158	Andy Bichel	Australia
129	156	Darren Gough	England
129	156	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
130	152	Hitesh Modi	Kenya
131	151	Craig White	England
132	149	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
133	148	Rajesh Chauhan	India
133	148	Heath Davis	New Zealand
133	148	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
134	147	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
134	147	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
135	145	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
136	141	Mohammad Ramzan	Pakistan
137	140	Maurice Odumbe	Kenya
138	139	Venkatesh Prasad	India
139	136	Sheikh Salahuddin	Bangladesh
140	132	Roger Twose	New Zealand
141	130	Dodda Ganesh	India
141	130	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
142	127	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
143	122	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
144	120	Minhajul Abedin	Bangladesh
145	119	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
146	118	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
146	118	Mark Ramprakash	England
147	117	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
148	115	Dean Headley	England
148	115	Philo Wallace	West Indies
149	114	Dulip Liyanage	Sri Lanka
150	112	Ben Hollioake	England
151	104	Mafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
152	103	Ali Brown	England
153	100	Phil Tufnell	England
154	99	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
154	99	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
155	98	Tony Suji	Kenya
156	96	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
157	95	Shahriar Hossain	Bangladesh
158	91	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
159	89	Alpesh Vadher	Kenya
160	88	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
161	87	Justin Langer	Australia
161	87	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
162	86	Paul Adams	South Africa
162	86	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
162	86	Derek Crookes	South Africa
163	81	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
164	80	Manzoor Akhtar	Pakistan
165	76	Sajid Ali	Pakistan
165	76	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
166	75	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
167	73	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
167	73	Akhtar Sarfraz	Pakistan
168	70	Aasif Karim	Kenya
169	69	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
170	63	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
170	63	Alan Mullally	England
170	63	Adam Dale	Australia
171	62	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
172	60	Stuart Carlisle	Zimbabwe
172	60	Dougie Brown	England
173	59	Woorkeri Raman	India
174	55	Louis Koen	South Africa
175	54	Mujahid Jamshed	Pakistan
176	47	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
177	43	Matthew Fleming	England
177	43	Sanjeeva Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
178	42	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
178	42	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
178	42	Michael Slater	Australia
179	39	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
179	39	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
180	38	Graham Lloyd	England
181	36	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
181	36	Ronnie Irani	England
182	31	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
182	31	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
182	31	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
182	31	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
183	30	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
184	27	Shaun Young	Australia
185	26	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh
186	25	Ian Harvey	Australia
186	25	Salil Ankola	India
186	25	Rudi Bryson	South Africa
187	21	Peter Martin	England
188	20	Chris Silverwood	England
189	19	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
189	19	Tom Moody	Australia
189	19	Mohammad Sheikh	Bangladesh
189	19	Jahangir Alam	Bangladesh
190	18	Shafiuddin Ahmed	Bangladesh
190	18	Simon Cook	Australia
191	17	Devon Malcolm	England
191	17	David Sewell	New Zealand
192	16	Brett Schultz	South Africa
193	13	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
193	13	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
193	13	Laurie Williams	West Indies
194	12	Mark Boucher	South Africa
194	12	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
194	12	Darren Lehmann	Australia
195	11	Joseph Angara	Kenya
196	10	Andrew Penn	New Zealand
196	10	Noel David	India
197	9	Brendon Julian	Australia
197	9	Debasis Mohanty	India
197	9	Martin Suji	Kenya
197	9	Saiful Islam	Bangladesh
198	8	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
199	7	Anthony Stuart	Australia
199	7	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
199	7	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
200	6	Mike Smith	Scotland
201	5	Ottis Gibson	West Indies
201	5	Jack Russell	England
202	4	Nixon McLean	West Indies
203	3	Kabir Khan	Pakistan
204	2	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
204	2	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
204	2	Harvinder Singh	India
204	2	Sairaj Bahutule	India
205	1	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe