Most Balls Faced in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The most balls faced in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	1919	Sourav Ganguly	India
2	1550	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
3	1493	Rahul Dravid	India
4	1453	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
5	1403	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
6	1344	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
7	1319	Ajay Jadeja	India
8	1318	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
9	1190	Sachin Tendulkar	India
10	1165	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
11	1100	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
12	1075	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
13	1039	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
14	1037	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
15	1016	Michael Bevan	Australia
16	1002	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
17	997	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
18	922	Brian Lara	West Indies
19	910	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
20	909	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
21	881	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
21	881	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
22	852	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
23	851	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
24	847	Mark Waugh	Australia
25	833	Moin Khan	Pakistan
26	811	Shahid Afridi
27	802	Robin Singh	India
28	778	Alec Stewart	England
29	770	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
30	769	Carl Hooper	West Indies
31	747	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
32	721	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
33	692	Chris Harris	New Zealand
34	683	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
35	661	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
36	641	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
37	618	Steve Waugh	Australia
38	589	Graham Thorpe	England
39	570	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
40	555	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
41	547	Lance Klusener	South Africa
42	521	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
43	505	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
44	486	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
45	476	Stuart Law	Australia
46	462	Kennedy Otieno	Kenya
47	457	Greg Blewett	Australia
48	445	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
49	414	Saba Karim	India
50	413	Adam Parore	New Zealand
50	413	Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh
51	409	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
51	409	Mike Atherton	England
52	408	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
53	385	Matt Horne	New Zealand
54	378	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
55	377	Bryan Young	New Zealand
56	366	Nick Knight	England
57	359	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
58	312	Junior Murray	West Indies
59	300	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
60	293	Phil Simmons	West Indies
61	286	Mark Taylor	Australia
62	283	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
63	281	Michael Di Venuto	Australia
63	281	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
64	271	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
65	243	Adam Bacher	South Africa
66	238	Navjot Sidhu	India
67	235	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe
68	228	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
69	222	Adam Hollioake	England
70	221	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
71	220	Ian Healy	Australia
72	219	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
73	217	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
74	208	John Crawley	England
74	208	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
75	204	Vinod Kambli	India
75	204	Dipak Chudasama	Kenya
75	204	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
76	201	Nayan Mongia	India
77	199	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
78	198	Andy Waller	Zimbabwe
79	194	Zahoor Elahi	Pakistan
80	193	Lanka de Silva	Sri Lanka
80	193	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
81	191	Shane Warne	Australia
82	189	Anil Kumble	India
83	168	Roland Holder	West Indies
84	164	Ian Bishop	West Indies
85	161	Graeme Hick	England
86	156	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
87	152	Hitesh Modi	Kenya
88	150	Craig White	England
89	147	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
90	146	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
91	145	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
92	140	Maurice Odumbe	Kenya
93	136	Sheikh Salahuddin	Bangladesh
93	136	Pat Symcox	South Africa
94	135	David Richardson	South Africa
95	130	Nasser Hussain	England
96	127	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
97	120	Minhajul Abedin	Bangladesh
98	119	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
99	118	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
100	116	Robert Croft	England
100	116	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
101	114	Ricky Ponting	Australia
101	114	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
101	114	Dulip Liyanage	Sri Lanka
102	104	Mafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
103	103	Ali Brown	England
104	99	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
104	99	Javagal Srinath	India
105	98	Tony Suji	Kenya
106	95	Shahriar Hossain	Bangladesh
107	91	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
108	89	Mark Ealham	England
108	89	Alpesh Vadher	Kenya
109	86	Derek Crookes	South Africa
110	81	Paul Reiffel	Australia
111	80	Brian McMillan	South Africa
111	80	Manzoor Akhtar	Pakistan
112	79	Andy Bichel	Australia
113	76	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
113	76	Sajid Ali	Pakistan
114	75	Philo Wallace	West Indies
114	75	Jason Gillespie	Australia
115	73	Lee Germon	New Zealand
115	73	Akhtar Sarfraz	Pakistan
116	71	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
116	71	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
116	71	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
117	70	Aasif Karim	Kenya
118	68	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
119	67	Simon Doull	New Zealand
120	66	Rajesh Chauhan	India
121	65	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
122	63	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
122	63	Adam Dale	Australia
123	62	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
124	61	Roger Twose	New Zealand
125	60	Stuart Carlisle	Zimbabwe
125	60	Dougie Brown	England
126	59	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
127	55	David Williams	West Indies
127	55	Louis Koen	South Africa
128	54	Mujahid Jamshed	Pakistan
128	54	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
129	53	Vikram Rathour	India
130	50	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
131	48	Robert Samuels	West Indies
131	48	Ben Hollioake	England
131	48	Dominic Cork	England
131	48	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
132	47	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
133	44	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
133	44	Justin Langer	Australia
134	43	Abey Kuruvilla	India
134	43	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
134	43	Matthew Fleming	England
135	42	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
135	42	Michael Slater	Australia
136	41	Darren Gough	England
137	39	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
137	39	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
138	38	Graham Lloyd	England
138	38	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
138	38	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
139	37	Allan Donald	South Africa
140	36	Ronnie Irani	England
140	36	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
141	34	Venkatesh Prasad	India
142	33	Heath Davis	New Zealand
143	30	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
143	30	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
144	26	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh
145	25	Ian Harvey	Australia
145	25	Salil Ankola	India
145	25	Rudi Bryson	South Africa
146	24	Sunil Joshi	India
147	23	Alan Mullally	England
148	22	Courtney Browne	West Indies
149	21	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
150	20	Chris Silverwood	England
151	19	Tom Moody	Australia
151	19	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
151	19	Jahangir Alam	Bangladesh
151	19	Mohammad Sheikh	Bangladesh
152	18	Shafiuddin Ahmed	Bangladesh
152	18	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
153	16	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
154	15	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
155	14	Andy Caddick	England
156	13	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
156	13	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
156	13	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
156	13	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
156	13	Laurie Williams	West Indies
157	12	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
157	12	Darren Lehmann	Australia
158	11	Glenn McGrath	Australia
158	11	Joseph Angara	Kenya
159	10	Andrew Penn	New Zealand
159	10	Noel David	India
160	9	Brendon Julian	Australia
160	9	Dean Headley	England
160	9	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
160	9	Martin Suji	Kenya
160	9	Saiful Islam	Bangladesh
161	8	Dodda Ganesh	India
162	7	Anthony Stuart	Australia
162	7	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
162	7	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
162	7	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
162	7	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
162	7	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
163	6	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
163	6	Matthew Elliott	Australia
164	5	Jack Russell	England
164	5	Ottis Gibson	West Indies
165	4	Nixon McLean	West Indies
165	4	Paul Adams	South Africa
166	3	Kabir Khan	Pakistan
167	2	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
167	2	Harvinder Singh	India
167	2	Sairaj Bahutule	India
168	1	Debasis Mohanty	India
168	1	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
168	1	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe