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.

PositionMost Balls FacedPlayer NameTeam Name
11919Sourav GangulyIndia
21550Mohammad AzharuddinIndia
31493Rahul DravidIndia
41453Ijaz AhmedPakistan
51403Aravinda de SilvaSri Lanka
61344Marvan AtapattuSri Lanka
71319Ajay JadejaIndia
81318Inzamam-ul-HaqPakistan
91190Sachin TendulkarIndia
101165Grant FlowerZimbabwe
111100Daryll CullinanSouth Africa
121075Andy FlowerZimbabwe
131039Arjuna RanatungaSri Lanka
141037Sanath JayasuriyaSri Lanka
151016Michael BevanAustralia
161002Saeed AnwarPakistan
17997Roshan MahanamaSri Lanka
18922Brian LaraWest Indies
19910Stuart WilliamsZimbabwe
20909Hansie CronjeSouth Africa
21881Gary KirstenSouth Africa
21881Alistair CampbellZimbabwe
22852Shiv ChanderpaulWest Indies
23851Nathan AstleNew Zealand
24847Mark WaughAustralia
25833Moin KhanPakistan
26811Shahid Afridi
27802Robin SinghIndia
28778Alec StewartEngland
29770Jacques KallisSouth Africa
30769Carl HooperWest Indies
31747Ramiz RajaPakistan
32721Saleem MalikPakistan
33692Chris HarrisNew Zealand
34683Stephen FlemingNew Zealand
35661Jonty RhodesSouth Africa
36641Guy WhittallZimbabwe
37618Steve WaughAustralia
38589Graham ThorpeEngland
39570Mohammad WasimPakistan
40555Chris CairnsNew Zealand
41547Lance KlusenerSouth Africa
42521Aamer SohailPakistan
43505Paul StrangZimbabwe
44486Shaun PollockSouth Africa
45476Stuart LawAustralia
46462Kennedy OtienoKenya
47457Greg BlewettAustralia
48445Hashan TillakaratneSri Lanka
49414Saba KarimIndia
50413Adam ParoreNew Zealand
50413Athar Ali KhanBangladesh
51409Craig McMillanNew Zealand
51409Mike AthertonEngland
52408Saqlain MushtaqPakistan
53385Matt HorneNew Zealand
54378Gavin RennieZimbabwe
55377Bryan YoungNew Zealand
56366Nick KnightEngland
57359Adam GilchristAustralia
58312Junior MurrayWest Indies
59300Kumar DharmasenaSri Lanka
60293Phil SimmonsWest Indies
61286Mark TaylorAustralia
62283Akram KhanBangladesh
63281Michael Di VenutoAustralia
63281Craig EvansZimbabwe
64271Sherwin CampbellWest Indies
65243Adam BacherSouth Africa
66238Navjot SidhuIndia
67235Dave HoughtonZimbabwe
68228Wasim AkramPakistan
69222Adam HollioakeEngland
70221Romesh KaluwitharanaSri Lanka
71220Ian HealyAustralia
72219Jimmy AdamsWest Indies
73217Craig WishartZimbabwe
74208John CrawleyEngland
74208Herschelle GibbsSouth Africa
75204Vinod KambliIndia
75204Dipak ChudasamaKenya
75204Aminul IslamBangladesh
76201Nayan MongiaIndia
77199Andrew HudsonSouth Africa
78198Andy WallerZimbabwe
79194Zahoor ElahiPakistan
80193Lanka de SilvaSri Lanka
80193Heath StreakZimbabwe
81191Shane WarneAustralia
82189Anil KumbleIndia
83168Roland HolderWest Indies
84164Ian BishopWest Indies
85161Graeme HickEngland
86156Gavin LarsenNew Zealand
87152Hitesh ModiKenya
88150Craig WhiteEngland
89147Thomas OdoyoKenya
90146Azhar MahmoodPakistan
91145Steve TikoloKenya
92140Maurice OdumbeKenya
93136Sheikh SalahuddinBangladesh
93136Pat SymcoxSouth Africa
94135David RichardsonSouth Africa
95130Nasser HussainEngland
96127Dirk ViljoenZimbabwe
97120Minhajul AbedinBangladesh
98119Hasan RazaPakistan
99118Habibul BasharBangladesh
100116Robert CroftEngland
100116Sir Curtly AmbroseWest Indies
101114Ricky PontingAustralia
101114Daniel VettoriNew Zealand
101114Dulip LiyanageSri Lanka
102104Mafizur RahmanBangladesh
103103Ali BrownEngland
10499Naimur RahmanBangladesh
10499Javagal SrinathIndia
10598Tony SujiKenya
10695Shahriar HossainBangladesh
10791Khaled MashudBangladesh
10889Mark EalhamEngland
10889Alpesh VadherKenya
10986Derek CrookesSouth Africa
11081Paul ReiffelAustralia
11180Brian McMillanSouth Africa
11180Manzoor AkhtarPakistan
11279Andy BichelAustralia
11376Hasibul HossainBangladesh
11376Sajid AliPakistan
11475Philo WallaceWest Indies
11475Jason GillespieAustralia
11573Lee GermonNew Zealand
11573Akhtar SarfrazPakistan
11671Franklyn RoseWest Indies
11671Chaminda VaasSri Lanka
11671Dipak PatelNew Zealand
11770Aasif KarimKenya
11868Adrian GriffithWest Indies
11967Simon DoullNew Zealand
12066Rajesh ChauhanIndia
12165Waqar YounisPakistan
12263Mushtaq AhmedPakistan
12263Adam DaleAustralia
12362Upul ChandanaSri Lanka
12461Roger TwoseNew Zealand
12560Stuart CarlisleZimbabwe
12560Dougie BrownEngland
12659Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
12755David WilliamsWest Indies
12755Louis KoenSouth Africa
12854Mujahid JamshedPakistan
12854Saleem ElahiPakistan
12953Vikram RathourIndia
13050Rawl LewisWest Indies
13148Robert SamuelsWest Indies
13148Ben HollioakeEngland
13148Dominic CorkEngland
13148Shayne O'ConnorNew Zealand
13247Mohammad HussainPakistan
13344Michael KasprowiczAustralia
13344Justin LangerAustralia
13443Abey KuruvillaIndia
13443Bryan StrangZimbabwe
13443Matthew FlemingEngland
13542Eddo BrandesZimbabwe
13542Michael SlaterAustralia
13641Darren GoughEngland
13739Aaqib JavedPakistan
13739Andy WhittallZimbabwe
13838Graham LloydEngland
13838Ruwan KalpageSri Lanka
13838Sajeewa de SilvaSri Lanka
13937Allan DonaldSouth Africa
14036Ronnie IraniEngland
14036Mohammad RafiqueBangladesh
14134Venkatesh PrasadIndia
14233Heath DavisNew Zealand
14330Everton MatambanadzoZimbabwe
14330John RennieZimbabwe
14426Enamul HaqueBangladesh
14525Ian HarveyAustralia
14525Salil AnkolaIndia
14525Rudi BrysonSouth Africa
14624Sunil JoshiIndia
14723Alan MullallyEngland
14822Courtney BrowneWest Indies
14921Russel ArnoldSri Lanka
15020Chris SilverwoodEngland
15119Tom MoodyAustralia
15119Craig SpearmanNew Zealand
15119Jahangir AlamBangladesh
15119Mohammad SheikhBangladesh
15218Shafiuddin AhmedBangladesh
15218Floyd ReiferWest Indies
15316Shahid NazirPakistan
15415Nilesh KulkarniIndia
15514Andy CaddickEngland
15613Rashid LatifPakistan
15613Geoff AllottNew Zealand
15613Cameron CuffyWest Indies
15613Courtney WalshWest Indies
15613Laurie WilliamsWest Indies
15712Fanie de VilliersSouth Africa
15712Darren LehmannAustralia
15811Glenn McGrathAustralia
15811Joseph AngaraKenya
15910Andrew PennNew Zealand
15910Noel DavidIndia
1609Brendon JulianAustralia
1609Dean HeadleyEngland
1609Arshad KhanPakistan
1609Martin SujiKenya
1609Saiful IslamBangladesh
1618Dodda GaneshIndia
1627Anthony StuartAustralia
1627Mohammad ZahidPakistan
1627Abdul RazzaqPakistan
1627Ravindra PushpakumaraSri Lanka
1627Mohammad AkramPakistan
1627Patterson ThompsonWest Indies
1636Nuwan ZoysaSri Lanka
1636Matthew ElliottAustralia
1645Jack RussellEngland
1645Ottis GibsonWest Indies
1654Nixon McLeanWest Indies
1654Paul AdamsSouth Africa
1663Kabir KhanPakistan
1672Shahid AfridiPakistan
1672Harvinder SinghIndia
1672Sairaj BahutuleIndia
1681Debasis MohantyIndia
1681Pommie MbangwaZimbabwe
1681Adam HuckleZimbabwe