Most Balls Faced in 1997 for Test

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	2664	Rahul Dravid	India
2	2262	Greg Blewett	Australia
3	2098	Steve Waugh	Australia
4	2075	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
5	1969	Sachin Tendulkar	India
6	1947	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
7	1897	Matthew Elliott	Australia
8	1811	Sourav Ganguly	India
9	1775	Mark Taylor	Australia
10	1660	Navjot Sidhu	India
11	1627	Mark Waugh	Australia
12	1624	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
13	1623	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
14	1616	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
15	1515	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
16	1461	Brian Lara	West Indies
17	1449	Mike Atherton	England
18	1363	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
19	1362	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
20	1335	Graham Thorpe	England
21	1275	Bryan Young	New Zealand
22	1256	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
23	1255	Adam Parore	New Zealand
24	1205	Nasser Hussain	England
25	1187	Carl Hooper	West Indies
26	1164	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
27	1131	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
28	1123	Adam Bacher	South Africa
29	1061	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
30	1060	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
31	1036	Nayan Mongia	India
32	1016	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
33	1008	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
33	1008	Ian Healy	Australia
34	995	Brian McMillan	South Africa
35	966	Ricky Ponting	Australia
36	954	Alec Stewart	England
37	935	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
38	890	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
39	868	John Crawley	England
40	860	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
41	855	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
42	835	Matt Horne	New Zealand
43	796	Roland Holder	West Indies
44	775	Paul Reiffel	Australia
45	752	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
46	734	Michael Bevan	Australia
47	731	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
47	731	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
48	729	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
49	670	Anil Kumble	India
50	664	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
51	624	Mark Butcher	England
52	603	VVS Laxman	India
53	592	David Richardson	South Africa
54	583	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
55	559	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
56	557	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
57	551	Shane Warne	Australia
58	525	Matthew Hayden	Australia
59	515	Moin Khan	Pakistan
60	514	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
61	499	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
62	480	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
63	479	Lance Klusener	South Africa
64	474	Ajay Jadeja	India
65	464	Ian Bishop	West Indies
66	445	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
67	421	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
68	411	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
69	407	Chris Harris	New Zealand
70	404	Dominic Cork	England
70	404	Mark Ealham	England
71	402	Ali Naqvi	Pakistan
72	356	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
73	349	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
74	331	David Williams	West Indies
75	308	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
76	302	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
77	295	Pat Symcox	South Africa
78	285	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
79	284	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
80	278	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
81	269	Andy Caddick	England
82	266	Robert Samuels	West Indies
83	231	Robert Croft	England
84	227	Courtney Browne	West Indies
85	222	Sunil Joshi	India
86	219	Simon Doull	New Zealand
87	215	Jason Gillespie	Australia
88	214	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
89	212	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
90	199	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
91	185	Allan Donald	South Africa
92	180	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
92	180	Glenn McGrath	Australia
92	180	Vikram Rathour	India
93	176	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe
94	164	Abey Kuruvilla	India
94	164	Javagal Srinath	India
95	162	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
96	156	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
97	153	Lanka de Silva	Sri Lanka
98	152	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
98	152	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
99	151	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
100	149	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
101	148	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
102	144	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
103	142	Junior Murray	West Indies
104	141	Mohammad Ramzan	Pakistan
105	140	Nick Knight	England
106	138	Lee Germon	New Zealand
107	126	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
108	122	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
108	122	Dodda Ganesh	India
109	118	Mark Ramprakash	England
110	117	Adam Hollioake	England
110	117	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
111	115	Heath Davis	New Zealand
111	115	Darren Gough	England
112	109	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
113	106	Dean Headley	England
114	105	Venkatesh Prasad	India
115	104	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
116	103	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
117	100	Phil Tufnell	England
118	93	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
119	92	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
120	87	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
120	87	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
121	86	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
122	83	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
123	82	Paul Adams	South Africa
123	82	Rajesh Chauhan	India
123	82	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
124	79	Andy Bichel	Australia
125	75	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
126	71	Roger Twose	New Zealand
127	68	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
128	64	Ben Hollioake	England
129	59	Woorkeri Raman	India
130	44	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
131	43	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
131	43	Justin Langer	Australia
131	43	Sanjeeva Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
132	40	Alan Mullally	England
132	40	Philo Wallace	West Indies
133	35	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
134	34	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
135	31	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
135	31	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
135	31	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
136	28	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
137	27	Shaun Young	Australia
138	24	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
139	22	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
140	21	Peter Martin	England
141	19	Phil Simmons	West Indies
142	18	Simon Cook	Australia
143	17	Devon Malcolm	England
143	17	David Sewell	New Zealand
143	17	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
144	16	Brett Schultz	South Africa
145	13	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
146	12	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
146	12	Mark Boucher	South Africa
147	8	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
147	8	Debasis Mohanty	India
148	6	Mike Smith	Scotland
149	4	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
150	2	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
151	1	Craig White	England