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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.
TEST
1997
174 entries
1
2664
Rahul Dravid
IND
402 clear of Greg Blewett
2
2262
Greg Blewett
AUS
402 off the lead
3
2098
Steve Waugh
AUS
566 off the lead
● LEADS
Rahul Dravid
IND
2664 · 402 ahead of Blewett
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Dravid is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1660
The mark at number ten — 164 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Balls Faced — full list
174 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Rahul Dravid
IND
2664
2
Greg Blewett
AUS
2262
3
Steve Waugh
AUS
2098
4
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2075
5
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1969
6
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1947
7
Matthew Elliott
AUS
1897
8
Sourav Ganguly
IND
1811
9
Mark Taylor
AUS
1775
10
Navjot Sidhu
IND
1660
11
Mark Waugh
AUS
1627
12
Blair Pocock
NZ
1624
13
Roshan Mahanama
SL
1623
14
Sherwin Campbell
WI
1616
15
Gary Kirsten
SA
1515
16
Brian Lara
WI
1461
17
Mike Atherton
ENG
1449
18
Stephen Fleming
NZ
1363
19
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1362
20
Graham Thorpe
ENG
1335
21
Bryan Young
NZ
1275
22
Chris Cairns
NZ
1256
23
Adam Parore
NZ
1255
24
Nasser Hussain
ENG
1205
25
Carl Hooper
WI
1187
26
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1164
27
Nathan Astle
NZ
1131
28
Adam Bacher
SA
1123
29
Marvan Atapattu
SL
1061
30
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1060
31
Nayan Mongia
IND
1036
32
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
1016
33
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
1008
33
Ian Healy
AUS
1008
34
Brian McMillan
SA
995
35
Ricky Ponting
AUS
966
36
Alec Stewart
ENG
954
37
Hansie Cronje
SA
935
38
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
890
39
John Crawley
ENG
868
40
Daryll Cullinan
SA
860
41
Stuart Williams
ZIM
855
42
Matt Horne
NZ
835
43
Roland Holder
WI
796
44
Paul Reiffel
AUS
775
45
Shaun Pollock
SA
752
46
Michael Bevan
AUS
734
47
Jacques Kallis
SA
731
47
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
731
48
Grant Flower
ZIM
729
49
Anil Kumble
IND
670
50
Aamer Sohail
PAK
664
51
Mark Butcher
ENG
624
52
VVS Laxman
IND
603
53
David Richardson
SA
592
54
Daniel Vettori
NZ
583
55
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
559
56
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
557
57
Shane Warne
AUS
551
58
Matthew Hayden
AUS
525
59
Moin Khan
PAK
515
60
Guy Whittall
ZIM
514
61
Chaminda Vaas
SL
499
62
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
480
63
Lance Klusener
SA
479
64
Ajay Jadeja
IND
474
65
Ian Bishop
WI
464
66
Russel Arnold
SL
445
67
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
421
68
Saleem Malik
PAK
411
69
Chris Harris
NZ
407
70
Dominic Cork
ENG
404
70
Mark Ealham
ENG
404
71
Ali Naqvi
PAK
402
72
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
356
73
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
349
74
David Williams
WI
331
75
Mohammad Wasim
PAK
308
76
Andrew Hudson
SA
302
77
Pat Symcox
SA
295
78
Craig McMillan
NZ
285
79
Saeed Anwar
PAK
284
80
Craig Spearman
NZ
278
81
Andy Caddick
ENG
269
82
Robert Samuels
WI
266
83
Robert Croft
ENG
231
84
Courtney Browne
WI
227
85
Sunil Joshi
IND
222
86
Simon Doull
NZ
219
87
Jason Gillespie
AUS
215
88
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
214
89
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
212
90
Franklyn Rose
WI
199
91
Allan Donald
SA
185
92
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
180
92
Glenn McGrath
AUS
180
92
Vikram Rathour
IND
180
93
Dave Houghton
ZIM
176
94
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
164
94
Javagal Srinath
IND
164
95
Dipak Patel
NZ
162
96
Floyd Reifer
WI
156
97
Lanka de Silva
SL
153
98
Waqar Younis
PAK
152
98
Andy Flower
ZIM
152
99
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
151
100
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
149
101
Danny Morrison
NZ
148
102
Paul Strang
ZIM
144
103
Junior Murray
WI
142
104
Mohammad Ramzan
PAK
141
105
Nick Knight
ENG
140
106
Lee Germon
NZ
138
107
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
126
108
Ramiz Raja
PAK
122
108
Dodda Ganesh
IND
122
109
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
118
110
Adam Hollioake
ENG
117
110
Courtney Walsh
WI
117
111
Heath Davis
NZ
115
111
Darren Gough
ENG
115
112
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
109
113
Dean Headley
ENG
106
114
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
105
115
Geoff Allott
NZ
104
116
Jimmy Adams
WI
103
117
Phil Tufnell
ENG
100
118
Jonty Rhodes
SA
93
119
John Rennie
ZIM
92
120
Wasim Akram
PAK
87
120
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
87
121
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
86
122
Shahid Nazir
PAK
83
123
Paul Adams
SA
82
123
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
82
123
Heath Streak
ZIM
82
124
Andy Bichel
AUS
79
125
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
75
126
Roger Twose
NZ
71
127
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
68
128
Ben Hollioake
ENG
64
129
Woorkeri Raman
IND
59
130
Bryan Strang
ZIM
44
131
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
43
131
Justin Langer
AUS
43
131
Sanjeeva Ranatunga
SL
43
132
Alan Mullally
ENG
40
132
Philo Wallace
WI
40
133
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
35
134
Saleem Elahi
PAK
34
135
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
31
135
Justin Vaughan
NZ
31
135
Mervyn Dillon
WI
31
136
Adrian Griffith
WI
28
137
Shaun Young
AUS
27
138
Patterson Thompson
WI
24
139
Arshad Khan
PAK
22
140
Peter Martin
ENG
21
141
Phil Simmons
WI
19
142
Simon Cook
AUS
18
143
Devon Malcolm
ENG
17
143
David Sewell
NZ
17
143
Cameron Cuffy
WI
17
144
Brett Schultz
SA
16
145
Rawl Lewis
WI
13
146
Adam Huckle
ZIM
12
146
Mark Boucher
SA
12
147
Jayantha Silva
SL
8
147
Debasis Mohanty
IND
8
148
Mike Smith
SCO
6
148
Mike Smith
SCO
6
149
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
4
150
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
2
151
Craig White
ENG
1
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