Most Runs Conceed in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

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

Position	Most Runs Conceed	Player Name	Team Name
1	1661	Shane Warne	Australia
2	1582	Anil Kumble	India
3	1347	Glenn McGrath	Australia
4	1266	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
5	1099	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
6	1054	Venkatesh Prasad	India
7	1027	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
8	978	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
9	949	Allan Donald	South Africa
10	914	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
11	892	Abey Kuruvilla	India
12	872	Darren Gough	England
13	868	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
14	861	Ian Bishop	West Indies
15	808	Andy Caddick	England
16	799	Simon Doull	New Zealand
17	711	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
18	706	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
19	700	Javagal Srinath	India
20	696	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
21	685	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
22	672	Paul Reiffel	Australia
23	663	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
24	645	Carl Hooper	West Indies
25	636	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
26	619	Jason Gillespie	Australia
27	616	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
28	601	Robert Croft	England
28	601	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
29	575	Paul Adams	South Africa
30	535	Lance Klusener	South Africa
31	533	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
32	503	Pat Symcox	South Africa
33	461	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
34	458	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
35	444	Dean Headley	England
36	441	Michael Bevan	Australia
37	440	Rajesh Chauhan	India
38	408	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
39	406	Heath Davis	New Zealand
40	371	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
41	365	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
42	347	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
43	335	Phil Tufnell	England
44	333	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
45	331	Sunil Joshi	India
46	319	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
46	319	Brian McMillan	South Africa
47	313	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
48	307	Devon Malcolm	England
49	300	Dominic Cork	England
50	298	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
51	287	Dodda Ganesh	India
52	267	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
53	259	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
54	255	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
55	239	Debasis Mohanty	India
56	237	Sourav Ganguly	India
57	213	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
58	207	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
59	195	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
60	192	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
61	191	Mark Ealham	England
62	176	Steve Waugh	Australia
63	175	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
64	161	Mark Waugh	Australia
65	150	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
66	149	Brett Schultz	South Africa
67	148	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
68	145	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
69	144	Greg Blewett	Australia
70	143	Andy Bichel	Australia
71	142	Simon Cook	Australia
72	141	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
73	139	Chris Harris	New Zealand
74	116	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
75	104	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
76	102	Alan Mullally	England
76	102	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
77	93	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
78	90	David Sewell	New Zealand
79	89	Mike Smith	Scotland
80	85	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
81	83	Ben Hollioake	England
82	80	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
83	77	Craig White	England
84	76	Phil Simmons	West Indies
85	72	Ali Hussain Rizvi	Pakistan
86	68	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
87	66	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
88	63	Woorkeri Raman	India
89	57	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
90	55	Adam Hollioake	England
91	51	Peter Martin	England
92	49	VVS Laxman	India
93	48	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
94	43	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
95	37	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
96	35	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
97	33	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
98	32	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
99	31	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
100	29	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
100	29	Sachin Tendulkar	India
101	23	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
101	23	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
102	22	Matt Horne	New Zealand
103	19	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
104	18	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
105	16	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
105	16	Brian Lara	West Indies
106	14	Mark Butcher	England
107	13	Shaun Young	Australia
107	13	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
108	10	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
109	6	Rahul Dravid	India
110	4	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
110	4	Adam Bacher	South Africa
111	3	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
112	2	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
113	0	Matthew Elliott	Australia
113	0	Graham Thorpe	England