Most Balls Faced in 1998: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1998, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	2821	Mark Ramprakash	England
2	2737	Nasser Hussain	England
3	2599	Alec Stewart	England
4	2475	Mark Taylor	Australia
5	2354	Mike Atherton	England
6	2318	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
7	2220	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
8	2198	Mark Waugh	Australia
9	1974	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
10	1945	Steve Waugh	Australia
11	1789	Mark Butcher	England
12	1602	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
13	1529	Murray Goodwin	Zimbabwe
14	1521	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
15	1453	Justin Langer	Australia
16	1406	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
17	1388	Michael Slater	Australia
18	1314	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
19	1296	Graham Thorpe	England
20	1282	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
21	1268	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
22	1233	Ian Healy	Australia
23	1227	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
24	1150	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
25	1113	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
26	1112	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
27	1103	Brian Lara	West Indies
28	1091	Rahul Dravid	India
29	1037	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan
30	1022	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
31	1015	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
32	961	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
32	961	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
33	935	Moin Khan	Pakistan
34	913	Carl Hooper	West Indies
35	910	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
36	906	Ricky Ponting	Australia
37	858	Sachin Tendulkar	India
38	848	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
39	839	Mark Boucher	South Africa
40	791	Matt Horne	New Zealand
41	789	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
42	747	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
43	744	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
44	742	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
45	726	Navjot Sidhu	India
46	720	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
47	705	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
48	703	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
49	671	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
50	664	John Crawley	England
51	636	Adam Bacher	South Africa
52	632	Clayton Lambert	West Indies
53	574	Sourav Ganguly	India
54	573	Adam Parore	New Zealand
55	528	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
56	526	Graeme Hick	England
57	477	Pat Symcox	South Africa
58	475	HD Ackerman	South Africa
58	475	Dominic Cork	England
59	468	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
60	461	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
61	447	Allan Donald	South Africa
62	443	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
62	443	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
63	430	Robert Croft	England
64	415	Gavin Robertson	Australia
65	414	Bryan Young	New Zealand
66	405	Greg Blewett	Australia
66	405	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
67	403	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
68	397	Philo Wallace	West Indies
69	391	Dean Headley	England
70	378	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
71	375	Darren Gough	England
72	361	Ridley Jacobs	West Indies
73	357	Darren Lehmann	Australia
74	352	Anil Kumble	India
75	340	Brian McMillan	South Africa
76	333	Angus Fraser	England
77	332	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
78	330	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
79	328	Nayan Mongia	India
80	327	Dion Nash	New Zealand
81	325	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
82	317	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
83	312	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
84	310	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
85	304	Jack Russell	England
85	304	Stuart MacGill	Australia
86	300	David Williams	West Indies
87	283	Steve James	England
88	277	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
89	275	Ali Naqvi	Pakistan
90	272	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
91	271	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
92	266	Lance Klusener	South Africa
93	255	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
94	244	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
95	235	Gerhardus Liebenberg	South Africa
95	235	Shane Warne	Australia
96	226	VVS Laxman	India
97	208	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
98	205	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
99	203	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
100	201	Nixon McLean	West Indies
101	200	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
102	196	Ian Bishop	West Indies
103	187	Damien Fleming	Australia
104	185	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
105	180	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
106	174	Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe
107	172	Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Sri Lanka
108	159	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
109	151	Roland Holder	West Indies
110	142	Paul Reiffel	Australia
111	132	Javagal Srinath	India
112	126	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
113	125	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
114	124	Mark Priest	New Zealand
115	123	Glenn McGrath	Australia
116	118	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
117	117	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
118	115	Daren Ganga	West Indies
119	113	Ian Salisbury	England
120	109	Junior Murray	West Indies
121	104	Matthew Elliott	Australia
122	98	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
123	95	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
124	92	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
125	91	Chris Harris	New Zealand
126	90	Naved Ashraf	Pakistan
127	88	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
127	88	Andy Caddick	England
127	88	Mark Ealham	England
128	84	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
129	82	Dinanath Ramnarine	West Indies
130	80	Paul Adams	South Africa
131	78	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
132	77	Suresh Perera	Sri Lanka
133	75	Trevor Madondo	Zimbabwe
134	74	David Richardson	South Africa
135	71	Steve Elworthy	South Africa
135	71	Jason Gillespie	Australia
136	70	Phil Tufnell	England
137	63	Venkatesh Prasad	India
137	63	Harbhajan Singh	India
138	59	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
139	57	Ajay Jadeja	India
140	56	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
141	54	Robin Singh	India
141	54	Ben Hollioake	England
141	54	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
142	53	Ashley Giles	England
143	51	Kenny Benjamin	West Indies
144	47	Matthew Nicholson	Australia
144	47	Simon Doull	New Zealand
145	45	Andrew Flintoff	England
146	43	David Terbrugge	South Africa
146	43	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
147	42	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
147	42	Alan Mullally	England
148	41	Adam Hollioake	England
149	39	Michael Bevan	Australia
149	39	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
150	37	Nick Knight	England
151	36	Shakil Ahmed	Pakistan
152	33	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
153	32	Alex Tudor	England
154	31	Andy Bichel	Australia
154	31	Venkatapathy Raju	India
155	30	Colin Miller	Australia
155	30	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
156	28	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
157	26	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
157	26	Warren Hegg	England
158	25	Don Anurasiri	Sri Lanka
159	24	Ajit Agarkar	India
160	22	Shahid Afridi
161	21	Harvinder Singh	India
162	16	Rajesh Chauhan	India
162	16	Matthew Bell	New Zealand
163	13	Fazl-e-Akbar	Pakistan
163	13	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
163	13	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
164	11	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
165	9	Adam Dale	Australia
166	8	Malinga Bandara	Sri Lanka
166	8	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
167	7	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
168	5	Peter Such	England
169	4	Paul Wilson	Australia