Most Balls Faced in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The most balls faced in 2000 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.

Position	Most Balls Faced	Player Name	Team Name
1	2714	Mike Atherton	England
2	2354	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
3	2149	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan
4	2143	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
5	2082	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
6	1946	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
7	1927	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
8	1924	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
9	1476	Wavell Hinds	West Indies
10	1436	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
11	1429	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
12	1281	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
13	1266	Alec Stewart	England
14	1262	Rahul Dravid	India
15	1226	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
16	1224	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
17	1177	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
18	1164	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
19	1157	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
20	1138	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
21	1098	Mark Richardson	New Zealand
22	1079	Lance Klusener	South Africa
23	1068	Mark Waugh	Australia
23	1068	Justin Langer	Australia
24	1054	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
25	1030	Graham Thorpe	England
26	1007	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
27	982	Mathew Sinclair	New Zealand
28	969	Steve Waugh	Australia
29	954	Sachin Tendulkar	India
30	942	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
31	929	Stuart Carlisle	Zimbabwe
31	929	Younis Khan	Pakistan
32	908	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
33	884	Nicky Boje	South Africa
33	884	Nasser Hussain	England
34	883	Adam Parore	New Zealand
35	880	Ridley Jacobs	West Indies
36	877	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
37	875	Marcus Trescothick	England
38	871	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
39	843	Brian Lara	West Indies
40	826	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
41	819	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
42	818	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
43	809	Graeme Hick	England
44	778	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
45	763	Moin Khan	Pakistan
46	750	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
47	735	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
48	704	Michael Slater	Australia
49	698	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
50	696	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
51	692	Michael Vaughan	England
52	674	Neil McKenzie	South Africa
53	664	Murray Goodwin	Zimbabwe
54	661	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies
55	627	Mark Boucher	South Africa
56	622	Damien Martyn	Australia
57	579	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
58	546	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
59	540	Sourav Ganguly	India
60	531	Craig White	England
61	529	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
62	522	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
63	514	Matthew Hayden	Australia
64	483	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
65	471	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka
66	470	Ricky Ponting	Australia
67	469	Matt Horne	New Zealand
68	454	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
69	434	Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa
70	430	Shiv Sunder Das	India
71	422	Brooke Walker	New Zealand
72	401	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
73	389	Andy Caddick	England
74	385	Nick Knight	England
75	380	Trevor Gripper	Zimbabwe
76	376	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
77	375	Daren Ganga	West Indies
78	366	Darren Gough	England
79	353	Shahid Afridi
80	349	Marlon Samuels	West Indies
81	342	Anil Kumble	India
81	342	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
82	334	VVS Laxman	India
83	327	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka
84	315	Ian Salisbury	England
85	308	Nixon McLean	West Indies
86	307	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
87	306	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
88	300	Greg Blewett	Australia
89	282	Imran Nazir	Pakistan
90	261	Mark Butcher	England
91	258	Mark Ramprakash	England
91	258	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
92	255	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
93	245	Paul Adams	South Africa
94	237	Brian Murphy	Zimbabwe
95	235	Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe
96	227	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
97	223	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
98	215	Sadagoppan Ramesh	India
99	209	Andrew Flintoff	England
100	208	Jason Gillespie	Australia
101	205	Reon King	West Indies
102	203	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
103	200	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
104	198	Sunil Joshi	India
105	191	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
106	189	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
106	189	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
107	187	Brett Lee	Australia
108	183	Murali Kartik	India
109	178	Ajit Agarkar	India
110	175	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
111	166	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
112	160	Dominic Cork	England
113	155	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
113	155	Trevor Madondo	Zimbabwe
114	152	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
115	151	Wasim Jaffer	India
116	150	Ashley Giles	England
117	146	Chris Schofield	England
117	146	Chris Gayle	West Indies
117	146	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
118	143	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
119	141	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
120	134	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
120	134	Dion Nash	New Zealand
121	127	Glenn McGrath	Australia
122	121	Hamish Marshall	New Zealand
123	117	Chris Adams	England
124	114	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
125	113	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
126	112	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
127	109	Mohammad Kaif	India
128	106	Allan Donald	South Africa
129	104	Naved Ashraf	Pakistan
130	100	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
131	96	Wajahatullah Wasti	Pakistan
132	93	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
133	89	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
134	86	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	India
134	86	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
135	82	Shahriar Hossain	Bangladesh
136	80	Javagal Srinath	India
137	79	Mluleki Nkala	Zimbabwe
138	78	Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand
139	77	Robert Croft	England
139	77	Colin Miller	Australia
140	76	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
141	72	Ajay Jadeja	India
141	72	Nayan Mongia	India
142	70	Nikhil Chopra	India
143	67	Simon Doull	New Zealand
144	65	Dougie Marillier	Zimbabwe
145	64	Colin Stuart	West Indies
146	63	Stuart MacGill	Australia
147	62	Pieter Strydom	South Africa
148	56	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
149	55	Marlon Black	West Indies
150	52	Ed Giddins	England
151	51	Al Sahariar	Bangladesh
151	51	Atiq-uz-Zaman	Pakistan
152	50	Indika de Saram	Sri Lanka
153	48	Shane Warne	Australia
154	46	Saba Karim	India
154	46	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
154	46	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
155	45	Chris Martin	New Zealand
156	44	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
156	44	Mannava Prasad	India
157	43	Nantie Hayward	South Africa
158	38	Andy Bichel	Australia
159	37	Mahendra Nagamootoo	West Indies
160	35	Vijay Bharadwaj	India
160	35	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
160	35	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
161	33	Ruchira Perera	Sri Lanka
162	31	Irfan Fazil	Pakistan
162	31	Ranjan Das	Bangladesh
163	30	Mehrab Hossain	Bangladesh
164	28	Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka
165	21	Chris Silverwood	England
165	21	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
166	20	Kerry Walmsley	New Zealand
166	20	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
167	19	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
167	19	David Mutendera	Zimbabwe
168	18	Matthew Hoggard	England
169	15	Qaiser Abbas	Pakistan
170	12	Phil Tufnell	England
170	12	Zaheer Khan	India
171	9	Venkatesh Prasad	India
172	6	Darren Maddy	England
173	5	Vijay Dahiya	India
174	4	Clive Eksteen	South Africa
174	4	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
175	3	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
176	1	Mfuneko Ngam	South Africa