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Most Balls Faced in 2001: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most balls faced in 2001 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2001
301 entries
1
3931
Jacques Kallis
SA
382 clear of Marvan Atapattu
2
3549
Marvan Atapattu
SL
382 off the lead
3
3389
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
542 off the lead
● LEADS
Jacques Kallis
SA
3931 · 382 ahead of Atapattu
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2745
The mark at number ten — 291 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Zimbabwe
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Most Balls Faced — full list
301 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jacques Kallis
SA
3931
2
Marvan Atapattu
SL
3549
3
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
3389
4
Rahul Dravid
IND
3367
5
Brian Lara
WI
3256
6
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
3124
7
Andy Flower
ZIM
2902
8
Grant Flower
ZIM
2866
9
Neil McKenzie
SA
2792
10
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2745
11
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
2647
12
Matthew Hayden
AUS
2564
13
Gary Kirsten
SA
2514
14
Mark Waugh
AUS
2505
15
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
2497
16
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
2459
17
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2438
18
Steve Waugh
AUS
2423
19
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
2300
20
Chris Gayle
WI
2237
21
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
2236
22
Carl Hooper
WI
2229
23
Shiv Sunder Das
IND
2205
24
VVS Laxman
IND
2118
25
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2108
26
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
2032
27
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1997
28
Marlon Samuels
WI
1986
29
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
1943
30
Russel Arnold
SL
1902
31
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
1884
32
Heath Streak
ZIM
1835
33
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
1767
34
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1721
35
Ridley Jacobs
WI
1703
36
Stephen Fleming
NZ
1672
37
Daren Ganga
WI
1636
38
Nathan Astle
NZ
1617
39
Craig McMillan
NZ
1604
40
Guy Whittall
ZIM
1598
41
Nasser Hussain
ENG
1550
42
Damien Martyn
AUS
1545
43
Justin Langer
AUS
1514
44
Graham Thorpe
ENG
1481
45
Mark Richardson
NZ
1440
46
Javed Omar
BAN
1433
47
Habibul Bashar
BAN
1405
48
Craig Wishart
ZIM
1394
49
Alec Stewart
ENG
1353
50
Daryll Cullinan
SA
1338
51
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1315
52
Mark Butcher
ENG
1311
53
Wavell Hinds
WI
1257
54
Shaun Pollock
SA
1230
55
Mike Atherton
ENG
1205
56
Boeta Dippenaar
SA
1204
57
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
1152
58
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1140
59
Mark Boucher
SA
1093
60
Younis Khan
PAK
1053
61
Deep Dasgupta
IND
1043
62
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
1021
63
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
971
64
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
964
65
Lance Klusener
SA
958
66
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
952
67
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
914
68
Adam Parore
NZ
880
69
Aminul Islam
BAN
875
70
Michael Slater
AUS
857
71
Lou Vincent
NZ
853
72
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
848
73
Michael Vaughan
ENG
834
73
Craig White
ENG
834
74
Nick Knight
ENG
826
75
Chaminda Vaas
SL
806
76
Virender Sehwag
IND
801
77
Al Sahariar
BAN
791
78
Avishka Gunawardene
SL
763
79
Hemang Badani
IND
738
80
Michael Bevan
AUS
731
81
Matthew Bell
NZ
717
82
Chris Harris
NZ
716
83
Travis Friend
ZIM
704
84
Aravinda de Silva
SL
646
85
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
642
86
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
640
87
Shane Warne
AUS
624
88
Nicky Boje
SA
592
89
Sameer Dighe
IND
589
90
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
560
91
Mervyn Dillon
WI
555
91
Jonty Rhodes
SA
555
92
Akram Khan
BAN
523
93
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
507
94
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
491
95
Harbhajan Singh
IND
487
96
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
484
97
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
483
98
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
474
99
Jason Gillespie
AUS
465
100
Rashid Latif
PAK
457
101
Sherwin Campbell
WI
456
102
Naimur Rahman
BAN
438
103
Khaled Mashud
BAN
432
104
Shahid Afridi
GER
427
105
Darren Gough
ENG
408
106
Brett Lee
AUS
405
107
Ricardo Powell
WI
371
108
Robert Croft
ENG
367
109
Ravi Shah
KEN
353
110
Mohammad Kaif
IND
352
111
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
347
112
Andy Caddick
ENG
340
113
Jimmy Adams
WI
337
114
Brian Murphy
ZIM
323
115
Chris Cairns
NZ
320
116
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
319
117
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
318
118
James Foster
ENG
316
118
Ian Ward
ENG
316
118
Anil Kumble
IND
316
119
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
315
120
Yuvraj Singh
IND
312
121
Saleem Elahi
PAK
310
122
Imran Farhat
PAK
307
123
Steve Tikolo
KEN
291
124
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
289
125
Zaheer Khan
IND
288
126
Neil McGarrell
WI
287
127
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
283
128
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
282
129
Jacob Oram
NZ
281
130
Leon Garrick
WI
280
131
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
273
132
Ashley Giles
ENG
271
133
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
270
134
Waqar Younis
PAK
267
135
Gary Brent
ZIM
261
135
David Obuya
KEN
261
136
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
259
137
Graeme Hick
ENG
256
138
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
255
139
Roger Twose
NZ
251
140
Suresh Perera
SL
247
141
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
246
142
Enamul Haque
BAN
237
143
Wasim Akram
PAK
236
144
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
231
145
Paul Collingwood
ENG
230
146
Allan Donald
SA
229
147
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
211
147
Nixon McLean
WI
211
148
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
209
149
Darren Lehmann
AUS
206
150
Andrew Symonds
AUS
200
151
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
199
152
Naved Latif
PAK
191
153
Javagal Srinath
IND
189
154
Moin Khan
PAK
187
155
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
174
156
Dominic Cork
ENG
172
156
Ben Hollioake
ENG
172
157
Dion Nash
NZ
171
157
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
171
158
Cameron Cuffy
WI
169
159
Tony Suji
KEN
167
160
Makhaya Ntini
SA
165
161
Hitesh Modi
KEN
163
162
Glenn McGrath
AUS
161
163
Indika de Saram
SL
160
163
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
160
164
Dilhara Fernando
SL
157
165
Justin Kemp
SA
154
165
Owais Shah
ENG
154
166
Claude Henderson
SA
151
167
Ajit Agarkar
IND
146
168
Ian Harvey
AUS
142
169
Daniel Vettori
NZ
140
169
Shoaib Malik
PAK
140
170
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
137
170
Usman Afzaal
ENG
137
171
Martin Suji
KEN
135
172
Manjurul Islam
BAN
127
173
Bryan Strang
ZIM
124
174
Humayun Farhat
PAK
120
175
Nayan Mongia
IND
119
176
Alan Mullally
ENG
117
177
Richard Dawson
ENG
115
177
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
115
178
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
113
179
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
111
180
Sanjay Bangar
IND
110
180
Chris Nevin
NZ
110
181
Ashish Nehra
IND
108
182
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
105
183
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
104
183
Imran Nazir
PAK
104
184
Jimmy Ormond
ENG
103
185
James Franklin
NZ
102
185
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
102
185
Sean Ervine
ZIM
102
186
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
100
186
Collins Obuya
KEN
100
187
Colin Miller
AUS
99
188
Laurie Williams
WI
94
189
Colin Stuart
WI
91
190
Courtney Walsh
WI
90
191
Matt Horne
NZ
89
192
Paul Wiseman
NZ
85
193
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
84
194
Dinesh Mongia
IND
83
195
Vijay Dahiya
IND
80
196
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
79
196
Ray Price
ZIM
79
196
Henry Olonga
ZIM
79
196
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
79
197
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
75
198
Justin Ontong
SA
72
198
Sylvester Joseph
WI
72
199
Kyle Mills
NZ
70
199
Jacob Martin
IND
70
200
Damien Fleming
AUS
68
201
Trevor Madondo
ZIM
66
202
Michael Vandort
SL
65
202
Nantie Hayward
SA
65
203
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
63
204
Ryan Hinds
WI
61
205
Mark Ealham
ENG
59
206
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
57
206
Peter Ongondo
KEN
57
207
Paul Strang
ZIM
55
208
Ruchira Perera
SL
49
208
Scott Styris
NZ
49
209
Simon Katich
AUS
48
210
Alex Tudor
ENG
47
211
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
43
212
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
38
213
Marlon Black
WI
37
214
Ali Brown
ENG
36
215
Corey Collymore
WI
35
216
Pedro Collins
WI
33
217
Robin Singh
IND
32
217
Chris Martin
NZ
32
218
Roger Telemachus
SA
31
219
Iqbal Siddiqui
IND
30
220
Chamara Silva
SL
29
220
Josephat Ababu
KEN
29
221
Kerry Jeremy
WI
28
221
Courtney Browne
WI
28
222
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
27
223
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
26
223
Jeremy Snape
ENG
26
224
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
25
224
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
25
224
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
25
224
Chris Drum
NZ
25
224
Grant Bradburn
NZ
25
224
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
25
224
Amay Khurasiya
IND
25
225
Brooke Walker
NZ
24
225
Paul Adams
SA
24
226
Sunil Joshi
IND
23
226
Andrew Penn
NZ
23
227
Harvinder Singh
IND
22
227
Rahul Sanghvi
IND
22
228
Tinu Yohannan
IND
21
229
Debasis Mohanty
IND
20
229
Dulip Liyanage
SL
20
230
Mohammad Sami
PAK
17
230
Phil Tufnell
ENG
17
230
Shane Bond
NZ
17
230
Andre Adams
NZ
17
231
Sarandeep Singh
IND
16
231
Upul Chandana
SL
16
231
Brijal Patel
KEN
16
231
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
16
232
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
15
233
Craig Spearman
NZ
13
233
Reon King
WI
13
234
Paul Grayson
ENG
12
235
Eric Upashantha
SL
11
235
Mohammad Akram
PAK
11
235
Brad Haddin
AUS
11
235
Shane Lee
AUS
11
236
Prabath Nissanka
SL
10
237
Tushar Imran
BAN
9
238
Andre Nel
SA
8
239
Danish Kaneria
PAK
7
240
Charitha Buddhika
SL
6
240
Andy Bichel
AUS
6
241
Stuart MacGill
AUS
5
241
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
5
241
Yasir Arafat
PAK
5
242
Indika Gallage
SL
3
242
James Kirtley
ENG
3
242
Darrel Brown
WI
3
243
Kashif Raza
PAK
2
244
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
1
244
Jermaine Lawson
WI
1
244
Sandeep Gupta
KEN
1
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