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Most Balls Faced in 2003: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most balls faced during the 2003 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2003
348 entries
1
3907
Ricky Ponting
AUS
722 clear of Brian Lara
2
3185
Brian Lara
WI
722 off the lead
3
3050
Matthew Hayden
AUS
857 off the lead
● LEADS
Ricky Ponting
AUS
3907 · 722 ahead of Lara
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ponting is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2284
The mark at number ten — 338 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Most Balls Faced — full list
348 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ricky Ponting
AUS
3907
2
Brian Lara
WI
3185
3
Matthew Hayden
AUS
3050
4
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
2877
5
Michael Vaughan
ENG
2808
6
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
2631
7
Graeme Smith
SA
2541
8
Rahul Dravid
IND
2529
9
Stephen Fleming
NZ
2335
10
Yasir Hameed
PAK
2284
11
Jacques Kallis
SA
2259
12
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
2229
13
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
2128
14
Mark Butcher
ENG
2095
15
Gary Kirsten
SA
2042
16
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
2019
17
Marvan Atapattu
SL
1935
18
Chris Gayle
WI
1914
19
Nasser Hussain
ENG
1905
20
Habibul Bashar
BAN
1861
21
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
1849
22
Wavell Hinds
WI
1810
23
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
1809
24
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1801
25
Jacques Rudolph
SA
1796
26
Boeta Dippenaar
SA
1734
26
Virender Sehwag
IND
1734
27
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
1723
28
Damien Martyn
AUS
1700
29
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1692
30
Mark Richardson
NZ
1653
31
Scott Styris
NZ
1643
32
Sourav Ganguly
IND
1639
33
Darren Lehmann
AUS
1613
34
VVS Laxman
IND
1562
35
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1531
36
Steve Waugh
AUS
1520
37
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
1500
38
Justin Langer
AUS
1448
39
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
1436
40
Heath Streak
ZIM
1431
41
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1392
42
Mark Boucher
SA
1391
43
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1374
44
Hannan Sarkar
BAN
1356
45
Javed Omar
BAN
1345
46
Neil McKenzie
SA
1265
47
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
1242
48
Khaled Mashud
BAN
1215
49
Daren Ganga
WI
1206
50
Rajin Saleh
BAN
1183
51
Michael Bevan
AUS
1180
52
Alec Stewart
ENG
1177
53
Alok Kapali
BAN
1150
54
Younis Khan
PAK
1144
55
Graham Thorpe
ENG
1132
56
Mark Vermeulen
ZIM
1130
57
Craig Wishart
ZIM
1117
58
Imran Farhat
PAK
1034
59
Jacob Oram
NZ
1004
60
Lou Vincent
NZ
997
61
Paul Collingwood
ENG
980
62
Craig McMillan
NZ
951
63
Ashley Giles
ENG
923
64
Andrew Symonds
AUS
922
65
Shaun Pollock
SA
911
66
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
893
67
Grant Flower
ZIM
889
68
Yuvraj Singh
IND
888
69
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
886
70
Aakash Chopra
IND
882
71
Shoaib Malik
PAK
876
72
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
806
73
Ridley Jacobs
WI
789
74
Mohammad Kaif
IND
766
75
Chaminda Vaas
SL
762
76
Vasbert Drakes
WI
761
77
Daniel Vettori
NZ
759
78
Nathan Astle
NZ
728
79
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
722
80
Chris Cairns
NZ
710
81
Anthony McGrath
ENG
693
82
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
681
83
Rashid Latif
PAK
666
84
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
647
85
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
631
86
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
626
87
Omari Banks
WI
584
88
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
581
89
Andy Bichel
AUS
576
90
Marlon Samuels
WI
575
91
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
554
92
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
543
93
Chris Harris
NZ
530
94
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
511
95
Devon Smith
WI
509
96
Gareth Batty
ENG
500
97
Chris Read
ENG
498
98
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
496
99
Ray Price
ZIM
475
100
Aravinda de Silva
SL
474
100
Nick Knight
ENG
474
101
Sean Ervine
ZIM
472
102
Andy Flower
ZIM
459
103
Brendon McCullum
NZ
456
104
Moin Khan
PAK
440
104
Steve Tikolo
KEN
440
105
Ravi Shah
KEN
438
106
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
433
107
Robbie Hart
NZ
427
108
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
424
109
Parthiv Patel
IND
422
110
Richard Jones
NZ
420
111
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
412
112
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
381
113
Brad Hogg
AUS
379
114
Michael Clarke
AUS
369
114
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
369
115
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
363
116
Hitesh Modi
KEN
362
117
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
357
118
Rikki Clarke
ENG
355
118
Akram Khan
BAN
355
119
Vikram Solanki
ENG
349
120
Dinesh Mongia
IND
344
121
Simon Katich
AUS
336
122
Andrew Hall
SA
335
123
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
334
124
Tapash Baisya
BAN
333
125
Upul Chandana
SL
328
125
Travis Friend
ZIM
328
126
Martin Love
AUS
321
127
Asim Kamal
PAK
317
128
Brett Lee
AUS
314
129
Russel Arnold
SL
312
130
Jimmy Maher
AUS
309
131
Saeed Anwar
PAK
303
132
Mohammad Sami
PAK
302
132
Hamish Marshall
NZ
302
133
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
301
134
Carlton Baugh
WI
294
135
Saleem Elahi
PAK
292
136
Mervyn Dillon
WI
291
137
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
281
137
Jason Gillespie
AUS
281
138
Paul Adams
SA
276
139
Makhaya Ntini
SA
270
140
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
269
140
Ricardo Powell
WI
269
141
Ishwar Maraj
CAN
264
142
Ian Billcliff
CAN
253
143
Avishka Gunawardene
SL
249
144
Vusi Sibanda
ZIM
248
145
Daan van Bunge
NED
245
146
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
243
146
Anil Kumble
IND
243
147
Chris Nevin
NZ
236
148
Paul Wiseman
NZ
225
149
Danie Keulder
NAM
220
150
Robin Peterson
SA
217
151
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
206
152
Tushar Imran
BAN
205
153
Matt Horne
NZ
204
153
Joe Harris
CAN
204
154
James Anderson
ENG
201
154
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
201
155
Jan-Berrie Burger
NAM
198
156
Steve Harmison
ENG
195
157
Zaheer Khan
IND
193
158
John Davison
CAN
190
159
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
189
160
Ian Harvey
AUS
188
160
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
188
161
Ajit Agarkar
IND
185
161
Gautam Gambhir
IND
185
162
Tim de Leede
NED
181
163
Collins Obuya
KEN
174
163
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
174
163
Corey Collymore
WI
174
164
Prabath Nissanka
SL
172
164
Andy Caddick
ENG
172
164
Ed Smith
ENG
172
164
Al Sahariar
BAN
172
164
Brijal Patel
KEN
172
165
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
167
166
Monde Zondeki
SA
161
167
Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk
NED
160
168
John Crawley
ENG
157
169
Mohammad Salim
BAN
152
170
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
146
171
Gavin Murgatroyd
NAM
145
172
David Obuya
KEN
142
173
Luuk van Troost
NED
139
173
Rob Key
ENG
139
174
Jeroen Smits
NED
138
175
Deon Kotze
NAM
135
176
Harbhajan Singh
IND
134
177
Fidel Edwards
WI
132
178
Adam Sanford
WI
131
179
Dinusha Fernando
SL
129
179
James Kirtley
ENG
129
180
Nicholas de Groot
CAN
127
181
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
125
182
Carl Hooper
WI
124
182
Ronnie Irani
ENG
124
183
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
121
183
Richard Johnson
ENG
121
184
Darren Gough
ENG
118
184
Peter Ongondo
KEN
118
185
Craig Cumming
NZ
115
185
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
115
186
Andre Adams
NZ
113
187
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
112
188
Ashish Bagai
CAN
111
188
Desmond Chumney
CAN
111
188
Edgar Schiferli
NED
111
188
Melt van Schoor
NAM
111
189
Umar Gul
PAK
109
190
Imran Nazir
PAK
107
191
Manzarul Islam
BAN
106
192
Ian Blackwell
ENG
100
193
Kyle Mills
NZ
99
194
Stefan Swanepoel
NAM
94
194
Bas Zuiderent
NED
94
194
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
94
195
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
93
196
Roland Lefebvre
NED
85
197
Craig White
ENG
81
197
Hemang Badani
IND
81
198
Craig Evans
ZIM
80
199
Alan Dawson
SA
78
200
Lance Klusener
SA
77
201
Javagal Srinath
IND
76
201
Jim Troughton
ENG
76
202
Shane Watson
AUS
75
203
Ehsanul Haque
BAN
72
203
Martin Suji
KEN
72
204
Guy Whittall
ZIM
71
205
Owais Shah
ENG
70
206
Wasim Akram
PAK
69
206
Farhan Adil
PAK
69
207
Nicky Boje
SA
68
208
Austin Codrington
CAN
65
208
Shane Bond
NZ
65
208
Morne Karg
NAM
65
209
Jehan Mubarak
SL
64
210
Louis Burger
NAM
62
211
Fazil Sattaur
CAN
60
211
Richard Sims
ZIM
60
212
Manjurul Islam
BAN
57
213
Tino Best
WI
56
213
Jerome Taylor
WI
56
213
Reinout Scholte
NED
56
214
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
55
215
Brad Williams
AUS
54
216
Ashish Nehra
IND
52
216
Jermaine Lawson
WI
52
217
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
51
218
Pedro Collins
WI
49
219
Salman Butt
PAK
48
220
Kamran Akmal
PAK
47
220
Thilan Thushara
SL
47
220
Waqar Younis
PAK
47
221
Tama Canning
NZ
46
222
Nick Statham
NED
44
222
Richard Dawson
ENG
44
223
Sanjay Bangar
IND
43
223
Nicholas Ifill
CAN
43
224
Barney Rogers
ZIM
41
225
Danish Kaneria
PAK
40
226
Nafees Iqbal
BAN
39
226
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
39
227
Faisal Athar
PAK
38
227
Burton van Rooi
NAM
38
227
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
38
227
Glenn McGrath
AUS
38
227
Charitha Buddhika
SL
38
227
David Bernard
WI
38
228
Dilhara Fernando
SL
37
228
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
37
229
Martin Bicknell
ENG
36
230
Dewald Pretorius
SA
34
231
Stuart MacGill
AUS
30
231
Tony Suji
KEN
30
232
Ashish Patel
CAN
29
233
Nathan Bracken
AUS
28
233
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
28
233
Kabir Ali
ENG
28
233
Jamaluddin Ahmed
BAN
28
234
Enamul Haque
BAN
27
234
Ian Butler
NZ
27
235
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
26
236
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
25
236
Andre Nel
SA
25
237
Davis Joseph
CAN
24
238
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
23
239
Abhijit Kale
IND
22
240
Shahid Afridi
GER
21
241
Morne van Wyk
SA
20
241
Sarel Burger
NAM
20
241
Abdool Samad
CAN
20
241
Sarandeep Singh
IND
20
241
Moniruzzaman
BAN
20
242
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
19
242
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
19
243
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
18
244
Naved Latif
PAK
16
245
Adeel Raja
NED
15
245
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
15
246
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
14
247
Irfan Pathan
IND
13
247
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
13
247
Murali Kartik
IND
13
247
Michael Mason
NZ
13
247
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
13
247
Barry Seebaran
CAN
13
248
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
12
248
Henry Olonga
ZIM
12
248
Martin Saggers
ENG
12
249
Brian Murphy
ZIM
11
249
Gary Brent
ZIM
11
249
Ravi Rampaul
WI
11
250
Charles Coventry
ZIM
10
250
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
10
250
Tareq Aziz
BAN
10
250
Dharshana Gamage
SL
10
251
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
9
251
Andrew Strauss
ENG
9
251
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
9
251
Prasanna Jayawardene
SL
9
252
Talha Jubair
BAN
8
253
Nixon McLean
WI
7
253
Junaid Zia
PAK
7
254
Matthew Walker
NZ
6
254
Jonty Rhodes
SA
6
254
Chamila Gamage
SL
6
255
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
5
255
Alester Maregwede
ZIM
5
255
Yasir Chowdhury
BAN
5
255
Riaan Walters
NAM
5
255
Joseph Angara
KEN
5
256
Aasif Karim
KEN
2
256
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
2
256
Alfred Luseno
KEN
2
256
Charl Willoughby
SA
2
257
Shane Warne
AUS
1
258
Allan Donald
SA
0
258
Ryan Hurley
WI
0
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