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Most Balls Faced in 2008: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most balls faced during the 2008 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2008
424 entries
1
3476
Gautam Gambhir
IND
378 clear of Graeme Smith
2
3098
Graeme Smith
SA
378 off the lead
3
3070
Michael Clarke
AUS
406 off the lead
● LEADS
Gautam Gambhir
IND
3476 · 378 ahead of Smith
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Gambhir is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2450
The mark at number ten — 414 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Balls Faced — full list
424 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Gautam Gambhir
IND
3476
2
Graeme Smith
SA
3098
3
Michael Clarke
AUS
3070
4
Michael Hussey
AUS
2927
5
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
2924
6
AB de Villiers
SA
2588
7
MS Dhoni
IND
2566
8
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
2539
9
Hashim Amla
SA
2508
10
Virender Sehwag
IND
2450
11
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2407
12
Neil McKenzie
SA
2391
13
Ricky Ponting
AUS
2360
14
Andrew Strauss
ENG
2232
15
Ian Bell
ENG
2190
16
VVS Laxman
IND
2136
17
Jacques Kallis
SA
2133
18
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
2110
19
Rahul Dravid
IND
2085
20
Simon Katich
AUS
2064
21
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
2039
22
Ross Taylor
NZ
1992
23
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
1944
24
Alastair Cook
ENG
1923
25
Paul Collingwood
ENG
1888
26
Jamie How
NZ
1840
27
Brendon McCullum
NZ
1823
28
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
1811
29
Ashwell Prince
SA
1806
30
Chris Gayle
WI
1642
31
Andrew Symonds
AUS
1576
32
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
1537
33
Brad Haddin
AUS
1492
34
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
1461
35
Sourav Ganguly
IND
1429
36
Daniel Vettori
NZ
1396
37
Daniel Flynn
NZ
1393
38
Mark Boucher
SA
1375
39
Matthew Hayden
AUS
1310
40
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1306
41
Junaid Siddique
BAN
1262
42
Jesse Ryder
NZ
1202
43
Mushfiqur Rahim
BAN
1172
44
Salman Butt
PAK
1163
45
Jacob Oram
NZ
1126
46
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
1098
47
Dwayne Bravo
WI
1095
48
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
1027
49
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1017
50
Younis Khan
PAK
965
51
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
904
52
Tim Ambrose
ENG
902
53
Malinda Warnapura
SL
894
54
Brett Lee
AUS
884
55
Michael Vaughan
ENG
883
56
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
853
57
Stuart Broad
ENG
849
58
Shoaib Malik
PAK
821
59
Shahriar Nafees
BAN
812
60
Xavier Marshall
WI
808
61
Harbhajan Singh
IND
800
62
Aaron Redmond
NZ
785
63
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
782
64
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
768
65
Phil Jaques
AUS
763
66
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
759
67
Rohit Sharma
IND
741
68
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
726
69
Suresh Raina
IND
717
70
Shane Watson
AUS
706
71
Owais Shah
ENG
701
72
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
700
73
Stephen Fleming
NZ
697
74
Denesh Ramdin
WI
692
75
Chaminda Vaas
SL
679
76
Marlon Samuels
WI
674
77
Kyle Mills
NZ
654
77
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
654
78
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
645
79
Anil Kumble
IND
621
80
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
597
81
Chamara Silva
SL
575
82
Jerome Taylor
WI
569
83
Irfan Pathan
IND
567
84
Abdur Razzak
BAN
527
85
Michael Vandort
SL
526
86
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
525
87
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
523
88
Brendan Nash
WI
511
89
Matthew Bell
NZ
510
90
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
508
91
Tim McIntosh
NZ
491
92
Runako Morton
WI
488
93
Devon Smith
WI
475
94
Mahmudullah
BAN
466
95
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
463
96
Shaun Marsh
AUS
459
97
Mahela Udawatte
SL
438
98
Ishant Sharma
IND
433
99
James Anderson
ENG
428
100
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
427
101
Paul Harris
SA
425
102
Scott Styris
NZ
423
103
Ravi Bopara
ENG
419
104
Cameron White
AUS
418
105
Zaheer Khan
IND
417
106
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
405
107
Gary Wilson
IRE
403
108
Prasanna Jayawardene
SL
400
109
Dale Steyn
SA
391
110
Gavin Hamilton
ENG
389
111
Wasim Jaffer
IND
387
112
Matt Prior
ENG
385
113
Andre Botha
IRE
374
114
Niall O'Brien
IRE
373
115
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
372
116
William Porterfield
IRE
371
117
Eric Szwarczynski
NED
364
118
Kamran Akmal
PAK
356
119
Steven Outerbridge
BER
347
120
Ashish Bagai
CAN
335
121
Andrew White
IRE
334
122
Nasir Jamshed
PAK
331
123
Darren Sammy
WI
330
124
Thilan Thushara
SL
318
125
Brenton Parchment
WI
317
125
Abdool Samad
CAN
317
126
Ryan Watson
SCO
315
127
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
314
128
James Marshall
NZ
311
128
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
311
129
James Hopes
AUS
310
130
Alex Obanda
KEN
309
131
Naeem Islam
BAN
308
132
Tom de Grooth
NED
307
132
Frederik Andreas Klokker
DEN
307
133
Sean Williams
ZIM
306
133
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
306
134
Colin Smith
SCO
297
135
Steve Tikolo
KEN
287
136
Jehan Mubarak
SL
284
137
Morne Morkel
SA
280
138
Upul Tharanga
SL
278
138
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
278
138
Brad Hogg
AUS
278
138
Robin Uthappa
IND
278
139
Daren Powell
WI
275
140
Qasim Sheikh
SCO
271
141
Fidel Edwards
WI
267
142
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
265
142
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
265
143
Grant Elliott
NZ
262
144
Morris Ouma
KEN
259
145
Vusi Sibanda
ZIM
255
146
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
244
146
Reinhardt Strydom
IRE
244
147
Alex Cusack
IRE
242
147
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
242
148
Virat Kohli
IND
239
149
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
236
149
Shahid Afridi
GER
236
150
Ramesh David
CAN
235
151
Seren Waters
KEN
234
151
Imrul Kayes
BAN
234
152
Peter Fulton
NZ
233
152
Alok Kapali
BAN
233
152
Luke Wright
ENG
233
153
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
230
153
Jekon Edness
BER
230
154
Khurram Manzoor
PAK
226
155
Chris Douglas
BER
218
156
Darron Reekers
NED
215
157
Irving Romaine
BER
211
158
Dhiman Ghosh
BAN
203
158
Daren Ganga
WI
203
159
Brendan Taylor
ZIM
202
160
Johan Botha
SA
199
161
Farhad Reza
BAN
198
162
Shawn Findlay
WI
197
163
Phil Mustard
ENG
196
164
Chris Foggo
BER
191
165
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
188
166
Daan van Bunge
NED
186
167
Brad Hodge
AUS
185
168
Patrick Browne
WI
179
169
Nazimuddin
BAN
178
170
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
175
171
Monty Panesar
ENG
171
172
Gareth Hopkins
NZ
170
172
Jeetan Patel
NZ
170
173
Tim Southee
NZ
168
173
Fawad Alam
PAK
168
174
Rodney Trott
BER
167
175
Makhaya Ntini
SA
166
176
Sulieman Benn
WI
159
176
Iain O'Brien
NZ
159
177
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
156
178
Rajin Saleh
BAN
155
179
Oronde Bascome
BER
151
180
Graeme Swann
ENG
150
180
Richie Berrington
SCO
150
181
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
149
182
Paul Stirling
IRE
147
183
Jason Krejza
AUS
146
184
Craig Cumming
NZ
144
185
Stuart Clark
AUS
143
186
Karun Jethi
CAN
138
187
RP Singh
IND
137
187
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
137
188
Murali Vijay
IND
134
189
Peter Siddle
AUS
131
190
Habibul Bashar
BAN
130
191
David Obuya
KEN
128
192
Kyle McCallan
IRE
125
192
Ryan Hinds
WI
125
193
Samit Patel
ENG
124
194
David Hussey
AUS
123
195
Navdeep Poonia
SCO
122
196
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
120
197
Thilina Kandamby
SL
117
197
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
117
198
Trent Johnston
IRE
115
198
Kyle Coetzer
SCO
115
198
Andre Fletcher
WI
115
198
Justin Ontong
SA
115
198
Chris Martin
NZ
115
199
Leon Johnson
WI
114
200
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
113
201
Albie Morkel
SA
111
202
Dhammika Prasad
SL
108
203
Steve Harmison
ENG
106
203
Neil McCallum
SCO
106
203
Andrew Poynter
IRE
106
204
Peter Borren
NED
105
205
Geoff Barnett
CAN
102
206
Bazid Khan
PAK
100
207
Ashif Mulla
CAN
98
208
Mark Gillespie
NZ
97
208
Amjad Ali
UAE
97
209
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
95
210
Ehtsham Ul Haq
NOR
93
211
Jeroen Smits
NED
92
212
Arshad Ali
UAE
89
212
Yusuf Pathan
IND
89
212
Sreesanth
IND
89
213
Ray Price
ZIM
88
213
Ajantha Mendis
SL
88
213
Khurram Khan
UAE
88
213
Tabarak Dar
HK
88
214
S Badrinath
IND
87
215
Timycen Maruma
ZIM
79
215
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
79
216
John Blain
SCO
78
216
Zeeshan Ali
HK
78
217
Eoin Morgan
ENG
77
218
Jamie Atkinson
HK
76
219
Shoaib Khan
OMN
74
220
Ryan Haire
IRE
72
220
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
72
221
Shaun Pollock
SA
70
222
Dwayne Leverock
BER
69
222
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
69
223
James Celestine
BER
68
224
Eion Katchay
CAN
66
224
Mohammad Iqbal
CAN
66
225
Peter Connell
IRE
65
225
Andre Nel
SA
65
225
Lasith Malinga
SL
65
226
Dinesh Karthik
IND
63
227
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
61
228
Luke Ronchi
NZ
59
228
Carlton Baugh
WI
59
229
Amit Mishra
IND
58
230
Gregor Maiden
SCO
57
231
Edgar Schiferli
NED
56
231
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
56
231
James Franklin
NZ
56
232
Pragyan Ojha
IND
55
232
Geert-Maarten Mol
NED
55
232
Muhammad Butt
BHR
55
233
Kieron Pollard
WI
54
233
Zain Abbas
HK
54
233
Alviro Petersen
SA
54
234
Oliver Pitcher
BER
53
234
Saqib Ali
UAE
53
235
Balaji Rao
CAN
52
235
Ian Billcliff
CAN
52
236
Ragheb Aga
KEN
51
237
Regis Chakabva
ZIM
50
237
Gary Brent
ZIM
50
237
Praveen Kumar
IND
50
237
Darren Pattinson
ENG
50
238
Indika Batuwitarachchi
UAE
48
239
Khalid Latif
PAK
46
239
Zubin Surkari
CAN
46
239
Sarfraz Ahmed
PAK
46
240
Farveez Maharoof
SL
45
240
Stefan Kelly
BER
45
240
Nathan Bracken
AUS
45
240
Cephas Zhuwao
ZIM
45
241
Irfan Ahmed
HK
44
241
Beau Casson
AUS
44
241
Parthiv Patel
IND
44
241
Ryan Steede
BER
44
241
Qaiser Ali
CAN
44
242
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
43
242
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
43
242
Bas Zuiderent
NED
43
243
Tony Suji
KEN
41
243
Najeeb Amar
HK
41
243
Zeeshan Siddiqui
OMN
41
244
Lesley Stokkers
NED
40
244
Rawl Lewis
WI
40
244
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
40
245
Vernon Philander
SA
39
245
Angelo Mathews
SL
39
246
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
38
246
Jeevantha Kulatunga
SL
38
246
Fraser Watts
SCO
38
247
Pieter Seelaar
NED
37
247
George O'Brien
BER
37
248
John Davison
CAN
36
248
Dilruwan Perera
SL
36
248
Rakep Patel
KEN
36
248
Mohammad Tauqir
UAE
36
249
Umar Bhatti
CAN
35
250
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
34
251
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
33
251
Umar Gul
PAK
33
252
David Hemp
BER
32
252
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
32
252
Peter Ongondo
KEN
32
253
Thinus Fourie
IRE
31
253
Gordon Goudie
SCO
31
253
Sami Faridi
CAN
31
253
Nikita Miller
WI
31
254
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
30
254
Delyone Borden
BER
30
254
Roy Lamsam
HK
30
255
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
29
256
Lionel Cann
BER
28
256
Hussain Butt
HK
28
257
Chris Rogers
AUS
27
257
Munaf Patel
IND
27
257
Syed Rasel
BAN
27
258
Dennico Hollis
BER
26
258
Gordon Drummond
SCO
26
259
Gary Kidd
IRE
25
260
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
24
260
Maurits Jonkman
NED
24
261
Skhawat Ali
HK
23
262
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
22
262
Craig Wright
SCO
22
263
Kamran Hussain
PAK
21
263
Greg Thompson
IRE
21
263
Piyush Chawla
IND
21
264
Sandeep Jyoti
CAN
20
264
Courtney Kruger
HK
20
264
Zahid Shah
UAE
20
265
Shaun Tait
AUS
19
265
Sajedul Islam
BAN
19
266
Trevin Bastiampillai
CAN
18
266
Loots Bosman
SA
18
267
Vikrant Shetty
UAE
17
267
Rizwan Tariq Mahmood
DEN
17
268
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
16
268
Munir Dar
HK
16
268
Manoj Tiwary
IND
16
269
Chris Tremlett
ENG
15
269
Henry Osinde
CAN
15
269
Dilhara Fernando
SL
15
269
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
15
270
Wahab Riaz
PAK
14
270
Dolar Mahmud
BAN
14
270
Lionel Baker
WI
14
271
Ravi Rampaul
WI
13
271
Stuart MacGill
AUS
13
271
Shadeep Silva
UAE
13
271
Nizel Fernandes
UAE
13
272
Dewald Nel
SCO
12
272
Adeel Raja
NED
12
273
Calum MacLeod
SCO
11
273
William Perkins
WI
11
273
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
NOR
11
273
Ruvindu Gunasekera
CAN
11
273
Rangana Herath
SL
11
274
Amjad Javed
UAE
10
274
Mansoor Amjad
PAK
10
274
Afzaal Haider
HK
10
275
Elijah Otieno
KEN
9
275
Majid Haq
SCO
9
275
Dilhara Lokuhettige
SL
9
275
Abzal Dean
CAN
9
275
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
9
276
Amit Jaggernauth
WI
8
276
Johann Louw
SA
8
276
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
8
277
Steven Welsh
CAN
7
277
Robin Peterson
SA
7
277
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
7
278
Collins Obuya
KEN
6
278
Fahad Alhashmi
UAE
6
278
Glenn Rogers
SCO
6
279
Regan West
IRE
5
279
Lameck Onyango
KEN
5
279
Boyd Rankin
ENG
5
279
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
5
279
Tamauri Tucker
BER
5
280
Naumanullah
PAK
4
281
Alawi Shukri
UAE
3
281
Phil Eaglestone
IRE
3
281
Kyle Hodsoll
BER
3
281
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3
281
Rory Kleinveldt
SA
3
282
Monde Zondeki
SA
2
282
Michael Mason
NZ
2
282
Aman Ali
UAE
2
283
Mohammad Qazi
CAN
1
283
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
1
283
Ross Lyons
SCO
1
283
Ewen Thompson
NZ
1
284
Brett Geeves
AUS
0
284
Charl Langeveldt
SA
0
284
Yasir Arafat
PAK
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