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.

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