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County Championship Division One 2026 most balls faced

Updated 24 Sep 2026, after Hampshire vs Sussex

Joe Clarke leads Division One 2026 with 2,214 balls faced (Nottinghamshire) · Sam Hain (2,197) and Tom Abell (2,179) next

Balls faced Runs Average Sixes Strike rate Fifties Hundreds Wickets Economy Bowling avg Catches Stumpings

Batting Bowling Fielding Balls faced Runs Sixes Fours Fifties Hundreds Average Strike rate Ducks Boundary % Not outs Innings Dismissals

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#	Player · last 3 matchesPlayer	Team	Last 3 matches · newest first	Balls Faced	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	4s	6s	100s
1	Joe Clarke NOT 840142	NOT	840142	2,214	14	23	14	23	1,288	56.00	58.18	151	2	6
2	Sam Hain WAR 142110*76	WAR	142110*76	2,197	13	20	13	20	1,048	74.86	47.70	114	5	3
3	Tom Abell SOM 307659	SOM	307659	2,179	12	19	12	19	1,287	71.50	59.06	133	18	6
4	Dominic Sibley SUR 722714	SUR	722714	2,035	14	25	14	25	868	37.74	42.65	95	5	3
5	Asa Tribe GLA 18418636	GLA	18418636	1,907	14	26	14	26	940	37.60	49.29	121	0	2
6	Nick Gubbins HAM 6813740	HAM	6813740	1,852	14	28	14	28	886	31.64	47.84	130	1	1
7	Jake Lehmann HAM 2313545	HAM	2313545	1,780	12	24	12	24	965	48.25	54.21	122	2	5
8	Kiran Carlson GLA 1075711	GLA	1075711	1,767	14	26	14	26	942	37.68	53.31	122	5	4
9	Dean Elgar ESS 1104138	ESS	1104138	1,756	14	26	14	26	817	32.68	46.53	117	2	3
10	Jack Haynes NOT 755554	NOT	755554	1,561	14	23	14	23	975	46.43	62.46	121	4	4
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11	Charlie Allison	ESS		1,545	14	26	14	26	848	35.33	54.89	108	10	2
12	Tom Lammonby	SOM		1,494	12	20	12	20	876	46.11	58.63	105	3	2
13	Matthew Critchley	ESS		1,476	14	25	14	25	901	42.90	61.04	112	8	5
14	Robert Yates	WAR		1,472	14	22	14	22	740	37.00	50.27	108	2	2
15	Adam Lyth	YOR		1,405	14	24	14	24	609	25.38	43.35	84	0	2
16	Haseeb Hameed	NOT		1,400	14	25	14	25	691	30.04	49.36	87	2	2
17	Joshua Thomas	SOM		1,398	14	25	14	25	843	35.13	60.30	148	3	3
18	James Rew	SOM		1,380	13	21	13	21	803	40.15	58.19	98	7	2
19	George Hill	YOR		1,371	14	24	14	24	748	34.00	54.56	89	9	1
20	Ben Slater	NOT		1,367	13	23	13	23	713	32.41	52.16	96	4	1
21	Ben Brown	HAM		1,279	14	27	14	27	740	33.64	57.86	89	8	2
22	Paul Walter	ESS		1,270	14	26	14	26	626	24.08	49.29	83	2	2
23	Rory Burns	SUR		1,259	14	25	14	25	592	23.68	47.02	84	4	1
24	Ben Kellaway	GLA		1,256	13	21	13	21	642	33.79	51.11	88	2	1
25	Ben Cox	LEI		1,253	12	20	12	20	728	42.82	58.10	90	2	2
26	Daniel Hughes	SUS		1,252	11	20	11	20	746	37.30	59.58	113	2	3
27	James Wharton	YOR		1,249	12	22	12	22	509	23.14	40.75	58	0	0
28	Daniel Lawrence	SUR		1,221	10	16	10	16	982	65.47	80.43	114	21	5
29	Ollie Pope	SUR		1,210	13	23	13	23	785	39.25	64.88	107	7	2
30	Ben Foakes	SUR		1,198	9	16	9	16	636	53.00	53.09	82	3	2
31	Colin Ingram	GLA		1,195	13	23	13	23	670	31.90	56.07	90	6	3
32	Mason Crane	GLA		1,193	14	23	14	23	595	33.06	49.87	67	3	2
33	Rishi Patel	LEI		1,193	14	23	14	23	747	33.95	62.62	114	4	2
34	Thomas Haines	SUS		1,191	13	25	13	25	727	31.61	61.04	113	1	2
35	John Simpson	SUS		1,165	14	23	14	23	581	29.05	49.87	68	6	2
36	Matthew Revis	YOR		1,151	14	24	14	24	519	21.63	45.09	71	1	0
37	Craig Overton	SOM		1,146	13	22	13	22	734	38.63	64.05	97	11	3
38	Dominic Bess	YOR		1,110	14	24	14	24	602	31.68	54.23	76	4	0
39	Charlie Tear	SUS		1,107	9	16	9	16	456	28.50	41.19	46	2	1
40	James Coles	SUS		1,098	13	24	13	24	694	33.05	63.21	80	13	2
41	Ed Barnard	WAR		1,094	14	19	14	19	679	37.72	62.07	79	10	2
42	Toby Albert	HAM		1,065	12	24	12	24	448	18.67	42.07	59	3	0
43	Tom Westley	ESS		1,064	12	21	12	21	519	25.95	48.78	79	2	1
44	Tom Clark	SUS		1,064	11	22	11	22	655	31.19	61.56	93	10	2
45	Dan Mousley	WAR		1,047	14	22	14	22	664	31.62	63.42	108	1	1
46	Jack Leaning	SUS		1,030	11	20	11	20	505	28.06	49.03	59	7	1
47	Stephen Eskinazi	LEI		1,025	9	15	9	15	415	27.67	40.49	45	3	2
48	Zain Ul Hassan	GLA		1,015	10	17	10	17	381	22.41	37.54	48	1	1
49	Chris Cooke	GLA		1,005	14	22	14	22	427	20.33	42.49	43	4	1
50	Jack Carson	SUS		978	14	22	14	22	582	27.71	59.51	71	11	1
51	Simon Harmer	ESS		954	12	18	12	18	480	32.00	50.31	61	4	0
52	Sean Dickson	GLA		950	12	21	12	21	491	25.84	51.68	64	2	0
53	Archie Vaughan	SOM		902	13	21	13	21	448	23.58	49.67	56	5	0
54	Tom Prest	HAM		888	11	21	11	21	447	21.29	50.34	56	1	0
55	Timm van der Gugten	GLA		845	14	22	14	22	371	19.53	43.91	47	2	0
56	Adam Thomas	SUR		817	10	16	10	16	435	29.00	53.24	52	3	1
57	Sam Whiteman	YOR		810	11	19	11	19	401	21.11	49.51	51	1	1
58	Jonny Bairstow	YOR		787	13	20	13	20	534	28.11	67.85	69	9	2
59	Sheridon Gumbs	LEI		787	8	13	8	13	289	24.08	36.72	40	1	1
60	Ian Holland	LEI		783	11	17	11	17	304	19.00	38.83	32	0	0
61	William Luxton	YOR		765	10	17	10	17	480	28.24	62.75	64	5	1
62	Jamie Smith	SUR		764	6	9	6	9	450	50.00	58.90	59	4	2
63	Liam Patterson-White	NOT		760	14	21	14	21	474	24.95	62.37	58	6	1
64	Ben Mayes	HAM		760	9	18	9	18	385	22.65	50.66	46	4	0
65	Ryan Patel	SUR		743	7	12	7	12	393	32.75	52.89	57	1	1
66	Jonathan Tattersall	LEI		739	8	11	8	11	327	29.73	44.25	29	0	1
67	Tom Price	SUS		738	7	12	7	12	416	46.22	56.37	57	1	2
68	Kyle Verreynne	NOT		736	10	15	10	15	368	28.31	50.00	40	0	1
69	Ben Duckett	NOT		715	4	7	4	7	503	83.83	70.35	67	2	2
70	Tom Scriven	LEI		704	10	15	10	15	373	28.69	52.98	51	0	0
71	Thomas Rew	SOM		695	4	6	4	6	409	81.80	58.85	45	7	2
72	Nick Kelly	LEI		691	8	11	8	11	405	36.82	58.61	60	5	1
73	Beau Webster	WAR		680	8	12	8	12	403	33.58	59.26	53	4	1
74	Freddie McCann	NOT		671	9	15	9	15	261	20.08	38.90	35	0	0
75	Felix Organ	HAM		665	8	15	8	15	293	20.93	44.06	33	1	0
76	Tom Lawes	SUR		644	9	13	9	13	403	33.58	62.58	63	3	0
77	Henry Nicholls	SOM		642	6	10	6	10	364	45.50	56.70	41	4	2
78	Lewis Hill	LEI		635	6	9	6	9	294	32.67	46.30	36	0	1
79	Jake Weatherald	LEI		598	6	9	6	9	483	60.38	80.77	67	3	2
80	Rehan Ahmed	LEI		570	9	13	9	13	375	28.85	65.79	56	1	1
81	Lewis Goldsworthy	SOM		569	6	10	6	10	245	27.22	43.06	29	1	1
82	Ben Green	LEI		558	10	16	10	16	213	14.20	38.17	22	1	0
83	Josh Hull	LEI		507	9	12	9	12	149	37.25	29.39	20	2	0
84	Zen Malik	WAR		502	8	14	8	14	234	18.00	46.61	27	5	0
85	Fergus O'Neil	NOT		494	5	7	5	7	285	57.00	57.69	38	3	0
86	Lyndon James	NOT		483	10	12	10	12	250	25.00	51.76	32	4	0
87	Ollie Edward Robinson	SUS		483	6	9	6	9	313	62.60	64.80	41	2	1
88	Alex Davies	WAR		481	10	16	10	16	226	14.13	46.99	33	3	0
89	Finlay Joseph Bean	YOR		478	5	9	5	9	227	25.22	47.49	31	1	1
90	Josh Blake	SUR		478	4	8	4	8	149	21.29	31.17	19	0	0
91	Kai Smith	WAR		467	6	7	6	7	245	40.83	52.46	32	3	0
92	Ali Orr	HAM		466	5	10	5	10	215	23.89	46.14	25	1	0
93	Scott Currie	HAM		446	6	11	6	11	139	15.44	31.17	13	0	0
94	Delano Potgieter	HAM		444	3	5	3	5	173	43.25	38.96	17	2	0
95	Shane Snater	ESS		434	13	19	13	19	249	15.56	57.37	26	11	0
96	Lewis Gregory	SOM		432	11	16	11	16	293	20.93	67.82	40	5	0
97	Hamza Shaikh	LEI		416	4	7	4	7	168	24.00	40.38	17	1	0
98	Kyle Abbott	HAM		408	14	24	14	24	216	11.37	52.94	32	1	0
99	Fynn Hudson-Prentice	SUS		404	7	11	7	11	227	25.22	56.19	27	1	0
100	Jordan Hermann	SOM		404	3	5	3	5	222	44.40	54.95	31	1	1

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County Championship Division One 2026 Most Balls Faced

Joe Clarke topped Division One 2026 with 2,214 balls faced for Nottinghamshire, ahead of Sam Hain (2,197) and Tom Abell (2,179). The County Championship Division One 2026 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 207 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the County Championship Division One 2026 season.

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Who had the most balls faced in County Championship Division One 2026?

Joe Clarke led County Championship Division One 2026 with 2214 balls faced from 14 matches, averaging 56 at a strike rate of 58.18. Sam Hain was second on 2197 and Tom Abell third on 2179. The table ranks every player in County Championship Division One 2026 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in County Championship Division One 2026?

The top three batters in County Championship Division One 2026 were Joe Clarke (2214 in 14 matches), Sam Hain (2197 in 13 matches) and Tom Abell (2179 in 12 matches). Joe Clarke was 17 balls faced clear of Sam Hain. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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