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County Championship 2026 most balls faced

Updated 24 Sep 2026, after Kent vs Gloucestershire

Joe Clarke leads County Championship 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	Ricardo Vasconcelos NOR 9519035	NOR	9519035	2,049	14	24	14	24	1,159	48.29	56.56	149	8	6
5	Dominic Sibley SUR 722714	SUR	722714	2,035	14	25	14	25	868	37.74	42.65	95	5	3
6	Asa Tribe GLA 18418636	GLA	18418636	1,907	14	26	14	26	940	37.60	49.29	121	0	2
7	Miles Hammond GLO 56019	GLO	56019	1,858	14	27	14	27	886	34.08	47.69	101	8	3
8	Nick Gubbins HAM 6813740	HAM	6813740	1,852	14	28	14	28	886	31.64	47.84	130	1	1
9	Brett D'Oliveira WOR 228266	WOR	228266	1,790	14	24	14	24	838	38.09	46.82	93	8	1
10	Jake Lehmann HAM 2313545	HAM	2313545	1,780	12	24	12	24	965	48.25	54.21	122	2	5
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11	Kiran Carlson	GLA		1,767	14	26	14	26	942	37.68	53.31	122	5	4
12	James Bracey	GLO		1,766	14	27	14	27	1,096	43.84	62.06	132	7	4
13	Max Holden	MID		1,757	13	25	13	25	879	36.63	50.03	112	3	2
14	Dean Elgar	ESS		1,756	14	26	14	26	817	32.68	46.53	117	2	3
15	Luke Procter	NOR		1,698	14	23	14	23	758	34.45	44.64	91	2	2
16	Sam Northeast	KEN		1,694	14	27	14	27	890	37.08	52.54	109	1	3
17	Oliver Joseph Price	GLO		1,591	12	23	12	23	579	26.32	36.39	80	0	1
18	Jack Haynes	NOT		1,561	14	23	14	23	975	46.43	62.46	121	4	4
19	Charlie Allison	ESS		1,545	14	26	14	26	848	35.33	54.89	108	10	2
20	Daniel Bell-Drummond	KEN		1,517	14	26	14	26	813	35.35	53.59	115	3	1
21	Tom Lammonby	SOM		1,494	12	20	12	20	876	46.11	58.63	105	3	2
22	Matthew Critchley	ESS		1,476	14	25	14	25	901	42.90	61.04	112	8	5
23	Robert Yates	WAR		1,472	14	22	14	22	740	37.00	50.27	108	2	2
24	Keaton Jennings	LAN		1,462	12	22	12	22	631	31.55	43.16	76	2	1
25	James Sales	NOR		1,457	14	21	14	21	786	46.24	53.95	98	5	2
26	Ben McKinney	DUR		1,454	14	21	14	21	1,044	52.20	71.80	144	16	4
27	Adam Lyth	YOR		1,405	14	24	14	24	609	25.38	43.35	84	0	2
28	Haseeb Hameed	NOT		1,400	14	25	14	25	691	30.04	49.36	87	2	2
29	Joshua Thomas	SOM		1,398	14	25	14	25	843	35.13	60.30	148	3	3
30	Sam Robson	MID		1,390	14	25	14	25	687	27.48	49.42	88	0	1
31	Nathan McSweeney	NOR		1,381	11	18	11	18	754	44.35	54.60	80	3	4
32	James Rew	SOM		1,380	13	21	13	21	803	40.15	58.19	98	7	2
33	Daniel Lategan	WOR		1,376	14	26	14	26	800	32.00	58.14	116	6	3
34	George Hill	YOR		1,371	14	24	14	24	748	34.00	54.56	89	9	1
35	Ben Slater	NOT		1,367	13	23	13	23	713	32.41	52.16	96	4	1
36	Chris Benjamin	KEN		1,359	14	23	14	23	874	43.70	64.31	99	7	3
37	David Bedingham	DUR		1,355	11	16	11	16	1,029	73.50	75.94	127	14	5
38	Cameron Bancroft	GLO		1,345	11	22	11	22	615	29.29	45.72	70	2	1
39	Harry Came	DER		1,341	14	26	14	26	613	24.52	45.71	76	1	2
40	Adam Hose	WOR		1,337	13	23	13	23	638	29.00	47.72	84	2	1
41	Matthew Montgomery	DER		1,324	14	26	14	26	625	26.04	47.21	86	1	1
42	Luis Reece	DER		1,306	11	20	11	20	701	36.89	53.68	70	10	2
43	Martin Andersson	DER		1,300	14	24	14	24	877	39.86	67.46	99	4	3
44	Marcus Harris	LAN		1,295	12	22	12	22	676	32.19	52.20	83	3	2
45	Ben Brown	HAM		1,279	14	27	14	27	740	33.64	57.86	89	8	2
46	Leus du Plooy	MID		1,276	10	19	10	19	831	48.88	65.13	91	2	4
47	Paul Walter	ESS		1,270	14	26	14	26	626	24.08	49.29	83	2	2
48	Rory Burns	SUR		1,259	14	25	14	25	592	23.68	47.02	84	4	1
49	Ben Kellaway	GLA		1,256	13	21	13	21	642	33.79	51.11	88	2	1
50	Ben Cox	LEI		1,253	12	20	12	20	728	42.82	58.10	90	2	2
51	Daniel Hughes	SUS		1,252	11	20	11	20	746	37.30	59.58	113	2	3
52	James Wharton	YOR		1,249	12	22	12	22	509	23.14	40.75	58	0	0
53	Jake Libby	WOR		1,239	14	26	14	26	690	27.60	55.69	81	1	1
54	Ben Geddes	MID		1,235	13	25	13	25	692	31.45	56.03	88	7	1
55	Daniel Lawrence	SUR		1,221	10	16	10	16	982	65.47	80.43	114	21	5
56	Josh Bohannon	LAN		1,219	12	21	12	21	557	27.85	45.69	70	1	1
57	Ollie Pope	SUR		1,210	13	23	13	23	785	39.25	64.88	107	7	2
58	Ben Foakes	SUR		1,198	9	16	9	16	636	53.00	53.09	82	3	2
59	Colin Ingram	GLA		1,195	13	23	13	23	670	31.90	56.07	90	6	3
60	Matthew Waite	WOR		1,193	14	23	14	23	644	33.89	53.98	80	2	1
61	Mason Crane	GLA		1,193	14	23	14	23	595	33.06	49.87	67	3	2
62	Rishi Patel	LEI		1,193	14	23	14	23	747	33.95	62.62	114	4	2
63	Alex Lees	DUR		1,191	14	22	14	22	635	28.86	53.32	82	1	2
64	Thomas Haines	SUS		1,191	13	25	13	25	727	31.61	61.04	113	1	2
65	Wayne Madsen	DER		1,186	12	22	12	22	723	36.15	60.96	89	1	3
66	Saif Zaib	NOR		1,179	14	22	14	22	856	42.80	72.60	102	8	3
67	John Simpson	SUS		1,165	14	23	14	23	581	29.05	49.87	68	6	2
68	Matthew Revis	YOR		1,151	14	24	14	24	519	21.63	45.09	71	1	0
69	Calvin Harrison	NOR		1,148	14	24	14	24	650	28.26	56.62	79	11	3
70	Craig Overton	SOM		1,146	13	22	13	22	734	38.63	64.05	97	11	3
71	Lewis McManus	NOR		1,140	12	17	12	17	489	40.75	42.89	52	9	2
72	Ben Compton	KEN		1,137	10	18	10	18	481	28.29	42.30	60	0	2
73	Dominic Bess	YOR		1,110	14	24	14	24	602	31.68	54.23	76	4	0
74	Charlie Tear	SUS		1,107	9	16	9	16	456	28.50	41.19	46	2	1
75	James Coles	SUS		1,098	13	24	13	24	694	33.05	63.21	80	13	2
76	Ed Barnard	WAR		1,094	14	19	14	19	679	37.72	62.07	79	10	2
77	Toby Albert	HAM		1,065	12	24	12	24	448	18.67	42.07	59	3	0
78	Tom Westley	ESS		1,064	12	21	12	21	519	25.95	48.78	79	2	1
79	Tom Clark	SUS		1,064	11	22	11	22	655	31.19	61.56	93	10	2
80	George Bartlett	NOR		1,056	13	20	13	20	551	36.73	52.18	69	5	2
81	Dan Mousley	WAR		1,047	14	22	14	22	664	31.62	63.42	108	1	1
82	Tawanda Muyeye	KEN		1,032	12	21	12	21	700	35.00	67.83	100	3	2
83	Jack Leaning	SUS		1,030	11	20	11	20	505	28.06	49.03	59	7	1
84	Stephen Eskinazi	LEI		1,025	9	15	9	15	415	27.67	40.49	45	3	2
85	Zain Ul Hassan	GLA		1,015	10	17	10	17	381	22.41	37.54	48	1	1
86	Chris Cooke	GLA		1,005	14	22	14	22	427	20.33	42.49	43	4	1
87	Emilio Gay	DUR		1,005	7	10	7	10	693	86.63	68.96	97	1	4
88	Zafar Gohar	MID		998	14	21	14	21	542	28.53	54.31	55	5	1
89	Tommy Boorman	GLO		991	11	21	11	21	413	19.67	41.68	66	1	0
90	Matthew Hurst	LAN		980	11	20	11	20	394	20.74	40.20	40	3	0
91	Jack Carson	SUS		978	14	22	14	22	582	27.71	59.51	71	11	1
92	Zak Crawley	KEN		964	12	23	12	23	608	27.64	63.07	97	2	0
93	Simon Harmer	ESS		954	12	18	12	18	480	32.00	50.31	61	4	0
94	Sean Dickson	GLA		950	12	21	12	21	491	25.84	51.68	64	2	0
95	Ollie George Robinson	DUR		919	14	20	14	20	541	30.06	58.87	58	1	1
96	Ryan Higgins	MID		908	12	19	12	19	517	30.41	56.94	57	1	2
97	Archie Vaughan	SOM		902	13	21	13	21	448	23.58	49.67	56	5	0
98	Brooke Guest	DER		892	14	23	14	23	479	21.77	53.70	48	2	1
99	Tom Prest	HAM		888	11	21	11	21	447	21.29	50.34	56	1	0
100	Michael Jones	LAN		865	9	16	9	16	434	27.13	50.17	55	2	0

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County Championship 2026 Most Balls Faced

Joe Clarke topped County Championship 2026 with 2,214 balls faced for Nottinghamshire, ahead of Sam Hain (2,197) and Tom Abell (2,179). The County Championship 2026 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 371 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the County Championship 2026 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most balls faced in County Championship 2026?

Joe Clarke led County Championship 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 2026 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in County Championship 2026?

The top three batters in County Championship 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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