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MLC 2026 most balls faced

Updated 19 Jul 2026, after Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom

Matthew Short leads MLC 2026 with 351 balls faced (San Francisco Unicorns) · Colin Munro (346) and Andries Gous (331) 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 inningsPlayer	Team	Last 3 innings · newest first	Balls Faced	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	4s	6s	100s
1	Matthew Short SFU 1219443	SFU	1219443	351	12	12	12	12	513	64.13	146.15	43	23	1
2	Colin Munro LAKR 405162	LAKR	405162	346	11	11	11	11	438	48.67	126.59	33	25	0
3	Andries Gous WSF 4073132	WSF	4073132	331	13	13	13	13	547	45.58	165.26	37	38	1
4	Steven Smith WSF 843110*	WSF	843110*	301	13	13	13	13	399	36.27	132.56	30	18	1
5	Nicholas Pooran MINY 106866	MINY	106866	287	11	11	11	11	424	47.11	147.74	30	33	1
6	Lhuan-dre Pretorius SFU 18014	SFU	18014	264	12	12	12	12	465	46.50	176.14	39	29	1
7	Andre Fletcher LAKR 47725	LAKR	47725	246	12	12	12	12	336	28.00	136.59	35	12	0
8	Tim Seifert SO 9887	SO	9887	239	10	10	10	10	379	37.90	158.58	24	27	1
9	Mitchell Owen WSF 9421	WSF	9421	216	13	13	13	13	427	32.85	197.69	35	33	1
10	Kieron Pollard MINY 64354	MINY	64354	209	11	11	11	11	321	40.13	153.59	25	19	1
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11	Saiteja Mukkamalla	TSK		209	10	10	10	10	266	26.60	127.27	21	15	0
12	Matthew Tromp	LAKR		199	11	10	11	10	311	34.56	156.28	21	20	0
13	Shubham Ranjane	TSK		187	8	8	8	8	211	35.17	112.83	16	4	0
14	Faf du Plessis	TSK		177	9	9	9	9	292	36.50	164.97	20	18	1
15	Matthew Breetzke	SO		174	9	9	9	9	268	29.78	154.02	19	16	0
16	Rovman Powell	LAKR		162	12	12	12	12	269	24.45	166.05	15	22	0
17	Shayan Jahangir	SO		155	10	10	10	10	215	21.50	138.71	17	13	0
18	Sanjay Krishnamurthi	SFU		153	10	10	10	10	193	24.13	126.14	16	9	0
19	Quinton de Kock	MINY		141	10	10	10	10	200	20.00	141.84	14	14	0
20	Hassan Khan	SFU		135	12	9	12	9	180	25.71	133.33	9	13	0
21	Rilee Rossouw	TSK		135	10	10	10	10	180	18.00	133.33	19	6	0
22	Nikhil Chaudhary	WSF		130	10	10	10	10	164	27.33	126.15	11	7	0
23	Donovan Ferreira	TSK		130	9	9	9	9	182	26.00	140.00	8	14	0
24	Monank Patel	MINY		127	10	10	10	10	137	13.70	107.87	16	1	0
25	Mark Chapman	WSF		126	7	7	7	7	184	26.29	146.03	15	9	0
26	Marcus Stoinis	SO		123	9	9	9	9	167	20.88	135.77	11	11	0
27	Shimron Hetmyer	SO		120	10	10	10	10	164	20.50	136.67	9	10	0
28	Finn Allen	SFU		119	12	12	12	12	190	15.83	159.66	16	12	0
29	Andre Russell	LAKR		112	11	10	11	10	140	17.50	125.00	11	8	0
30	Wiaan Mulder	TSK		110	8	8	8	8	160	40.00	145.45	7	11	0
31	Jason Holder	LAKR		106	12	11	12	11	151	16.78	142.45	11	11	0
32	Corey Anderson	MINY		98	7	7	7	7	78	15.60	79.59	2	6	0
33	Tajinder Singh	MINY		97	10	9	10	9	161	20.13	165.98	17	8	0
34	Milind Kumar	TSK		94	6	6	6	6	112	18.67	119.15	8	4	0
35	Obus Pienaar	WSF		92	12	9	12	9	139	27.80	151.09	8	11	0
36	Ali Sheikh	SO		83	9	8	9	8	97	13.86	116.87	7	6	0
37	Dasun Shanaka	SO		82	9	8	9	8	152	30.40	185.37	10	13	0
38	Corbin Bosch	MINY		74	7	5	7	5	83	20.75	112.16	6	4	0
39	Rachin Ravindra	WSF		73	6	6	6	6	129	21.50	176.71	12	6	0
40	Aaron Hardie	SFU		70	9	8	9	8	93	15.50	132.86	8	3	0
41	Romario Shepherd	MINY		60	9	7	9	7	68	11.33	113.33	4	5	0
42	Harmeet Singh	SO		59	8	5	8	5	69	17.25	116.95	5	2	0
43	Cameron Gannon	SO		52	10	6	10	6	51	12.75	98.08	2	2	0
44	Hammad Azam	SFU		52	8	6	8	6	78	15.60	150.00	6	5	0
45	Sunny Patel	MINY		47	3	2	3	2	58	58.00	123.40	6	1	0
46	Unmukt Chand	LAKR		45	8	5	8	5	45	9.00	100.00	7	0	0
47	Saif Badar	LAKR		39	7	6	7	6	52	8.67	133.33	3	4	0
48	Brody Couch	SFU		38	12	5	12	5	54	18.00	142.11	3	5	0
49	Xavier Bartlett	SFU		37	9	5	9	5	54	18.00	145.95	3	4	0
50	Ben Dwarshuis	WSF		37	8	5	8	5	75	18.75	202.70	4	6	0
51	Lahiru Milantha	WSF		37	5	4	5	4	51	17.00	137.84	6	1	0
52	Dian Forrester	TSK		36	4	4	4	4	52	17.33	144.44	5	3	0
53	Jasdeep Singh	SO		35	10	5	10	5	41	41.00	117.14	3	2	0
54	Jahmar Hamilton	LAKR		35	7	4	7	4	52	26.00	148.57	2	3	0
55	Hardus Viljoen	TSK		35	5	4	5	4	39	19.50	111.43	1	3	0
56	Shakib Al Hasan	MINY		35	4	4	4	4	38	9.50	108.57	4	1	0
57	Sunil Narine	LAKR		34	11	7	11	7	35	7.00	102.94	0	4	0
58	Trent Boult	MINY		33	10	6	10	6	57	19.00	172.73	7	3	0
59	Haris Rauf	SFU		33	10	5	10	5	19	4.75	57.58	0	1	0
60	Ryan Rickelton	MINY		33	4	3	4	3	46	15.33	139.39	6	2	0
61	Kunwarjeet Singh	MINY		33	4	4	4	4	32	8.00	96.97	1	1	0
62	Marco Jansen	WSF		32	6	4	6	4	37	12.33	115.63	1	2	0
63	Ian Holland	WSF		28	10	4	10	4	36	12.00	128.57	2	2	0
64	Glenn Maxwell	WSF		28	6	6	6	6	39	9.75	139.29	3	2	0
65	Shehan Jayasuriya	SO		27	3	3	3	3	35	17.50	129.63	5	1	0
66	Connor Esterhuizen	SFU		21	3	2	3	2	24	12.00	114.29	3	0	0
67	Akeal Hosein	TSK		20	4	3	4	3	16	5.33	80.00	1	0	0
68	Mukhtar Ahmed	WSF		20	2	2	2	2	18	9.00	90.00	0	1	0
69	Shadley van Schalkwyk	LAKR		19	12	7	12	7	10	3.33	52.63	0	0	0
70	Adam Milne	TSK		17	8	4	8	4	9	4.50	52.94	1	0	0
71	Jack Edwards	WSF		17	5	4	5	4	12	4.00	70.59	1	0	0
72	Amila Aponso	WSF		14	3	2	3	2	31	31.00	221.43	2	2	0
73	Tristan Luus	MINY		14	1	1	1	1	12	12.00	85.71	2	0	0
74	Rushil Ugarkar	MINY		13	11	5	11	5	3	1.50	23.08	0	0	0
75	Amshi de Silva	TSK		12	10	6	10	6	19	3.80	158.33	2	1	0
76	Calvin Savage	TSK		12	3	3	3	3	8	2.67	66.67	0	0	0
77	Saurabh Netravalkar	WSF		9	12	2	12	2	12	6.00	133.33	1	1	0
78	Ali Khan	LAKR		9	7	3	7	3	7	2.33	77.78	1	0	0
79	Faisal Khan Ahmadzai	MINY		8	4	3	4	3	6	6.00	75.00	1	0	0
80	Tim Robinson	SO		8	3	1	3	1	10	10.00	125.00	1	0	0
81	Karthik Gattepalli	LAKR		8	2	2	2	2	7	–	87.50	1	0	0
82	Ottneil Baartman	SO		6	9	4	9	4	2	1.00	33.33	0	0	0
83	Lockie Ferguson	WSF		6	4	3	4	3	7	–	116.67	1	0	0
84	Oliver Peake	SFU		6	1	1	1	1	4	4.00	66.67	0	0	0
85	Peter Siddle	SFU		5	4	1	4	1	5	–	100.00	1	0	0
86	Nandre Burger	TSK		4	2	1	2	1	9	–	225.00	0	1	0
87	Mohammad Mohsin	TSK		4	2	1	2	1	1	1.00	25.00	0	0	0
88	Anirudh Immanuel	SFU		4	2	1	2	1	3	–	75.00	0	0	0
89	Ghulam Mudassar	SFU		3	8	2	8	2	4	4.00	133.33	1	0	0
90	Fabian Allen	LAKR		3	2	2	2	2	5	–	166.67	0	0	0
91	Smit Patel	TSK		3	1	1	1	1	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
92	Abhimanyu Lamba	TSK		2	7	2	7	2	2	2.00	100.00	0	0	0
93	Carmi le Roux	LAKR		1	5	1	5	1	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
94	Nosthush Kenjige	MINY		1	4	1	4	1	1	–	100.00	0	0	0
95	Asif Mehmood	WSF		1	4	1	4	1	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0

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MLC 2026 Most Balls Faced

Matthew Short topped MLC 2026 with 351 balls faced for San Francisco Unicorns, ahead of Colin Munro (346) and Andries Gous (331). The MLC 2026 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 95 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the MLC 2026 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most balls faced in MLC 2026?

Matthew Short led MLC 2026 with 351 balls faced from 12 matches, averaging 64.13 at a strike rate of 146.15. Colin Munro was second on 346 and Andries Gous third on 331. The table ranks every player in MLC 2026 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in MLC 2026?

The top three batters in MLC 2026 were Matthew Short (351 in 12 matches), Colin Munro (346 in 11 matches) and Andries Gous (331 in 13 matches). Matthew Short was 5 balls faced clear of Colin Munro. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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