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Test Cricket 2021 most balls faced

Updated 31 Dec 2021, after New Zealand vs Bangladesh

Joe Root leads Test Cricket 2021 with 3,004 balls faced (England) · Cheteshwar Pujara (2,054) and Rohit Sharma (1,880) 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 Root ENG 788689	ENG	788689	3,004	15	29	15	29	1,708	61.00	56.86	179	3	6
2	Cheteshwar Pujara IND 164748	IND	164748	2,054	14	26	14	26	702	28.08	34.18	93	1	1
3	Rohit Sharma IND 13878104	IND	13878104	1,880	11	21	11	21	906	47.68	48.19	108	11	3
4	Kraigg Brathwaite WI 784143	WI	784143	1,786	10	20	10	20	675	33.75	37.79	73	0	1
5	Nkrumah Bonner WI 796943	WI	796943	1,624	9	16	9	16	581	41.50	35.78	61	2	3
6	Dimuth Karunaratne SL 48230184	SL	48230184	1,618	7	13	7	13	902	69.38	55.75	108	1	4
7	Lahiru Thirimanne SL 1425894	SL	1425894	1,518	7	13	7	13	659	50.69	43.41	69	0	3
8	Abid Ali PAK 3922430	PAK	3922430	1,422	9	15	9	15	695	49.64	48.87	92	3	2
9	Mominul Haque BAN 10186	BAN	10186	1,339	8	15	8	15	604	46.46	45.11	70	0	3
10	Rory Burns ENG 381355	ENG	381355	1,282	10	19	10	19	530	27.89	41.34	65	2	1
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11	Azhar Ali	PAK		1,238	9	15	9	15	549	42.23	44.35	71	1	2
12	Virat Kohli	IND		1,216	11	19	11	19	536	28.21	44.08	60	1	0
13	Litton Das	BAN		1,210	8	13	8	13	680	52.31	56.20	73	2	2
14	Dominic Sibley	ENG		1,175	10	20	10	20	356	19.78	30.30	33	0	1
15	Fawad Alam	PAK		1,149	9	13	9	13	571	57.10	49.70	71	2	3
16	Joshua Da Silva	WI		1,131	10	19	10	19	385	24.06	34.04	39	1	1
17	Ajinkya Rahane	IND		1,113	13	23	13	23	479	20.83	43.04	58	3	0
18	Rishabh Pant	IND		1,109	12	21	12	21	748	39.37	67.45	85	15	4
19	Marnus Labuschagne	AUS		1,072	5	9	5	9	526	65.75	49.07	54	2	3
20	Lokesh Rahul	IND		1,069	5	10	5	10	461	46.10	43.12	60	3	3
21	Jermaine Blackwood	WI		1,062	10	20	10	20	488	24.40	45.95	60	4	0
22	Kyle Mayers	WI		1,026	10	20	10	20	636	35.33	61.99	80	10	2
23	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN		1,025	8	14	8	14	460	38.33	44.88	53	0	1
24	Devon Conway	NZ		1,025	4	8	4	8	514	64.25	50.15	63	2	2
25	Pathum Nissanka	SL		986	6	10	6	10	427	42.70	43.31	34	1	2
26	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL		963	6	10	6	10	530	58.89	55.04	53	3	2
27	Tom Latham	NZ		921	7	13	7	13	338	28.17	36.70	34	0	1
28	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK		907	9	13	9	13	455	45.50	50.17	60	2	1
29	Najmul Hossain Shanto	BAN		903	8	16	8	16	479	31.93	53.05	48	8	2
30	Shubman Gill	IND		882	9	17	9	17	478	29.88	54.20	55	8	0
31	Henry Nicholls	NZ		865	7	11	7	11	398	36.18	46.01	47	1	1
32	Babar Azam	PAK		858	8	13	8	13	416	34.67	48.48	57	2	1
33	Kane Williamson	NZ		858	4	7	4	7	396	66.00	46.15	49	0	2
34	Steven Smith	AUS		826	5	8	5	8	430	53.75	52.06	52	2	1
35	Jos Buttler	ENG		825	9	16	9	16	353	25.21	42.79	45	1	1
36	Will Young	NZ		812	5	8	5	8	326	40.75	40.15	45	0	1
37	Jonny Bairstow	ENG		807	9	17	9	17	391	24.44	48.45	47	2	0
38	Dean Elgar	SA		807	6	11	6	11	442	44.20	54.77	68	0	1
39	Rassie van der Dussen	SA		804	6	10	6	10	335	37.22	41.67	40	1	0
40	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN		788	8	13	8	13	366	30.50	46.45	43	2	1
41	Aiden Markram	SA		774	6	11	6	11	346	34.60	44.70	46	3	1
42	Faheem Ashraf	PAK		771	8	11	8	11	384	38.40	49.81	54	1	1
43	Oshada Fernando	SL		769	7	13	7	13	333	27.75	43.30	37	0	0
44	Ollie Pope	ENG		766	9	18	9	18	368	21.65	48.04	35	1	0
45	Angelo Mathews	SL		763	6	11	6	11	357	35.70	46.79	29	6	1
46	Mayank Agarwal	IND		727	6	8	6	8	353	44.13	48.56	45	6	1
47	Niroshan Dickwella	SL		725	7	12	7	12	463	42.09	63.86	45	1	2
48	Ben Stokes	ENG		724	7	14	7	14	304	21.71	41.99	34	7	0
49	Daniel Lawrence	ENG		722	8	15	8	15	354	27.23	49.03	40	2	0
50	Dawid Malan	ENG		708	5	9	5	9	308	34.22	43.50	42	0	1
51	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND		698	9	15	9	15	355	25.36	50.86	49	2	1
52	Jason Holder	WI		655	8	16	8	16	362	25.86	55.27	47	6	1
53	Haseeb Hameed	ENG		647	6	11	6	11	205	18.64	31.68	26	0	0
54	Temba Bavuma	SA		636	4	7	4	7	268	53.60	42.14	31	0	1
55	Ross Taylor	NZ		612	7	13	7	13	288	26.18	47.06	31	2	0
56	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		611	7	12	7	12	269	24.45	44.03	36	2	0
57	Shadman Islam	BAN		604	5	10	5	10	247	27.44	40.89	23	0	1
58	Donald Tiripano	ZIM		559	5	9	5	9	211	26.38	37.75	31	0	0
59	David Warner	AUS		539	5	8	5	8	307	38.38	56.96	35	2	1
60	Dinesh Chandimal	SL		538	6	12	6	12	230	23.00	42.75	23	1	0
61	Quinton de Kock	SA		506	6	10	6	10	348	38.67	68.77	32	8	1
62	Washington Sundar	IND		502	4	6	4	6	265	66.25	52.79	31	5	0
63	Sean Williams	ZIM		500	2	3	2	3	264	132.00	52.80	24	1	2
64	Regis Chakabva	ZIM		493	5	9	5	9	255	36.43	51.72	35	4	1
65	Tamim Iqbal	BAN		492	4	8	4	8	383	54.71	77.85	57	5	2
66	Hashmatullah Shahidi	AFG		467	2	4	2	4	215	107.50	46.04	24	1	1
67	Cameron Green	AUS		462	5	8	5	8	220	31.43	47.62	19	4	0
68	Imran Butt	PAK		453	6	10	6	10	178	17.80	39.29	20	0	0
69	Roston Chase	WI		431	6	12	6	12	140	11.67	32.48	18	2	0
70	Marcus Harris	AUS		415	4	7	4	7	157	26.17	37.83	19	0	0
71	Takudzwanashe Kaitano	ZIM		413	1	2	1	2	94	47.00	22.76	10	0	0
72	Zak Crawley	ENG		403	8	16	8	16	173	10.81	42.93	23	0	0
73	John Campbell	WI		393	4	8	4	8	148	18.50	37.66	17	1	0
74	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG		381	2	4	2	4	208	52.00	54.59	26	0	2
75	Kevin Kasuza	ZIM		373	4	8	4	8	136	19.43	36.46	15	1	0
76	Axar Patel	IND		361	6	8	6	8	179	29.83	49.58	17	7	0
77	Abdullah Shafique	PAK		345	2	3	2	3	150	50.00	43.48	12	4	1
78	Shreyas Iyer	IND		345	2	4	2	4	202	50.50	58.55	24	5	1
79	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN		339	3	4	3	4	167	41.75	49.26	18	0	0
80	Shai Hope	WI		332	5	8	5	8	123	15.38	37.05	9	0	0
81	Rahkeem Cornwall	WI		324	6	10	6	10	206	25.75	63.58	28	4	0
82	Tarisai Musakanda	ZIM		323	4	7	4	7	128	18.29	39.63	12	2	0
83	Tom Blundell	NZ		322	5	8	5	8	84	10.50	26.09	11	0	0
84	Ollie Edward Robinson	ENG		320	8	14	8	14	125	9.62	39.06	14	0	0
85	Chris Woakes	ENG		315	3	6	3	6	173	28.83	54.92	30	0	0
86	Asghar Afghan	AFG		308	2	3	2	3	191	63.67	62.01	18	2	1
87	Taijul Islam	BAN		299	7	11	7	11	71	7.10	23.75	5	0	0
88	Kemar Roach	WI		298	8	14	8	14	135	12.27	45.30	16	4	0
89	Prince Masvaure	ZIM		296	3	5	3	5	106	21.20	35.81	10	0	0
90	Travis Head	AUS		286	3	4	3	4	248	62.00	86.71	27	4	1
91	Noman Ali	PAK		283	7	7	7	7	182	26.00	64.31	20	7	0
92	Lasith Embuldeniya	SL		283	6	10	6	10	122	13.56	43.11	10	5	0
93	Dominic Bess	ENG		281	4	6	4	6	96	16.00	34.16	13	0	0
94	Wiaan Mulder	SA		279	5	8	5	8	106	13.25	37.99	14	1	0
95	Mohammad Mahmudullah	BAN		278	1	1	1	1	150	–	53.96	17	1	1
96	Brendan Taylor	ZIM		274	3	6	3	6	265	44.17	96.72	42	2	1
97	Saif Hassan	BAN		268	5	8	5	8	135	16.88	50.37	21	2	0
98	Shardul Thakur	IND		266	4	7	4	7	200	28.57	75.19	25	7	1
99	Jack Leach	ENG		260	8	14	8	14	68	6.80	26.15	7	2	0
100	Ben Foakes	ENG		260	3	6	3	6	78	15.60	30.00	5	0	0

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Test Cricket 2021 Most Balls Faced

Joe Root topped Test Cricket 2021 with 3,004 balls faced for England, ahead of Cheteshwar Pujara (2,054) and Rohit Sharma (1,880). The Test Cricket 2021 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 219 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the Test Cricket 2021 season.

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Who had the most balls faced in Test Cricket 2021?

Joe Root led Test Cricket 2021 with 3004 balls faced from 15 matches, averaging 61 at a strike rate of 56.86. Cheteshwar Pujara was second on 2054 and Rohit Sharma third on 1880. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2021 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in Test Cricket 2021?

The top three batters in Test Cricket 2021 were Joe Root (3004 in 15 matches), Cheteshwar Pujara (2054 in 14 matches) and Rohit Sharma (1880 in 11 matches). Joe Root was 950 balls faced clear of Cheteshwar Pujara. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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