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Test Cricket 2023 most balls faced

Updated 26 Dec 2023, after South Africa vs India

Usman Khawaja leads Test Cricket 2023 with 2,792 balls faced (Australia) · Steven Smith (1,981) and Marnus Labuschagne (1,851) 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	Usman Khawaja AUS 42131119	AUS	42131119	2,792	13	24	13	24	1,210	52.61	43.34	137	5	5
2	Steven Smith AUS 7676125	AUS	7676125	1,981	13	24	13	24	929	42.23	46.90	107	6	4
3	Marnus Labuschagne AUS 671822	AUS	671822	1,851	13	25	13	25	803	34.91	43.38	103	2	1
4	Kane Williamson NZ 24115215	NZ	24115215	1,279	7	13	7	13	695	57.92	54.34	75	3	4
5	Virat Kohli IND 11412176	IND	11412176	1,226	8	12	8	12	671	55.92	54.73	70	1	3
6	Travis Head AUS 175447	AUS	175447	1,216	12	23	12	23	919	41.77	75.58	127	13	3
7	Saud Shakeel PAK 335257	PAK	335257	1,174	5	9	5	9	537	76.71	45.74	61	0	2
8	Joe Root ENG 968440	ENG	968440	1,031	8	14	8	14	787	65.58	76.33	68	15	2
9	Tagenarine Chanderpaul WI 57193	WI	57193	998	6	11	6	11	369	41.00	36.97	32	3	1
10	David Warner AUS 4416484	AUS	4416484	991	11	20	11	20	573	28.65	57.82	70	5	1
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11	Dimuth Karunaratne	SL		939	6	10	6	10	608	60.80	64.75	70	0	3
12	Rohit Sharma	IND		931	8	13	8	13	545	41.92	58.54	60	13	3
13	Tom Latham	NZ		918	7	13	7	13	430	33.08	46.84	51	1	2
14	Kraigg Brathwaite	WI		904	6	11	6	11	390	35.45	43.14	42	1	2
15	Devon Conway	NZ		868	7	13	7	13	422	32.46	48.62	49	4	1
16	Kusal Mendis	SL		841	6	10	6	10	586	58.60	69.68	69	12	3
17	Alex Carey	AUS		840	13	20	13	20	461	24.26	54.88	60	4	1
18	Ben Stokes	ENG		831	8	13	8	13	515	39.62	61.97	48	17	1
19	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL		794	6	10	6	10	487	60.88	61.34	62	8	1
20	Angelo Mathews	SL		787	6	10	6	10	408	51.00	51.84	41	7	2
21	Tom Blundell	NZ		770	7	13	7	13	433	36.08	56.23	50	2	3
22	Harry Brook	ENG		766	8	14	8	14	701	53.92	91.51	86	11	2
23	Daryl Mitchell	NZ		766	7	13	7	13	469	42.64	61.23	36	11	1
24	Ben Duckett	ENG		760	8	15	8	15	654	46.71	86.05	78	2	3
25	Mitchell Marsh	AUS		739	5	10	5	10	540	67.50	73.07	76	10	3
26	Harry Tector	IRE		738	4	8	4	8	336	42.00	45.53	34	7	2
27	Nishan Madushka	SL		716	5	8	5	8	385	48.13	53.77	45	4	1
28	Zak Crawley	ENG		685	8	15	8	15	606	43.29	88.47	78	3	1
29	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		675	7	9	7	9	281	35.13	41.63	30	3	0
30	Dinesh Chandimal	SL		665	6	10	6	10	359	44.88	53.98	41	0	1
31	Abdullah Shafique	PAK		655	5	9	5	9	357	39.67	54.50	38	4	1
32	Najmul Hossain Shanto	BAN		607	4	8	4	8	440	55.00	72.49	54	5	2
33	Imam ul Haq	PAK		592	5	9	5	9	246	30.75	41.55	22	2	0
34	Cameron Green	AUS		577	6	10	6	10	269	29.89	46.62	35	1	1
35	Henry Nicholls	NZ		576	7	13	7	13	348	29.00	60.42	28	5	1
36	Salman Agha	PAK		551	5	9	5	9	380	63.33	68.97	46	3	1
37	Yashasvi Jaiswal	IND		546	3	5	3	5	288	57.60	52.75	34	3	1
38	Lorcan Tucker	IRE		545	4	8	4	8	351	43.88	64.40	46	1	1
39	Dean Elgar	SA		539	4	7	4	7	329	47.00	61.04	49	0	1
40	Curtis Campher	IRE		527	4	8	4	8	240	30.00	45.54	37	3	1
41	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN		526	4	8	4	8	355	50.71	67.49	38	3	1
42	Pat Cummins	AUS		519	11	18	11	18	254	15.88	48.94	20	7	0
43	Ollie Pope	ENG		485	5	9	5	9	410	45.56	84.54	45	6	1
44	Jermaine Blackwood	WI		475	6	11	6	11	269	26.90	56.63	35	3	1
45	Axar Patel	IND		474	5	5	5	5	264	88.00	55.70	25	9	0
46	Andy McBrine	IRE		473	4	8	4	8	258	36.86	54.55	34	3	1
47	Raymon Reifer	WI		466	5	9	5	9	211	23.44	45.28	26	1	0
48	Temba Bavuma	SA		463	4	7	4	7	252	42.00	54.43	25	2	1
49	Aiden Markram	SA		444	3	5	3	5	281	56.20	63.29	46	0	2
50	Cheteshwar Pujara	IND		434	5	8	5	8	181	25.86	41.71	20	1	0
51	Jonny Bairstow	ENG		418	6	9	6	9	322	40.25	77.03	43	4	0
52	Shubman Gill	IND		411	6	10	6	10	258	28.67	62.77	29	1	1
53	Mahmudul Hasan Joy	BAN		404	3	6	3	6	203	33.83	50.25	26	0	0
54	Mominul Haque	BAN		401	4	8	4	8	265	44.17	66.08	28	3	1
55	Babar Azam	PAK		378	5	9	5	9	204	22.67	53.97	27	2	0
56	Shan Masood	PAK		366	5	9	5	9	298	33.11	81.42	34	3	1
57	Peter Handscomb	AUS		360	4	6	4	6	145	29.00	40.28	18	0	0
58	Andrew Balbirnie	IRE		356	4	8	4	8	172	21.50	48.31	21	0	1
59	Jason Holder	WI		351	6	9	6	9	185	26.43	52.71	19	6	1
60	Sarfraz Ahmed	PAK		348	4	7	4	7	235	39.17	67.53	25	1	1
61	Mitchell Starc	AUS		347	9	14	9	14	165	13.75	47.55	22	1	0
62	Joshua Da Silva	WI		339	6	10	6	10	162	20.25	47.79	20	1	0
63	James McCollum	IRE		326	4	8	4	8	126	18.00	38.65	17	0	0
64	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN		315	4	6	4	6	196	39.20	62.22	23	2	0
65	Nathan Lyon	AUS		303	10	14	10	14	126	10.50	41.58	20	0	0
66	Tony de Zorzi	SA		296	3	5	3	5	142	28.40	47.97	20	0	0
67	Gary Ballance	ZIM		294	1	2	1	2	155	155.00	52.72	12	2	1
68	Innocent Kaia	ZIM		287	2	4	2	4	172	43.00	59.93	23	0	0
69	Ajinkya Rahane	IND		284	3	4	3	4	146	36.50	51.41	18	1	1
70	Zakir Hasan	BAN		278	3	6	3	6	168	28.00	60.43	18	1	0
71	Marco Jansen	SA		277	3	4	3	4	124	62.00	44.77	17	1	0
72	Moeen Ali	ENG		276	4	7	4	7	180	25.71	65.22	20	4	0
73	Lokesh Rahul	IND		276	3	5	3	5	143	28.60	51.81	16	5	1
74	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND		275	7	8	7	8	150	18.75	54.55	20	1	0
75	Michael Bracewell	NZ		273	5	8	5	8	155	22.14	56.78	18	0	0
76	Roston Chase	WI		270	4	7	4	7	141	20.14	52.22	11	2	0
77	Alick Athanaze	WI		258	2	3	2	3	112	37.33	43.41	14	1	0
78	Mark Adair	IRE		240	3	6	3	6	170	34.00	70.83	22	3	1
79	Paul Stirling	IRE		238	2	4	2	4	149	37.25	62.61	17	4	1
80	Tim Southee	NZ		232	7	10	7	10	204	20.40	87.93	15	10	0
81	Simon Harmer	SA		229	2	3	2	3	67	22.33	29.26	6	0	0
82	Srikar Bharat	IND		226	5	8	5	8	129	18.43	57.08	10	5	0
83	Kyle Mayers	WI		223	4	7	4	7	121	20.17	54.26	13	3	0
84	Prabath Jayasuriya	SL		208	6	9	6	9	56	6.22	26.92	6	0	0
85	Glenn Phillips	NZ		208	2	4	2	4	181	60.33	87.02	19	6	1
86	Kasun Rajitha	SL		206	3	6	3	6	69	11.50	33.50	9	0	0
87	Todd Murphy	AUS		205	6	10	6	10	122	13.56	59.51	15	3	0
88	Ramesh Mendis	SL		205	5	4	5	4	90	22.50	43.90	9	1	0
89	Ollie Edward Robinson	ENG		200	5	9	5	9	133	22.17	66.50	16	0	0
90	Peter Moor	IRE		199	4	8	4	8	76	9.50	38.19	10	2	0
91	Ben Foakes	ENG		198	2	4	2	4	124	31.00	62.63	14	0	0
92	Sadeera Samarawickrama	SL		197	4	5	4	5	156	39.00	79.19	19	0	1
93	Heinrich Klaasen	SA		196	3	6	3	6	93	15.50	47.45	10	0	0
94	Stuart Broad	ENG		190	8	12	8	12	112	11.20	58.95	11	1	0
95	Craig Ervine	ZIM		190	2	4	2	4	124	31.00	65.26	11	0	0
96	Shahadat Hossain Dipu	BAN		186	2	4	2	4	77	19.25	41.40	10	0	0
97	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK		180	2	3	2	3	127	63.50	70.56	8	3	0
98	Sarel Erwee	SA		180	1	2	1	2	60	60.00	33.33	8	0	0
99	Brandon Mavuta	ZIM		175	2	3	2	3	73	24.33	41.71	11	0	0
100	Matt Henry	NZ		172	4	5	4	5	150	37.50	87.21	19	5	0

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Test Cricket 2023 Most Balls Faced

Usman Khawaja topped Test Cricket 2023 with 2,792 balls faced for Australia, ahead of Steven Smith (1,981) and Marnus Labuschagne (1,851). The Test Cricket 2023 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 200 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the Test Cricket 2023 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most balls faced in Test Cricket 2023?

Usman Khawaja led Test Cricket 2023 with 2792 balls faced from 13 matches, averaging 52.61 at a strike rate of 43.34. Steven Smith was second on 1981 and Marnus Labuschagne third on 1851. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2023 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in Test Cricket 2023?

The top three batters in Test Cricket 2023 were Usman Khawaja (2792 in 13 matches), Steven Smith (1981 in 13 matches) and Marnus Labuschagne (1851 in 13 matches). Usman Khawaja was 811 balls faced clear of Steven Smith. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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