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Test Cricket 2024 most balls faced

Updated 26 Dec 2024, after South Africa vs Pakistan

Joe Root leads Test Cricket 2024 with 2,455 balls faced (England) · Yashasvi Jaiswal (2,131) and Kane Williamson (1,861) 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 8610923	ENG	8610923	2,455	17	31	17	31	1,557	55.61	63.42	147	2	7
2	Yashasvi Jaiswal IND 166824	IND	166824	2,131	15	29	15	29	1,478	54.74	69.36	168	36	7
3	Kane Williamson NZ 20041154	NZ	20041154	1,861	9	18	9	18	1,013	59.59	54.43	117	6	4
4	Rachin Ravindra NZ 62958	NZ	62958	1,636	12	24	12	24	984	42.78	60.15	102	11	3
5	Kamindu Mendis SL 8323182*	SL	8323182*	1,581	9	16	9	16	1,049	74.93	66.35	108	21	5
6	Ollie Pope ENG 417677	ENG	417677	1,443	17	30	17	30	994	33.13	68.88	120	5	3
7	Angelo Mathews SL 762688	SL	762688	1,402	10	18	10	18	681	40.06	48.57	63	6	1
8	Shubman Gill IND 15991	IND	15991	1,393	12	22	12	22	866	43.30	62.17	88	18	3
9	Dinesh Chandimal SL 7383116	SL	7383116	1,326	10	17	10	17	724	42.59	54.60	87	3	2
10	Ben Duckett ENG 159273	ENG	159273	1,320	17	32	17	32	1,149	37.06	87.05	153	7	3
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11	Harry Brook	ENG		1,294	12	20	12	20	1,100	55.00	85.01	105	14	4
12	Tom Latham	NZ		1,232	12	24	12	24	633	26.38	51.38	75	1	2
13	Daryl Mitchell	NZ		1,213	11	21	11	21	607	30.35	50.04	58	11	2
14	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL		1,116	10	17	10	17	710	41.76	63.62	81	7	1
15	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN		1,113	10	18	10	18	614	38.38	55.17	78	4	1
16	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		1,045	12	18	12	18	527	29.28	50.43	42	11	1
17	Kavem Hodge	WI		1,029	9	18	9	18	516	28.67	50.15	70	2	2
18	Will Young	NZ		1,008	7	14	7	14	481	40.08	47.72	56	5	2
19	Usman Khawaja	AUS		1,005	9	18	9	18	415	25.94	41.29	46	1	0
20	Marnus Labuschagne	AUS		988	9	17	9	17	464	30.93	46.96	48	0	2
21	Rohit Sharma	IND		982	14	26	14	26	620	24.80	63.14	78	11	2
22	Zak Crawley	ENG		968	14	25	14	25	695	27.80	71.80	99	7	2
23	Mominul Haque	BAN		956	10	19	10	19	529	31.12	55.33	66	5	1
24	Tristan Stubbs	SA		952	8	15	8	15	500	35.71	52.52	42	8	2
25	Saud Shakeel	PAK		950	7	13	7	13	544	41.85	57.26	44	1	3
26	Temba Bavuma	SA		941	5	10	5	10	503	55.89	53.45	45	6	3
27	Dimuth Karunaratne	SL		925	10	19	10	19	534	29.67	57.73	61	3	1
28	Ben Stokes	ENG		916	13	24	13	24	602	27.36	65.72	62	9	1
29	Steven Smith	AUS		915	9	17	9	17	490	35.00	53.55	52	4	2
30	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK		901	7	13	7	13	539	44.92	59.82	46	6	2
31	Jamie Smith	ENG		881	9	15	9	15	637	42.47	72.30	63	15	1
32	Kraigg Brathwaite	WI		879	9	18	9	18	372	20.67	42.32	40	2	0
33	Lokesh Rahul	IND		857	9	16	9	16	493	35.21	57.53	52	4	2
34	Aiden Markram	SA		831	8	15	8	15	536	35.73	64.50	72	4	2
35	Tony de Zorzi	SA		805	8	15	8	15	458	30.53	56.89	44	6	2
36	Alick Athanaze	WI		796	9	18	9	18	448	24.89	56.28	50	2	1
37	David Bedingham	SA		789	10	18	10	18	540	31.76	68.44	62	12	2
38	Rishabh Pant	IND		789	9	17	9	17	576	36.00	73.00	65	13	3
39	Mikyle Louis	WI		776	7	14	7	14	333	23.79	42.91	38	4	1
40	Shadman Islam	BAN		733	7	14	7	14	364	28.00	49.66	45	1	2
41	Kusal Mendis	SL		729	9	16	9	16	490	32.67	67.22	59	6	1
42	Travis Head	AUS		712	9	15	9	15	608	40.53	85.39	67	8	4
43	Hashmatullah Shahidi	AFG		707	3	5	3	5	356	71.20	50.35	34	0	1
44	Devon Conway	NZ		700	9	18	9	18	386	21.44	55.14	47	5	1
45	Rahmat Shah	AFG		694	3	5	3	5	388	77.60	55.91	43	3	2
46	Glenn Phillips	NZ		678	12	21	12	21	495	29.12	73.01	46	18	0
47	Litton Das	BAN		677	9	16	9	16	394	24.63	58.20	45	5	1
48	Joshua Da Silva	WI		675	9	18	9	18	356	22.25	52.74	32	5	0
49	Virat Kohli	IND		673	10	19	10	19	417	24.53	61.96	43	5	1
50	Salman Agha	PAK		664	7	13	7	13	454	41.27	68.37	47	7	2
51	Saim Ayub	PAK		657	7	14	7	14	364	26.00	55.40	38	4	0
52	Tom Blundell	NZ		644	12	22	12	22	466	23.30	72.36	48	11	1
53	Shan Masood	PAK		627	7	14	7	14	410	31.54	65.39	37	3	1
54	Alex Carey	AUS		605	9	15	9	15	440	33.85	72.73	45	4	1
55	Najmul Hossain Shanto	BAN		590	8	15	8	15	317	21.13	53.73	39	5	1
56	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN		584	6	11	6	11	331	33.10	56.68	40	2	1
57	Kyle Verreynne	SA		583	8	12	8	12	384	34.91	65.87	40	5	2
58	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND		579	11	17	11	17	310	18.24	53.54	32	3	1
59	Jason Holder	WI		544	5	10	5	10	276	34.50	50.74	29	5	0
60	Taijul Islam	BAN		540	7	14	7	14	207	14.79	38.33	19	0	0
61	Cameron Green	AUS		530	4	7	4	7	302	50.33	56.98	40	6	1
62	Ben Foakes	ENG		521	5	10	5	10	205	20.50	39.35	18	2	0
63	Pathum Nissanka	SL		499	6	11	6	11	380	38.00	76.15	50	3	2
64	Sarfaraz Khan	IND		495	6	11	6	11	371	37.10	74.95	44	8	2
65	Zakir Hasan	BAN		492	9	16	9	16	239	15.93	48.58	30	3	0
66	Mitchell Marsh	AUS		475	9	15	9	15	283	18.87	59.58	34	5	0
67	Wiaan Mulder	SA		463	5	7	5	7	258	64.50	55.72	23	8	1
68	Pat Cummins	AUS		454	9	15	9	15	306	23.54	67.40	34	6	0
69	Ryan Rickelton	SA		452	5	8	5	8	192	27.43	42.48	23	0	1
70	Gus Atkinson	ENG		445	11	16	11	16	352	23.47	79.10	39	9	1
71	Washington Sundar	IND		445	4	8	4	8	177	35.40	39.78	10	4	0
72	Nitish Kumar Reddy	IND		442	4	7	4	7	294	49.00	66.52	30	8	1
73	Prabath Jayasuriya	SL		430	9	15	9	15	156	11.14	36.28	17	0	0
74	Mitchell Starc	AUS		427	9	15	9	15	179	13.77	41.92	17	2	0
75	Mahmudul Hasan Joy	BAN		425	6	12	6	12	162	13.50	38.12	16	1	0
76	Aamer Jamal	PAK		425	5	9	5	9	260	32.50	61.18	27	5	1
77	Mitchell Santner	NZ		421	6	9	6	9	264	29.33	62.71	26	13	1
78	Babar Azam	PAK		421	5	10	5	10	202	20.20	47.98	27	0	0
79	Kuldeep Yadav	IND		399	5	8	5	8	105	17.50	26.32	7	1	0
80	Keacy Carty	WI		398	4	8	4	8	173	21.63	43.47	18	1	0
81	Abdullah Shafique	PAK		392	6	12	6	12	174	15.82	44.39	15	2	1
82	Jaker Ali	BAN		389	3	6	3	6	236	39.33	60.67	24	5	0
83	Chris Woakes	ENG		383	9	13	9	13	216	19.64	56.40	25	0	0
84	Justin Greaves	WI		382	4	8	4	8	207	29.57	54.19	14	0	1
85	Dhruv Jurel	IND		380	6	6	6	6	202	40.40	53.16	14	7	1
86	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG		365	2	4	2	4	179	44.75	49.04	22	0	1
87	Kemar Roach	WI		353	5	9	5	9	120	17.14	33.99	12	2	0
88	Kamran Ghulam	PAK		351	3	5	3	5	205	41.00	58.40	25	2	1
89	Jacob Bethell	ENG		346	3	6	3	6	260	52.00	75.14	37	5	1
90	Sean Williams	ZIM		320	2	4	2	4	264	88.00	82.50	23	3	1
91	Nishan Madushka	SL		314	6	10	6	10	186	20.67	59.24	24	0	0
92	Shahadat Hossain Dipu	BAN		307	4	8	4	8	113	14.13	36.81	13	0	0
93	Nathan Lyon	AUS		295	9	13	9	13	188	15.67	63.73	21	1	0
94	Zubayr Hamza	SA		292	2	4	2	4	95	23.75	32.53	13	0	0
95	Jonny Bairstow	ENG		290	5	10	5	10	238	23.80	82.07	28	6	0
96	Kirk McKenzie	WI		286	5	10	5	10	171	17.10	59.79	26	1	0
97	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN		284	5	9	5	9	155	19.38	54.58	17	1	0
98	Tom Hartley	ENG		284	5	10	5	10	185	18.50	65.14	23	6	0
99	Noor Ali Zadran	AFG		281	2	4	2	4	117	29.25	41.64	14	0	0
100	Keegan Petersen	SA		280	2	4	2	4	106	26.50	37.86	13	0	0

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Test Cricket 2024 Most Balls Faced

Joe Root topped Test Cricket 2024 with 2,455 balls faced for England, ahead of Yashasvi Jaiswal (2,131) and Kane Williamson (1,861). The Test Cricket 2024 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 233 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the Test Cricket 2024 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most balls faced in Test Cricket 2024?

Joe Root led Test Cricket 2024 with 2455 balls faced from 17 matches, averaging 55.61 at a strike rate of 63.42. Yashasvi Jaiswal was second on 2131 and Kane Williamson third on 1861. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2024 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in Test Cricket 2024?

The top three batters in Test Cricket 2024 were Joe Root (2455 in 17 matches), Yashasvi Jaiswal (2131 in 15 matches) and Kane Williamson (1861 in 9 matches). Joe Root was 324 balls faced clear of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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