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Test Cricket 2026 highest dot ball %

Updated 5 Nov 2026, after Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe

Ismat Alam leads Test Cricket on dot ball percentage: 82.98 from 1 match (Afghanistan) · Thomas Mayes (81.88) and Richard Ngarava (80.00) next

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#	Player · last 3 matchesPlayer	Team	Last 3 matches · newest first	Dot Ball %	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	4w	5w
1	Ismat Alam AFG 2/29	AFG	2/29	82.98	1	2	1	2	15.4	29	2	14.50	1.85	0	0
2	Thomas Mayes IRE 0/52	IRE	0/52	81.88	1	1	1	1	23.0	52	0	–	2.26	0	0
3	Richard Ngarava ZIM 5/50	ZIM	5/50	80.00	1	2	1	2	19.0	50	5	10.00	2.63	0	1
4	Blessing Muzarabani ZIM 1/936/84	ZIM	1/936/84	79.90	2	3	2	3	67.0	177	7	25.29	2.64	0	1
5	Ollie Edward Robinson ENG 5/698/358/80	ENG	5/698/358/80	78.63	4	8	4	8	113.5	261	28	9.32	2.29	0	4
6	Mohammed Siraj IND 2/592/451/40	IND	2/592/451/40	78.51	3	6	3	6	57.0	144	5	28.80	2.53	0	0
7	Justin Greaves WI 1/160/307/39	WI	1/160/307/39	78.25	6	7	6	7	64.0	167	12	13.92	2.61	0	1
8	Wiaan Mulder SA 1/675/784/92	SA	1/675/784/92	77.66	3	6	3	6	84.3	237	10	23.70	2.80	1	0
9	Mohammad Abbas PAK 3/1229/1301/78	PAK	3/1229/1301/78	77.34	6	11	6	11	226.5	653	31	21.06	2.88	1	3
10	Matt Henry NZ 11/1091/51	NZ	11/1091/51	76.97	2	4	2	4	57.1	160	12	13.33	2.80	0	1
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11	Matthew Fisher	ENG		76.86	1	2	1	2	40.2	120	5	24.00	2.98	0	1
12	Gus Atkinson	ENG		76.83	5	10	5	10	126.3	433	14	30.93	3.42	0	1
13	Mark Adair	IRE		76.67	1	1	1	1	20.0	66	3	22.00	3.30	0	0
14	Josh Hazlewood	AUS		76.55	5	9	5	9	132.0	401	18	22.28	3.04	0	2
15	Kagiso Rabada	SA		76.30	2	4	2	4	72.0	247	10	24.70	3.43	1	0
16	Marco Jansen	SA		76.17	3	6	3	6	97.2	257	13	19.77	2.64	0	1
17	Pat Cummins	AUS		76.05	5	8	5	8	144.4	438	13	33.69	3.03	0	1
18	Washington Sundar	IND		75.70	1	2	1	2	17.4	57	5	11.40	3.23	0	1
19	Scott Boland	AUS		75.63	2	3	2	3	80.0	212	9	23.56	2.65	1	1
20	Prasidh Krishna	IND		75.45	3	6	3	6	72.3	215	10	21.50	2.97	1	0
21	Zakary Foulkes	NZ		75.24	2	4	2	4	51.1	169	8	21.13	3.30	0	1
22	Shoriful Islam	BAN		75.22	3	5	3	5	52.0	165	10	16.50	3.17	0	1
23	Anrich Nortje	SA		75.00	2	3	2	3	43.3	149	5	29.80	3.43	0	0
24	Manav Suthar	IND		74.88	3	6	3	6	140.2	399	23	17.35	2.84	0	3
25	William O'Rourke	NZ		74.85	3	6	3	6	81.1	256	10	25.60	3.15	1	0
26	Jayden Seales	WI		74.80	6	12	6	12	161.5	496	18	27.56	3.06	1	1
27	Milan Rathnayake	SL		74.67	3	3	3	3	73.5	213	6	35.50	2.88	0	1
28	Brad Evans	ZIM		74.63	1	2	1	2	21.0	85	3	28.33	4.05	0	0
29	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		74.48	2	4	2	4	102.3	267	8	33.38	2.60	2	0
30	Nathan Lyon	AUS		74.30	4	7	4	7	156.3	412	10	41.20	2.63	0	0
31	Aiden Markram	SA		74.24	3	5	3	5	20.0	48	0	–	2.40	0	0
32	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN		74.20	7	13	7	13	265.5	686	25	27.44	2.58	0	2
33	Shaheen Afridi	PAK		74.20	1	2	1	2	47.1	167	5	33.40	3.54	0	1
34	Mohammad Ali	PAK		73.90	5	9	5	9	149.1	560	17	32.94	3.75	0	2
35	Newman Nyamhuri	ZIM		73.70	2	3	2	3	51.0	171	11	15.55	3.35	0	2
36	Jofra Archer	ENG		73.59	5	10	5	10	151.3	571	23	24.83	3.77	1	3
37	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG		73.48	1	1	1	1	22.0	67	0	–	3.05	0	0
38	Khaled Ahmed	BAN		73.48	1	1	1	1	22.0	68	2	34.00	3.09	0	0
39	Jomel Warrican	WI		73.42	4	8	4	8	178.1	470	22	21.36	2.64	2	2
40	Ali Usman	PAK		73.42	4	6	4	6	102.5	305	12	25.42	2.97	0	2
41	Kyle Jamieson	NZ		73.21	2	4	2	4	65.0	242	10	24.20	3.72	1	1
42	Mitchell Starc	AUS		73.11	6	11	6	11	189.0	632	32	19.75	3.34	0	3
43	Kemar Roach	WI		72.97	3	6	3	6	61.1	224	10	22.40	3.66	1	1
44	Ben Stokes	ENG		72.71	3	5	3	5	80.4	248	9	27.56	3.07	0	1
45	Hasan Mahmud	BAN		72.33	6	10	6	10	171.0	604	23	26.26	3.53	0	3
46	Taijul Islam	BAN		72.27	8	14	8	14	300.5	943	27	34.93	3.13	1	2
47	Saransh Jain	IND		72.24	1	2	1	2	57.4	167	3	55.67	2.90	0	0
48	Prabath Jayasuriya	SL		71.83	3	5	3	5	164.5	460	12	38.33	2.79	0	1
49	Nathan Smith	NZ		71.83	4	8	4	8	122.4	461	24	19.21	3.76	0	3
50	Joshua Bishop	WI		71.52	2	4	2	4	50.0	165	2	82.50	3.30	0	0
51	Beau Webster	AUS		71.43	5	8	5	8	61.2	202	4	50.50	3.29	0	0
52	Antum Naqvi	ZIM		71.26	1	1	1	1	29.0	92	0	–	3.17	0	0
53	Isitha Wijesundara	SL		71.23	1	2	1	2	35.0	127	0	–	3.63	0	0
54	Michael Neser	AUS		71.15	1	2	1	2	34.3	115	5	23.00	3.33	0	1
55	Wesley Madhevere	ZIM		71.11	2	1	2	1	15.0	38	0	–	2.53	0	0
56	Simon Harmer	SA		71.09	3	6	3	6	156.0	411	14	29.36	2.63	1	1
57	Graeme Cremer	ZIM		71.00	1	1	1	1	55.0	177	3	59.00	3.22	0	0
58	Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	AFG		70.98	2	3	2	3	58.0	211	2	105.50	3.64	0	0
59	Hasan Ali	PAK		70.97	2	4	2	4	78.2	259	8	32.38	3.31	2	0
60	Reuben Wilson	IRE		69.93	1	1	1	1	25.0	89	1	89.00	3.56	0	0
61	Asitha Fernando	SL		69.80	4	6	4	6	129.3	407	17	23.94	3.14	1	2
62	Ben Sears	NZ		69.75	2	4	2	4	46.0	149	3	49.67	3.24	0	0
63	Kuldeep Yadav	IND		69.50	2	4	2	4	42.5	165	4	41.25	3.85	0	0
64	Sajid Khan	PAK		69.31	2	4	2	4	109.0	339	12	28.25	3.11	1	1
65	Ebadot Hossain	BAN		69.30	4	7	4	7	89.1	342	9	38.00	3.84	1	0
66	Josh Tongue	ENG		69.27	7	14	7	14	202.0	848	33	25.70	4.20	0	5
67	Taskin Ahmed	BAN		68.66	5	9	5	9	129.0	529	12	44.08	4.10	1	0
68	Ubaid Shah	PAK		68.18	1	2	1	2	18.0	79	2	39.50	4.39	0	0
69	Kasun Rajitha	SL		68.13	1	1	1	1	26.0	102	0	–	3.92	0	0
70	Mohammad Saleem	AFG		67.89	3	5	3	5	112.5	435	16	27.19	3.86	1	1
71	Khurram Shahzad	PAK		67.51	4	7	4	7	125.5	555	18	30.83	4.41	1	1
72	Blair Tickner	NZ		67.43	2	3	2	3	28.2	137	6	22.83	4.84	0	1
73	Anderson Phillip	WI		67.36	1	2	1	2	24.0	99	2	49.50	4.13	0	0
74	Matt Renshaw	AUS		66.67	4	4	4	4	30.0	90	2	45.00	3.00	0	0
75	Zia ur Rehman Akbar	AFG		66.67	2	4	2	4	148.0	506	6	84.33	3.42	0	0
76	Shamar Joseph	WI		66.58	6	12	6	12	152.0	616	18	34.22	4.05	1	0
77	Nahid Rana	BAN		66.13	2	4	2	4	61.3	275	11	25.00	4.47	0	2
78	Nayeem Hasan	BAN		66.00	4	6	4	6	71.5	257	6	42.83	3.58	1	0
79	Joe Root	ENG		65.38	7	3	7	3	13.0	50	1	50.00	3.85	0	0
80	Sonny Baker	ENG		65.37	1	2	1	2	34.1	161	3	53.67	4.71	0	0
81	Aamer Jamal	PAK		65.13	1	2	1	2	25.0	120	2	60.00	4.80	0	0
82	Alzarri Joseph	WI		65.03	2	4	2	4	47.0	213	6	35.50	4.53	0	0
83	Lahiru Kumara	SL		64.83	3	4	3	4	39.0	175	3	58.33	4.49	0	0
84	Yamin Ahmadzai	AFG		64.61	1	2	1	2	40.3	175	5	35.00	4.32	0	0
85	Shoaib Bashir	ENG		63.32	2	2	2	2	38.0	147	3	49.00	3.87	0	0
86	Jacob Bethell	ENG		62.84	4	5	4	5	43.2	161	5	32.20	3.72	1	0
87	Cameron Green	AUS		62.62	4	3	4	3	34.0	159	1	159.00	4.68	0	0
88	Roston Chase	WI		61.89	6	8	6	8	103.4	380	8	47.50	3.67	0	1
89	Mitchell Santner	NZ		61.64	1	2	1	2	24.2	113	2	56.50	4.64	0	0
90	Brydon Carse	ENG		61.32	1	2	1	2	35.0	181	3	60.33	5.17	0	0
91	Keshara Nuwantha	SL		61.22	2	3	2	3	100.0	415	6	69.17	4.15	1	0
92	Matty Potts	ENG		61.18	1	1	1	1	25.0	141	0	–	5.64	0	0
93	Hashmatullah Shahidi	AFG		60.32	3	5	3	5	63.0	242	2	121.00	3.84	0	0
94	Marnus Labuschagne	AUS		60.23	6	6	6	6	18.0	65	2	32.50	3.61	0	0
95	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL		59.52	4	5	4	5	14.0	47	0	–	3.36	0	0
96	Nangeyalia Kharote	AFG		59.42	1	1	1	1	23.0	115	0	–	5.00	0	0
97	Andy McBrine	IRE		59.09	1	1	1	1	22.0	99	1	99.00	4.50	0	0
98	Keshav Maharaj	SA		58.29	1	2	1	2	29.0	131	2	65.50	4.52	0	0
99	Sonal Dinusha	SL		57.65	4	5	4	5	75.0	292	3	97.33	3.89	0	0
100	Noman Ali	PAK		56.84	1	2	1	2	38.0	156	4	39.00	4.11	1	0

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Test Cricket 2026 Highest Dot Ball %

Ismat Alam leads Test Cricket on dot ball percentage (82.98) for Afghanistan, ahead of Thomas Mayes (81.88) and Richard Ngarava (80.00). The Test Cricket 2026 dot ball percentage leaderboard ranks the 108 players who meet the qualifying threshold this season. The leading bowler can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse dot ball percentage depth across squads. Qualification: minimum 60 balls bowled.

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Who has the best dot ball percentage in Test Cricket 2026?

Ismat Alam leads Test Cricket 2026 with a dot ball percentage of 82.98 from 1 match, at an economy of 1.85 and an average of 14.5. Thomas Mayes is second on 81.88 and Richard Ngarava third on 80. A player needs a minimum 60 balls bowled to be ranked. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2026 by dot ball percentage, with their team and matches.

Who are the top bowlers in Test Cricket 2026?

The top three bowlers in Test Cricket 2026 are Ismat Alam (82.98 in 1 match), Thomas Mayes (81.88 in 1 match) and Richard Ngarava (80 in 1 match). Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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