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Test Cricket 2026 most dot balls

Updated 5 Nov 2026, after Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe

Taijul Islam leads Test Cricket 2026 with 1,139 dot balls (Bangladesh) · Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1,050) and Mohammad Abbas (918) next

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#	Player · last 3 matchesPlayer	Team	Last 3 matches · newest first	Dot Balls	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	4w	5w
1	Taijul Islam BAN 2/1722/1301/156	BAN	2/1722/1301/156	1,139	8	14	8	14	300.5	943	27	34.93	3.13	1	2
2	Mehidy Hasan Miraz BAN 4/1672/914/114	BAN	4/1672/914/114	1,050	7	13	7	13	265.5	686	25	27.44	2.58	0	2
3	Mohammad Abbas PAK 3/1229/1301/78	PAK	3/1229/1301/78	918	6	11	6	11	226.5	653	31	21.06	2.88	1	3
4	Prabath Jayasuriya SL 2/1327/1523/176	SL	2/1327/1523/176	714	3	5	3	5	164.5	460	12	38.33	2.79	0	1
5	Josh Tongue ENG 6/1485/738/89	ENG	6/1485/738/89	710	7	14	7	14	202.0	848	33	25.70	4.20	0	5
6	Hasan Mahmud BAN 6/1512/526/121	BAN	6/1512/526/121	685	6	10	6	10	171.0	604	23	26.26	3.53	0	3
7	Mitchell Starc AUS 9/1373/893/96	AUS	9/1373/893/96	658	6	11	6	11	189.0	632	32	19.75	3.34	0	3
8	Jayden Seales WI 2/691/422/64	WI	2/691/422/64	641	6	12	6	12	161.5	496	18	27.56	3.06	1	1
9	Manav Suthar IND 6/20610/1317/62	IND	6/20610/1317/62	632	3	6	3	6	140.2	399	23	17.35	2.84	0	3
10	Jomel Warrican WI 7/1489/1166/150	WI	7/1489/1166/150	594	4	8	4	8	178.1	470	22	21.36	2.64	2	2
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11	Zia ur Rehman Akbar	AFG		592	2	4	2	4	148.0	506	6	84.33	3.42	0	0
12	Mohammad Ali	PAK		572	5	9	5	9	149.1	560	17	32.94	3.75	0	2
13	Taskin Ahmed	BAN		552	5	9	5	9	129.0	529	12	44.08	4.10	1	0
14	Asitha Fernando	SL		550	4	6	4	6	129.3	407	17	23.94	3.14	1	2
15	Jofra Archer	ENG		549	5	10	5	10	151.3	571	23	24.83	3.77	1	3
16	Shamar Joseph	WI		542	6	12	6	12	152.0	616	18	34.22	4.05	1	0
17	Nathan Smith	NZ		538	4	8	4	8	122.4	461	24	19.21	3.76	0	3
18	Khurram Shahzad	PAK		534	4	7	4	7	125.5	555	18	30.83	4.41	1	1
19	Pat Cummins	AUS		470	5	8	5	8	144.4	438	13	33.69	3.03	0	1
20	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		464	2	4	2	4	102.3	267	8	33.38	2.60	2	0
21	Mohammad Saleem	AFG		461	3	5	3	5	112.5	435	16	27.19	3.86	1	1
22	Sajid Khan	PAK		454	2	4	2	4	109.0	339	12	28.25	3.11	1	1
23	Ali Usman	PAK		453	4	6	4	6	102.5	305	12	25.42	2.97	0	2
24	Gus Atkinson	ENG		451	5	10	5	10	126.3	433	14	30.93	3.42	0	1
25	Josh Hazlewood	AUS		444	5	9	5	9	132.0	401	18	22.28	3.04	0	2
26	Simon Harmer	SA		418	3	6	3	6	156.0	411	14	29.36	2.63	1	1
27	Nathan Lyon	AUS		399	4	7	4	7	156.3	412	10	41.20	2.63	0	0
28	Ollie Edward Robinson	ENG		379	4	8	4	8	113.5	261	28	9.32	2.29	0	4
29	Ebadot Hossain	BAN		377	4	7	4	7	89.1	342	9	38.00	3.84	1	0
30	Keshara Nuwantha	SL		371	2	3	2	3	100.0	415	6	69.17	4.15	1	0
31	William O'Rourke	NZ		366	3	6	3	6	81.1	256	10	25.60	3.15	1	0
32	Scott Boland	AUS		363	2	3	2	3	80.0	212	9	23.56	2.65	1	1
33	Ben Stokes	ENG		357	3	5	3	5	80.4	248	9	27.56	3.07	0	1
34	Milan Rathnayake	SL		336	3	3	3	3	73.5	213	6	35.50	2.88	0	1
35	Hasan Ali	PAK		335	2	4	2	4	78.2	259	8	32.38	3.31	2	0
36	Prasidh Krishna	IND		332	3	6	3	6	72.3	215	10	21.50	2.97	1	0
37	Blessing Muzarabani	ZIM		318	2	3	2	3	67.0	177	7	25.29	2.64	0	1
38	Marco Jansen	SA		310	3	6	3	6	97.2	257	13	19.77	2.64	0	1
39	Wiaan Mulder	SA		292	3	6	3	6	84.3	237	10	23.70	2.80	1	0
40	Kyle Jamieson	NZ		287	2	4	2	4	65.0	242	10	24.20	3.72	1	1
41	Roston Chase	WI		281	6	8	6	8	103.4	380	8	47.50	3.67	0	1
42	Kemar Roach	WI		278	3	6	3	6	61.1	224	10	22.40	3.66	1	1
43	Mohammed Siraj	IND		274	3	6	3	6	57.0	144	5	28.80	2.53	0	0
44	Beau Webster	AUS		265	5	8	5	8	61.2	202	4	50.50	3.29	0	0
45	Matt Henry	NZ		264	2	4	2	4	57.1	160	12	13.33	2.80	0	1
46	Sonal Dinusha	SL		260	4	5	4	5	75.0	292	3	97.33	3.89	0	0
47	Justin Greaves	WI		259	6	7	6	7	64.0	167	12	13.92	2.61	0	1
48	Saransh Jain	IND		255	1	2	1	2	57.4	167	3	55.67	2.90	0	0
49	Nahid Rana	BAN		248	2	4	2	4	61.3	275	11	25.00	4.47	0	2
50	Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	AFG		247	2	3	2	3	58.0	211	2	105.50	3.64	0	0
51	Graeme Cremer	ZIM		235	1	1	1	1	55.0	177	3	59.00	3.22	0	0
52	Zakary Foulkes	NZ		231	2	4	2	4	51.1	169	8	21.13	3.30	0	1
53	Hashmatullah Shahidi	AFG		228	3	5	3	5	63.0	242	2	121.00	3.84	0	0
54	Newman Nyamhuri	ZIM		227	2	3	2	3	51.0	171	11	15.55	3.35	0	2
55	Shaheen Afridi	PAK		210	1	2	1	2	47.1	167	5	33.40	3.54	0	1
56	Qais Ahmad	AFG		206	2	4	2	4	61.2	282	5	56.40	4.60	0	0
57	Nayeem Hasan	BAN		198	4	6	4	6	71.5	257	6	42.83	3.58	1	0
58	Anrich Nortje	SA		198	2	3	2	3	43.3	149	5	29.80	3.43	0	0
59	Ben Sears	NZ		196	2	4	2	4	46.0	149	3	49.67	3.24	0	0
60	Alzarri Joseph	WI		186	2	4	2	4	47.0	213	6	35.50	4.53	0	0
61	Matthew Fisher	ENG		186	1	2	1	2	40.2	120	5	24.00	2.98	0	1
62	Kuldeep Yadav	IND		180	2	4	2	4	42.5	165	4	41.25	3.85	0	0
63	Shoriful Islam	BAN		173	3	5	3	5	52.0	165	10	16.50	3.17	0	1
64	Jacob Bethell	ENG		164	4	5	4	5	43.2	161	5	32.20	3.72	1	0
65	Kagiso Rabada	SA		161	2	4	2	4	72.0	247	10	24.70	3.43	1	0
66	Yamin Ahmadzai	AFG		157	1	2	1	2	40.3	175	5	35.00	4.32	0	0
67	Lahiru Kumara	SL		153	3	4	3	4	39.0	175	3	58.33	4.49	0	0
68	Isitha Wijesundara	SL		151	1	2	1	2	35.0	127	0	–	3.63	0	0
69	Michael Neser	AUS		148	1	2	1	2	34.3	115	5	23.00	3.33	0	1
70	Shoaib Bashir	ENG		145	2	2	2	2	38.0	147	3	49.00	3.87	0	0
71	Sonny Baker	ENG		134	1	2	1	2	34.1	161	3	53.67	4.71	0	0
72	Noman Ali	PAK		133	1	2	1	2	38.0	156	4	39.00	4.11	1	0
73	Brydon Carse	ENG		130	1	2	1	2	35.0	181	3	60.33	5.17	0	0
74	Cameron Green	AUS		129	4	3	4	3	34.0	159	1	159.00	4.68	0	0
75	Antum Naqvi	ZIM		124	1	1	1	1	29.0	92	0	–	3.17	0	0
76	Blair Tickner	NZ		118	2	3	2	3	28.2	137	6	22.83	4.84	0	1
77	Thomas Mayes	IRE		113	1	1	1	1	23.0	52	0	–	2.26	0	0
78	Kasun Rajitha	SL		109	1	1	1	1	26.0	102	0	–	3.92	0	0
79	Joshua Bishop	WI		108	2	4	2	4	50.0	165	2	82.50	3.30	0	0
80	Reuben Wilson	IRE		107	1	1	1	1	25.0	89	1	89.00	3.56	0	0
81	Keshav Maharaj	SA		102	1	2	1	2	29.0	131	2	65.50	4.52	0	0
82	Brad Evans	ZIM		100	1	2	1	2	21.0	85	3	28.33	4.05	0	0
83	Aamer Jamal	PAK		99	1	2	1	2	25.0	120	2	60.00	4.80	0	0
84	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG		97	1	1	1	1	22.0	67	0	–	3.05	0	0
85	Khaled Ahmed	BAN		97	1	1	1	1	22.0	68	2	34.00	3.09	0	0
86	Anderson Phillip	WI		97	1	2	1	2	24.0	99	2	49.50	4.13	0	0
87	Matty Potts	ENG		93	1	1	1	1	25.0	141	0	–	5.64	0	0
88	Richard Ngarava	ZIM		92	1	2	1	2	19.0	50	5	10.00	2.63	0	1
89	Mark Adair	IRE		92	1	1	1	1	20.0	66	3	22.00	3.30	0	0
90	Mitchell Santner	NZ		90	1	2	1	2	24.2	113	2	56.50	4.64	0	0
91	Kavem Hodge	WI		84	6	5	6	5	26.0	131	2	65.50	5.04	0	0
92	Matt Renshaw	AUS		84	4	4	4	4	30.0	90	2	45.00	3.00	0	0
93	Liam McCarthy	IRE		83	1	1	1	1	24.0	130	1	130.00	5.42	0	0
94	Nangeyalia Kharote	AFG		82	1	1	1	1	23.0	115	0	–	5.00	0	0
95	Washington Sundar	IND		81	1	2	1	2	17.4	57	5	11.40	3.23	0	1
96	Andy McBrine	IRE		78	1	1	1	1	22.0	99	1	99.00	4.50	0	0
97	Ismat Alam	AFG		78	1	2	1	2	15.4	29	2	14.50	1.85	0	0
98	Ubaid Shah	PAK		75	1	2	1	2	18.0	79	2	39.50	4.39	0	0
99	Abdul Malik	AFG		72	3	3	3	3	21.1	117	1	117.00	5.53	0	0
100	Wesley Madhevere	ZIM		64	2	1	2	1	15.0	38	0	–	2.53	0	0

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Test Cricket 2026 Most Dot Balls

Taijul Islam leads Test Cricket 2026 with 1,139 dot balls for Bangladesh, ahead of Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1,050) and Mohammad Abbas (918). The Test Cricket 2026 dot balls leaderboard ranks all 125 players who have contributed dot balls this season. The leading bowler can change after every match as the season progresses. Filter by team to analyse dot balls depth across squads.

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Who has the most dot balls in Test Cricket 2026?

Taijul Islam leads Test Cricket 2026 with 1139 dot balls from 8 matches, at an economy of 3.13 and an average of 34.93. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is second on 1050 and Mohammad Abbas third on 918. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2026 by dot balls, with their team and matches.

Who are the top bowlers in Test Cricket 2026?

The top three bowlers in Test Cricket 2026 are Taijul Islam (1139 in 8 matches), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1050 in 7 matches) and Mohammad Abbas (918 in 6 matches). Taijul Islam is 89 dot balls clear of Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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