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Test Cricket 2021 most dot balls

Updated 31 Dec 2021, after New Zealand vs Bangladesh

James Anderson leads Test Cricket 2021 with 1,985 dot balls (England) · Ravichandran Ashwin (1,814) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1,737) 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	James Anderson ENG 4/333/662/120	ENG	4/333/662/120	1,985	12	21	12	21	399.5	848	39	21.74	2.12	3	3
2	Ravichandran Ashwin IND 2/558/426/117	IND	2/558/426/117	1,814	9	18	9	18	386.3	899	54	16.65	2.33	1	6
3	Mehidy Hasan Miraz BAN 4/1290/372/127	BAN	4/1290/372/127	1,737	8	14	8	14	386.5	1,047	29	36.10	2.71	1	2
4	Taijul Islam BAN 2/738/2056/155	BAN	2/738/2056/155	1,593	7	10	7	10	345.3	916	30	30.53	2.65	1	3
5	Jasprit Bumrah IND 5/664/942/59	IND	5/664/942/59	1,508	9	16	9	16	308.4	796	30	26.53	2.58	2	2
6	Lasith Embuldeniya SL 7/1296/1131/88	SL	7/1296/1131/88	1,458	6	11	6	11	316.1	871	32	27.22	2.75	0	4
7	Ollie Edward Robinson ENG 2/643/994/71	ENG	2/643/994/71	1,413	8	15	8	15	295.4	783	37	21.16	2.65	2	4
8	Shaheen Afridi PAK 3/347/10210/94	PAK	3/347/10210/94	1,406	9	17	9	17	292.5	802	47	17.06	2.74	1	5
9	Mohammed Siraj IND 3/923/321/86	IND	3/923/321/86	1,325	10	19	10	19	292.5	929	31	29.97	3.17	0	2
10	Jack Leach ENG 1/461/1022/89	ENG	1/461/1022/89	1,271	8	13	8	13	299.5	1,020	30	34.00	3.40	2	3
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11	Rahkeem Cornwall	WI		1,268	6	11	6	11	290.4	826	21	39.33	2.84	1	2
12	Nathan Lyon	AUS		1,255	5	9	5	9	260.2	613	17	36.06	2.35	1	1
13	Tim Southee	NZ		1,218	6	12	6	12	253.5	651	25	26.04	2.56	0	3
14	Kyle Jamieson	NZ		1,129	6	12	6	12	227.1	563	29	19.41	2.48	0	3
15	Kemar Roach	WI		1,123	8	15	8	15	233.4	645	27	23.89	2.76	0	3
16	Jason Holder	WI		1,108	8	15	8	15	227.4	503	22	22.86	2.21	3	1
17	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		1,045	7	12	7	12	217.2	476	16	29.75	2.19	2	1
18	Noman Ali	PAK		1,036	7	14	7	14	216.0	529	19	27.84	2.45	0	2
19	Hasan Ali	PAK		1,010	8	15	8	15	212.3	659	41	16.07	3.10	1	4
20	Axar Patel	IND		966	6	10	6	10	201.5	427	36	11.86	2.12	0	4
21	Mark Wood	ENG		872	7	12	7	12	202.3	661	19	34.79	3.26	1	1
22	Suranga Lakmal	SL		871	7	11	7	11	181.0	445	17	26.18	2.46	0	2
23	Stuart Broad	ENG		864	7	13	7	13	179.1	474	12	39.50	2.65	0	1
24	Keshav Maharaj	SA		864	6	9	6	9	185.4	480	19	25.26	2.59	1	2
25	Mitchell Starc	AUS		847	5	10	5	10	180.1	565	17	33.24	3.14	0	2
26	Jomel Warrican	WI		840	5	10	5	10	192.5	578	19	30.42	3.00	1	2
27	Kagiso Rabada	SA		833	5	10	5	10	172.0	437	23	19.00	2.54	0	3
28	Ramesh Mendis	SL		824	4	8	4	8	192.2	560	26	21.54	2.91	0	3
29	Ishant Sharma	IND		795	8	13	8	13	168.2	458	14	32.71	2.72	0	1
30	Mohammed Shami	IND		771	5	9	5	9	166.4	517	23	22.48	3.10	3	1
31	Pat Cummins	AUS		762	4	8	4	8	156.5	394	21	18.76	2.51	0	3
32	Trent Boult	NZ		742	4	8	4	8	155.1	419	20	20.95	2.70	1	3
33	Blessing Muzarabani	ZIM		722	5	8	5	8	156.1	425	19	22.37	2.72	2	1
34	Anrich Nortje	SA		716	5	10	5	10	157.0	519	25	20.76	3.31	1	3
35	Taskin Ahmed	BAN		711	4	7	4	7	156.2	506	16	31.63	3.24	0	2
36	Neil Wagner	NZ		691	4	8	4	8	144.0	385	13	29.62	2.67	1	0
37	Faheem Ashraf	PAK		686	8	14	8	14	145.0	405	10	40.50	2.79	0	0
38	Vishwa Fernando	SL		684	5	9	5	9	150.2	502	14	35.86	3.34	2	1
39	Ebadot Hossain	BAN		682	5	8	5	8	149.0	482	12	40.17	3.23	0	1
40	Shannon Gabriel	WI		666	6	12	6	12	154.2	515	11	46.82	3.34	0	0
41	Ajaz Patel	NZ		662	3	6	3	6	143.0	434	21	20.67	3.03	1	1
42	Kyle Mayers	WI		645	10	16	10	16	134.0	327	13	25.15	2.44	0	1
43	Praveen Jayawickrama	SL		630	3	6	3	6	132.5	328	18	18.22	2.47	0	2
44	Josh Hazlewood	AUS		596	3	6	3	6	120.4	287	13	22.08	2.38	1	1
45	Moeen Ali	ENG		595	4	7	4	7	147.0	525	14	37.50	3.57	0	1
46	Lungi Ngidi	SA		583	5	10	5	10	122.5	370	22	16.82	3.01	1	2
47	Joe Root	ENG		580	15	17	15	17	139.3	427	14	30.50	3.06	0	1
48	Donald Tiripano	ZIM		578	5	8	5	8	125.1	410	10	41.00	3.28	1	0
49	Dominic Bess	ENG		566	4	7	4	7	136.1	452	17	26.59	3.32	1	2
50	Sajid Khan	PAK		550	4	8	4	8	121.4	355	18	19.72	2.92	1	1
51	Roston Chase	WI		522	6	9	6	9	121.5	374	8	46.75	3.07	0	1
52	Chris Woakes	ENG		513	3	6	3	6	109.4	366	10	36.60	3.34	0	1
53	Sam Curran	ENG		489	5	9	5	9	109.3	352	6	58.67	3.21	0	0
54	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL		484	6	11	6	11	113.0	374	4	93.50	3.31	0	0
55	Shardul Thakur	IND		483	4	8	4	8	108.0	371	16	23.19	3.44	1	1
56	Yasir Shah	PAK		482	3	6	3	6	106.4	302	8	37.75	2.83	0	1
57	Mohammad Abbas	PAK		480	3	5	3	5	100.0	255	8	31.88	2.55	0	0
58	Jayden Seales	WI		462	4	7	4	7	100.4	341	16	21.31	3.39	0	1
59	Dushmantha Chameera	SL		459	4	7	4	7	105.1	337	8	42.13	3.20	0	1
60	Rashid Khan	AFG		459	1	2	1	2	99.2	275	11	25.00	2.77	0	1
61	Alzarri Joseph	WI		455	4	8	4	8	106.1	387	8	48.38	3.65	0	0
62	Wiaan Mulder	SA		434	5	10	5	10	89.0	249	8	31.13	2.80	1	0
63	Amir Hamza	AFG		418	2	4	2	4	93.0	263	10	26.30	2.83	1	1
64	Abu Jayed	BAN		415	4	6	4	6	95.0	339	6	56.50	3.57	0	1
65	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN		409	3	4	3	4	84.5	194	5	38.80	2.29	0	1
66	Nayeem Hasan	BAN		407	2	4	2	4	90.2	267	6	44.50	2.96	0	0
67	Richard Ngarava	ZIM		379	3	4	3	4	85.0	281	5	56.20	3.31	0	0
68	Ben Stokes	ENG		377	7	9	7	9	92.1	402	9	44.67	4.36	1	0
69	Dilruwan Perera	SL		370	2	4	2	4	93.1	268	5	53.60	2.88	1	0
70	Washington Sundar	IND		366	4	7	4	7	87.4	299	6	49.83	3.41	1	0
71	Umesh Yadav	IND		355	3	6	3	6	77.2	246	8	30.75	3.18	0	1
72	Cameron Green	AUS		344	5	10	5	10	68.4	149	7	21.29	2.17	0	0
73	Matt Henry	NZ		338	2	4	2	4	70.0	207	7	29.57	2.96	0	1
74	Tendai Chisoro	ZIM		331	2	2	2	2	74.1	220	3	73.33	2.97	0	0
75	Shoriful Islam	BAN		315	2	4	2	4	68.0	198	4	49.50	2.91	0	0
76	Victor Nyauchi	ZIM		309	3	6	3	6	74.0	322	9	35.78	4.35	0	1
77	Craig Overton	ENG		300	2	4	2	4	62.3	168	8	21.00	2.69	0	1
78	William Somerville	NZ		283	2	4	2	4	69.0	237	0	–	3.43	0	0
79	Rachin Ravindra	NZ		275	3	5	3	5	61.0	188	3	62.67	3.08	0	0
80	Wanindu Hasaranga	SL		262	3	6	3	6	67.2	232	0	–	3.45	0	0
81	Shahbaz Nadeem	IND		246	1	2	1	2	59.0	233	4	58.25	3.95	1	0
82	George Linde	SA		231	2	4	2	4	47.5	119	5	23.80	2.49	0	1
83	Veerasammy Permaul	WI		229	1	2	1	2	52.0	135	8	16.88	2.60	0	1
84	Kraigg Brathwaite	WI		226	10	14	10	14	56.0	170	6	28.33	3.04	0	0
85	Milton Shumba	ZIM		219	3	4	3	4	57.4	233	1	233.00	4.04	0	0
86	Olly Stone	ENG		217	2	4	2	4	47.0	165	7	23.57	3.51	1	0
87	Asitha Fernando	SL		211	3	4	3	4	47.0	156	4	39.00	3.32	0	0
88	Sayed Shirzad	AFG		201	1	2	1	2	42.0	97	3	32.33	2.31	0	0
89	Thangarasu Natarajan	IND		185	1	2	1	2	38.2	119	3	39.67	3.10	0	0
90	Jhye Richardson	AUS		180	1	2	1	2	38.1	120	5	24.00	3.14	0	1
91	Navdeep Saini	IND		177	2	4	2	4	41.5	172	4	43.00	4.11	1	0
92	Colin de Grandhomme	NZ		175	2	3	2	3	34.0	68	0	–	2.00	0	0
93	Sean Williams	ZIM		170	2	4	2	4	42.0	147	2	73.50	3.50	0	0
94	Ryan Burl	ZIM		167	2	4	2	4	38.0	107	4	26.75	2.82	0	0
95	Sikandar Raza	ZIM		163	2	3	2	3	38.0	103	2	51.50	2.71	0	0
96	Jofra Archer	ENG		159	2	3	2	3	35.1	122	4	30.50	3.47	0	0
97	Marco Jansen	SA		151	1	2	1	2	32.0	124	5	24.80	3.88	0	1
98	Tabish Khan	PAK		129	1	2	1	2	26.0	68	1	68.00	2.62	0	0
99	Lahiru Kumara	SL		121	1	1	1	1	28.0	88	1	88.00	3.14	0	0
100	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN		119	1	2	1	2	28.0	117	2	58.50	4.18	0	0

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Test Cricket 2021 Most Dot Balls

James Anderson topped Test Cricket 2021 with 1,985 dot balls for England, ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin (1,814) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1,737). The Test Cricket 2021 dot balls leaderboard ranks all 148 players who have contributed dot balls this season. These are the final standings from the Test Cricket 2021 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most dot balls in Test Cricket 2021?

James Anderson led Test Cricket 2021 with 1985 dot balls from 12 matches, at an economy of 2.12 and an average of 21.74. Ravichandran Ashwin was second on 1814 and Mehidy Hasan Miraz third on 1737. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2021 by dot balls, with their team and matches.

Who were the top bowlers in Test Cricket 2021?

The top three bowlers in Test Cricket 2021 were James Anderson (1985 in 12 matches), Ravichandran Ashwin (1814 in 9 matches) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (1737 in 8 matches). James Anderson was 171 dot balls clear of Ravichandran Ashwin. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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