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WTC 2021 most balls faced

Updated 7 Jun 2023, after Australia vs India

Babar Azam leads WTC 2021 with 2,873 balls faced (Pakistan) · Usman Khawaja (2,777) and Kraigg Brathwaite (2,545) 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	Babar Azam PAK 51175132	PAK	51175132	2,873	14	26	14	26	1,527	61.08	53.15	172	12	7
2	Usman Khawaja AUS 1318060	AUS	1318060	2,777	15	26	15	26	1,366	62.09	49.19	149	5	5
3	Kraigg Brathwaite WI 351122	WI	351122	2,545	13	26	13	26	994	43.22	39.06	112	2	2
4	Joe Root ENG 02996	ENG	02996	2,482	17	30	17	30	1,593	61.27	64.18	184	3	8
5	Steven Smith AUS 1554826	AUS	1554826	2,429	15	24	15	24	1,163	61.21	47.88	122	5	4
6	Abdullah Shafique PAK 192434	PAK	192434	2,392	12	23	12	23	992	47.24	41.47	96	14	6
7	Marnus Labuschagne AUS 676659	AUS	676659	2,320	15	26	15	26	1,241	56.41	53.49	148	4	3
8	Cheteshwar Pujara IND 414260	IND	414260	2,179	17	32	17	32	928	32.00	42.59	123	2	1
9	Virat Kohli IND 6318635	IND	6318635	2,047	17	30	17	30	932	32.14	45.53	110	2	2
10	Dimuth Karunaratne SL 14067101	SL	14067101	2,030	12	23	12	23	1,054	47.91	51.92	117	0	4
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11	Imam ul Haq	PAK		1,961	9	18	9	18	932	54.82	47.53	101	8	3
12	Angelo Mathews	SL		1,899	12	21	12	21	882	46.42	46.45	79	13	3
13	Tom Latham	NZ		1,877	13	23	13	23	960	43.64	51.15	118	3	4
14	Temba Bavuma	SA		1,809	12	24	12	24	900	45.00	49.75	103	3	1
15	Litton Das	BAN		1,802	12	22	12	22	1,024	46.55	56.83	123	4	3
16	Daryl Mitchell	NZ		1,793	11	18	11	18	960	60.00	53.54	96	20	4
17	Dinesh Chandimal	SL		1,765	10	18	10	18	958	68.43	54.28	84	15	5
18	Tom Blundell	NZ		1,678	13	22	13	22	819	43.11	48.81	103	2	4
19	Devon Conway	NZ		1,642	11	19	11	19	884	49.11	53.84	118	3	5
20	Dean Elgar	SA		1,610	15	29	15	29	799	28.54	49.63	104	1	2
21	Lokesh Rahul	IND		1,563	11	21	11	21	636	30.29	40.69	81	4	3
22	Jermaine Blackwood	WI		1,523	13	24	13	24	722	31.39	47.41	95	2	2
23	Jonny Bairstow	ENG		1,509	13	24	13	24	1,091	51.95	72.30	143	16	4
24	Kane Williamson	NZ		1,505	7	12	7	12	752	75.20	49.97	86	4	3
25	Rohit Sharma	IND		1,499	11	19	11	19	758	42.11	50.57	88	11	3
26	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN		1,479	9	17	9	17	625	41.67	42.26	67	0	3
27	Ravindra Jadeja	IND		1,452	13	21	13	21	721	36.05	49.66	84	7	2
28	Saud Shakeel	PAK		1,392	5	10	5	10	580	72.50	41.67	72	1	3
29	Azhar Ali	PAK		1,350	10	18	10	18	563	33.12	41.70	59	5	1
30	Joshua Da Silva	WI		1,336	13	22	13	22	484	26.89	36.23	54	1	1
31	Nkrumah Bonner	WI		1,335	10	17	10	17	422	30.14	31.61	47	1	1
32	Dhananjaya de Silva	SL		1,304	11	21	11	21	753	39.63	57.75	83	7	2
33	Travis Head	AUS		1,283	14	22	14	22	1,032	54.32	80.44	130	14	3
34	Zak Crawley	ENG		1,162	14	27	14	27	728	28.00	62.65	112	0	2
35	Henry Nicholls	NZ		1,120	12	20	12	20	614	32.32	54.82	69	4	2
36	Ollie Pope	ENG		1,118	12	20	12	20	777	40.89	69.50	86	3	2
37	Sarel Erwee	SA		1,107	10	19	10	19	479	26.61	43.27	56	0	1
38	Keegan Petersen	SA		1,101	10	17	10	17	552	32.47	50.14	69	0	1
39	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK		1,080	12	21	12	21	553	32.53	51.20	62	5	1
40	Rishabh Pant	IND		1,074	12	21	12	21	868	43.40	80.82	96	22	3
41	Cameron Green	AUS		1,073	12	15	12	15	508	39.08	47.34	58	1	1
42	Alex Lees	ENG		1,052	10	19	10	19	453	23.84	43.06	58	1	1
43	Najmul Hossain Shanto	BAN		1,034	12	23	12	23	460	20.00	44.49	58	5	0
44	Shreyas Iyer	IND		1,012	10	17	10	17	666	44.40	65.81	80	14	3
45	Will Young	NZ		985	10	16	10	16	434	27.13	44.06	61	0	2
46	Ben Stokes	ENG		976	13	22	13	22	735	36.75	75.31	74	24	3
47	Kyle Verreynne	SA		970	12	20	12	20	533	31.35	54.95	60	3	1
48	Mahmudul Hasan Joy	BAN		956	9	14	9	14	363	25.93	37.97	43	2	1
49	David Warner	AUS		955	13	22	13	22	618	29.43	64.71	77	6	1
50	Jason Holder	WI		946	11	21	11	21	443	23.32	46.83	54	12	1
51	Kusal Mendis	SL		936	9	16	9	16	531	33.19	56.73	68	1	2
52	Alex Carey	AUS		926	15	18	15	18	620	44.29	66.95	71	3	2
53	Mayank Agarwal	IND		851	9	13	9	13	436	33.54	51.23	66	5	1
54	Ajinkya Rahane	IND		848	9	17	9	17	419	24.65	49.41	58	3	1
55	Shubman Gill	IND		837	8	15	8	15	507	33.80	60.57	54	8	2
56	Aiden Markram	SA		835	9	17	9	17	461	27.12	55.21	77	0	2
57	Axar Patel	IND		827	11	14	11	14	458	45.80	55.38	43	16	0
58	Ben Foakes	ENG		815	10	16	10	16	400	33.33	49.08	42	0	1
59	Rassie van der Dussen	SA		808	9	15	9	15	295	21.07	36.51	27	0	0
60	Salman Agha	PAK		789	7	14	7	14	447	34.38	56.65	58	2	1
61	Oshada Fernando	SL		776	10	17	10	17	414	25.88	53.35	47	8	0
62	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND		760	13	20	13	20	444	23.37	58.42	50	4	0
63	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN		750	10	19	10	19	248	13.78	33.07	34	3	0
64	Marco Jansen	SA		719	11	18	11	18	306	20.40	42.56	42	1	0
65	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN		716	7	13	7	13	434	33.38	60.61	45	8	1
66	Pathum Nissanka	SL		693	5	9	5	9	308	38.50	44.44	32	1	1
67	Mominul Haque	BAN		665	10	19	10	19	269	14.94	40.45	37	1	1
68	Kyle Mayers	WI		627	10	17	10	17	361	22.56	57.58	48	5	1
69	Fawad Alam	PAK		626	7	11	7	11	296	32.89	47.28	34	0	1
70	Abid Ali	PAK		623	4	7	4	7	336	48.00	53.93	43	3	1
71	Keshav Maharaj	SA		584	13	21	13	21	391	18.62	66.95	54	4	0
72	Roston Chase	WI		539	8	16	8	16	231	14.44	42.86	24	4	0
73	Hanuma Vihari	IND		522	4	7	4	7	215	35.83	41.19	24	0	0
74	Harry Brook	ENG		521	4	6	4	6	480	80.00	92.13	55	12	3
75	Sarfraz Ahmed	PAK		514	2	4	2	4	335	83.75	65.18	35	1	2
76	Rory Burns	ENG		483	4	7	4	7	183	26.14	37.89	21	1	0
77	Kemar Roach	WI		470	11	17	11	17	169	12.07	35.96	23	2	0
78	Wiaan Mulder	SA		468	6	12	6	12	184	15.33	39.32	23	1	0
79	Niroshan Dickwella	SL		467	9	16	9	16	313	22.36	67.02	37	1	0
80	Tamim Iqbal	BAN		461	5	9	5	9	294	32.67	63.77	42	0	1
81	Tagenarine Chanderpaul	WI		458	4	8	4	8	195	24.38	42.58	22	2	0
82	Ramesh Mendis	SL		450	9	12	9	12	218	19.82	48.44	22	1	0
83	Simon Harmer	SA		450	6	8	6	8	163	23.29	36.22	14	1	0
84	John Campbell	WI		450	5	10	5	10	248	35.43	55.11	31	2	0
85	Haseeb Hameed	ENG		446	3	5	3	5	140	28.00	31.39	18	0	0
86	Yasir Ali	BAN		444	6	11	6	11	205	20.50	46.17	26	0	0
87	Zakir Hasan	BAN		438	2	4	2	4	186	46.50	42.47	22	1	1
88	Nurul Hasan	BAN		434	7	11	7	11	279	27.90	64.29	39	3	0
89	Faheem Ashraf	PAK		422	7	11	7	11	178	16.18	42.18	24	1	0
90	Ben Duckett	ENG		373	3	6	3	6	357	71.40	95.71	43	2	3
91	Michael Bracewell	NZ		370	6	10	6	10	213	23.67	57.57	30	2	0
92	Chris Woakes	ENG		367	4	8	4	8	208	34.67	56.68	23	1	0
93	Mitchell Starc	AUS		364	12	13	12	13	147	13.36	40.38	16	1	0
94	Alzarri Joseph	WI		363	10	15	10	15	156	10.40	42.98	15	7	0
95	Kagiso Rabada	SA		360	13	22	13	22	204	11.33	56.67	16	7	0
96	Peter Handscomb	AUS		360	4	6	4	6	145	29.00	40.28	18	0	0
97	Shardul Thakur	IND		351	7	13	7	13	232	17.85	66.10	29	7	1
98	Ryan Rickelton	SA		343	4	8	4	8	165	23.57	48.10	20	1	0
99	Mohammed Shami	IND		342	13	21	13	21	235	14.69	68.71	29	5	0
100	Daniel Lawrence	ENG		337	4	8	4	8	222	27.75	65.88	25	4	1

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WTC 2021 Most Balls Faced

Babar Azam topped WTC 2021 with 2,873 balls faced for Pakistan, ahead of Usman Khawaja (2,777) and Kraigg Brathwaite (2,545). The WTC 2021 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 223 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the WTC 2021 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most balls faced in WTC 2021?

Babar Azam led WTC 2021 with 2873 balls faced from 14 matches, averaging 61.08 at a strike rate of 53.15. Usman Khawaja was second on 2777 and Kraigg Brathwaite third on 2545. The table ranks every player in WTC 2021 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in WTC 2021?

The top three batters in WTC 2021 were Babar Azam (2873 in 14 matches), Usman Khawaja (2777 in 15 matches) and Kraigg Brathwaite (2545 in 13 matches). Babar Azam was 96 balls faced clear of Usman Khawaja. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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