M Klinger
Perth Scorchers
263
Balls Faced
Batting Records - BBL Season 2016-17
Perth Scorchers
263
Balls Faced
Sydney Sixers
257
Balls Faced
Adelaide Strikers
222
Balls Faced
Batting Insights - BBL 2016
The BBL 2016-17 most balls faced list ranks batters by deliveries faced in BBL 2016-17. It reflects time at the crease and anchor roles, showing who absorbs pressure and builds innings across phases. This metric is especially useful when analyzing stability in the top order.
Batters like M Klinger, Daniel Hughes and Ben Dunk occupy the crease for long spells, balancing rotation with boundary scoring. Use strike rate and runs to judge tempo and to compare high-volume accumulators against faster scorers.
| # | Player | Inn | Balls Faced | HS | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Aaron Finch | 8 | 220 | 71 | 220 | 160 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Bradley Hodge | 8 | 218 | 56 | 218 | 131 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | LJ Wright | 9 | 214 | 62 | 214 | 122 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Kevin Pietersen | 8 | 209 | 73 | 209 | 128 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Alex Ross | 8 | 192 | 64 | 192 | 106 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Brendon McCullum | 8 | 189 | 72 | 189 | 170 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | George Bailey | 8 | 186 | 74 | 186 | 132 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Moises Henriques | 10 | 185 | 76 | 185 | 142 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Tim Paine | 8 | 184 | 91 | 184 | 123 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Ian Bell | 9 | 182 | 61 | 182 | 126 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chris Lynn | 5 | 174 | 98 | 174 | 177 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Cameron White | 8 | 171 | 64 | 171 | 132 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Marcus Harris | 7 | 166 | 85 | 166 | 132 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Shaun Marsh | 8 | 158 | 57 | 158 | 113 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Joseph Burns | 8 | 147 | 51 | 147 | 135 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Kurtis Patterson | 8 | 142 | 38 | 142 | 121 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mitchell Marsh | 5 | 138 | 70 | 138 | 152 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Rob Quiney | 7 | 134 | 75 | 134 | 169 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | BJ Rohrer | 8 | 128 | 30 | 128 | 113 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Eoin Morgan | 5 | 127 | 71 | 127 | 125 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Callum Ferguson | 7 | 122 | 39 | 122 | 150 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | D'Arcy Short | 8 | 121 | 61 | 121 | 163 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Sam Whiteman | 8 | 111 | 41 | 111 | 138 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Johan Botha | 8 | 106 | 32 | 106 | 130 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Tom Cooper | 8 | 105 | 53 | 105 | 159 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Jonathan Wells | 5 | 105 | 55 | 105 | 130 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Brad Haddin | 9 | 101 | 38 | 101 | 138 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DJ Hussey | 8 | 100 | 29 | 100 | 137 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | KA Pollard | 8 | 99 | 47 | 99 | 146 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sam Billings | 4 | 98 | 42 | 98 | 129 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ryan Gibson | 5 | 98 | 53 | 98 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Jimmy Peirson | 9 | 97 | 46 | 97 | 143 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Anderson Cummins | 6 | 96 | 39 | 96 | 139 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jake Weatherald | 7 | 90 | 52 | 90 | 130 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Ashton Turner | 8 | 84 | 44 | 84 | 146 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ben McDermott | 3 | 83 | 114 | 83 | 186 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Travis Head | 5 | 80 | 24 | 80 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Shane Watson | 6 | 76 | 55 | 76 | 136 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Seb Gotch | 3 | 75 | 48 | 75 | 105 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Glenn Maxwell | 4 | 71 | 58 | 71 | 164 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Daniel Christian | 7 | 69 | 33 | 69 | 126 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Nicolas Maddinson | 7 | 68 | 26 | 68 | 110 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Marcus Stoinis | 6 | 63 | 40 | 63 | 120 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | TP Ludeman | 3 | 59 | 29 | 59 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Jason Roy | 4 | 57 | 40 | 57 | 161 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Beau Webster | 4 | 57 | 67 | 57 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Kumar Sangakkara | 5 | 56 | 22 | 56 | 121 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Ben Dwarshuis | 7 | 54 | 19 | 54 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Ben Cutting | 6 | 54 | 35 | 54 | 144 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Jack Wildermuth | 5 | 51 | 29 | 51 | 141 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Ashton Agar | 6 | 50 | 29 | 50 | 158 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Sam Heazlett | 4 | 48 | 39 | 48 | 156 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | James Vince | 3 | 48 | 44 | 48 | 154 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MJ Lumb | 5 | 48 | 31 | 48 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Sean Abbott | 7 | 46 | 33 | 46 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Jordan Silk | 4 | 46 | 28 | 46 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | James Faulkner | 4 | 44 | 25 | 44 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Ben Hilfenhaus | 7 | 43 | 32 | 43 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Chris Jordan | 5 | 39 | 18 | 39 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Sunil Narine | 7 | 38 | 21 | 38 | 136 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | JR Dean | 5 | 34 | 23 | 34 | 144 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Dwayne Bravo | 2 | 34 | 24 | 34 | 138 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Clive Rose | 4 | 34 | 29 | 34 | 161 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Andre Russell | 4 | 33 | 9 | 33 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | 1 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 127 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Adam Voges | 6 | 32 | 20 | 32 | 125 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | EP Gulbis | 4 | 31 | 22 | 31 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Hilton Cartwright | 2 | 29 | 13 | 29 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Kane Richardson | 1 | 28 | 45 | 28 | 160 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Thisara Perera | 4 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 148 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Clinton McKay | 4 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Cameron Boyce | 5 | 27 | 12 | 27 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Chris Green | 5 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 153 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Michael Neser | 4 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Colin Munro | 3 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Jay Lenton | 2 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Chris Tremain | 3 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Marnus Labuschagne | 2 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Peter Nevill | 4 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Nathan Lyon | 3 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | JS Lehmann | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | HP Kingston | 3 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 161 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | DJ Willey | 3 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Mark Steketee | 4 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Tim Bresnan | 1 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Adam Zampa | 3 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | James Pattinson | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Brad Hogg | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Scott Boland | 5 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | NJ Reardon | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | AC Blizzard | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | TL Lawford | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Sam Harper | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Jackson Bird | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Peter Handscomb | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ish Sodhi | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 144 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Daniel Worrall | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 162 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
M Klinger leads BBL 2016-17 with 263 Balls.
Players are ranked by most balls faced totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.
We update these leaderboards after each BBL season using ball-by-ball data.
The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.