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Batting Records - BBL Season 2021-22

BBL Season 2021-22: Most Balls Faced By a Batter

All Seasons 2021-22
#1 - Leader

D'Arcy Short

Hobart Hurricanes

392

Balls Faced

15Inn
113SR
0100s
116s
#2 - Second

Jonathan Wells

Adelaide Strikers

389

Balls Faced

17Inn
128SR
0100s
106s
#3 - Third

Ben McDermott

Hobart Hurricanes

375

Balls Faced

13Inn
153SR
2100s
296s

Batting Insights - BBL 2021

BBL 2021-22 Most Balls Faced leaderboard

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The BBL 2021-22 most balls faced list ranks batters by deliveries faced in BBL 2021-22. 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 D'Arcy Short, Jonathan Wells and Ben McDermott 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.

Key insights

  • D'Arcy Short leads with 392 Balls.
  • Gap to #2 (Jonathan Wells) is 3 Balls.
  • Top three: D'Arcy Short, Jonathan Wells and Ben McDermott.
  • D'Arcy Short scored at SR 113 across 15 innings.

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# Player Inn Balls Faced HS Balls SR 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 JJS Sangha 12 337 91 337 132 36 13 3 0
5 Moises Henriques 15 330 76 330 133 36 12 2 0
6 Matt Short 16 317 89 317 155 36 26 3 0
7 Colin Munro 13 306 114 306 127 24 16 2 1
8 Josh Philippe 14 299 99 299 143 35 16 4 0
9 Aaron Finch 10 296 82 296 130 23 18 4 0
10 Glenn Maxwell 13 293 154 293 159 49 12 1 2
11 Joe Clarke 13 277 85 277 151 37 17 5 0
12 Kurtis Patterson 13 275 78 275 142 31 18 4 0
13 Alex Hales 13 258 80 258 148 44 15 2 0
14 LJ Evans 12 250 76 250 144 24 14 2 0
15 Hilton Cartwright 13 249 79 249 144 20 22 1 0
16 Mitchell Marsh 8 243 100 243 142 26 15 2 1
17 Matthew Wade 13 241 93 241 134 29 10 2 0
18 Daniel Hughes 12 235 66 235 122 19 11 3 0
19 Ben Duckett 12 235 78 235 128 31 6 3 0
20 Ashton Turner 14 232 69 232 153 23 16 2 0
21 Matthew Gilkes 14 227 93 227 129 30 9 2 0
22 Matthew Renshaw 11 224 63 224 136 30 2 2 0
23 Sam Heazlett 14 215 49 215 123 16 12 0 0
24 Daniel Christian 15 209 73 209 126 22 10 1 0
25 MWG Harvey 11 205 71 205 112 18 3 2 0
26 Max Bryant 10 202 81 202 113 21 6 2 0
27 Jake Weatherald 13 199 51 199 107 20 2 1 0
28 Sam Billings 9 185 67 185 153 28 12 2 0
29 Peter Handscomb 11 181 47 181 113 13 4 0 0
30 Chris Lynn 12 172 57 172 125 20 8 1 0
31 Alex Ross 9 171 77 171 138 19 7 3 0
32 IA Cockbain 6 169 71 169 141 19 9 2 0
33 Caleb Jewell 11 167 51 167 129 21 6 1 0
34 Sam Harper 13 166 57 166 119 14 7 1 0
35 T Kelly 12 165 41 165 129 14 6 0 0
36 Shaun Marsh 7 153 57 153 132 23 5 2 0
37 Cameron Bancroft 8 153 45 153 106 17 2 0 0
38 James Vince 8 135 44 135 110 18 0 0 0
39 Tim David 13 133 46 133 163 12 14 0 0
40 Ben Cutting 10 129 37 129 118 16 5 0 0
41 Harry Nielsen 9 126 39 126 103 8 1 0 0
42 Daniel Sams 12 118 98 118 161 11 16 1 0
43 Nicolas Maddinson 9 114 67 114 112 10 5 1 0
44 Marcus Stoinis 8 111 75 111 153 11 10 1 0
45 Jordan Silk 10 111 36 111 120 14 0 0 0
46 Josh Inglis 8 107 79 107 128 14 3 1 0
47 Jake Fraser-McGurk 8 106 32 106 105 6 3 0 0
48 H Kerr 8 105 98 105 144 13 4 1 0
49 Xavier Bartlett 6 104 42 104 124 15 2 0 0
50 Jack Edwards 6 100 40 100 110 9 1 0 0
51 Sean Abbott 9 99 41 99 118 7 5 0 0
52 Joseph Burns 6 99 25 99 95 5 2 0 0
53 James Bazley 11 98 44 98 124 8 5 0 0
54 Nick Larkin 7 97 52 97 90 8 0 1 0
55 LD Pfeffer 4 95 69 95 114 9 3 1 0
56 Beau Webster 8 95 63 95 103 9 2 1 0
57 HJ Hunt 6 92 27 92 110 8 3 0 0
58 J Seymour 8 91 25 91 123 10 4 0 0
59 Jimmy Peirson 11 90 42 90 132 10 4 0 0
60 Ashton Agar 9 89 30 89 149 10 8 0 0
61 Justin Avendano 8 88 52 88 114 5 7 1 0
62 Aaron Hardie 8 84 45 84 136 4 6 0 0
63 Usman Khawaja 2 68 77 68 147 12 1 1 0
64 JS Lehmann 3 67 65 67 110 9 0 1 0
65 Alex Carey 3 61 67 61 149 10 1 1 0
66 HC Brook 7 58 22 58 75 3 0 0 0
67 Ben Dwarshuis 5 56 66 56 171 10 4 1 0
68 Mark Steketee 7 54 33 54 114 3 2 0 0
69 Andre Russell 5 53 42 53 156 6 5 0 0
70 Chris Green 5 52 50 52 157 6 2 1 0
71 Jack Wildermuth 3 49 28 49 114 3 1 0 0
72 Tom Cooper 7 49 32 49 165 10 4 0 0
73 Oliver Davies 6 48 26 48 141 4 4 0 0
74 Mohammad Nabi 7 47 12 47 76 1 0 0 0
75 Kane Richardson 6 46 17 46 93 4 1 0 0
76 NR Hobson 2 45 46 45 111 6 0 0 0
77 GHS Garton 6 44 19 44 143 5 3 0 0
78 Will Sutherland 10 43 15 43 120 1 4 0 0
79 Andrew Tye 7 42 44 42 130 4 3 0 0
80 Nathan McAndrew 8 42 30 42 133 5 1 0 0
81 Tom Rogers 4 40 33 40 127 4 3 0 0
82 DR Drew 3 38 23 38 118 4 0 0 0
83 CA Wakim 2 35 20 35 91 2 1 0 0
84 JA Thompson 8 34 15 34 152 3 3 0 0
85 Qais Ahmad 6 33 16 33 133 2 4 0 0
86 Rashid Khan 9 33 13 33 154 6 2 0 0
87 Jack Prestwidge 4 32 22 32 121 2 1 0 0
88 Nathan McSweeney 3 31 20 31 100 4 0 0 0
89 Nathan Ellis 4 31 20 31 135 4 1 0 0
90 Unmukt Chand 2 30 29 30 116 1 2 0 0
91 Wes Agar 4 28 9 28 71 0 0 0 0
92 RJW Topley 4 28 14 28 117 2 2 0 0
93 Baxter Holt 2 27 17 27 70 1 0 0 0
94 TJ Dean 1 26 32 26 123 3 0 0 0
95 Tom Curran 3 25 27 25 132 5 0 0 0
96 Tanveer Sangha 3 25 17 25 76 2 0 0 0
97 TF Rogers 1 25 32 25 128 4 1 0 0
98 Sam Whiteman 3 24 11 24 104 4 0 0 0
99 Daniel Worrall 5 24 9 24 83 2 0 0 0
100 Jonathan Merlo 4 24 15 24 91 2 0 0 0

FAQs

Who leads most balls faced in BBL 2021-22?

D'Arcy Short leads BBL 2021-22 with 392 Balls.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most balls faced totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each BBL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.