Matt Short
Adelaide Strikers
353
Balls Faced
Batting Records - BBL Season 2023-24
Adelaide Strikers
353
Balls Faced
Perth Scorchers
261
Balls Faced
Brisbane Heat
243
Balls Faced
Batting Insights - BBL 2023
The BBL 2023-24 most balls faced list ranks batters by deliveries faced in BBL 2023-24. 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 Matt Short, Aaron Hardie and J Brown 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 | Beau Webster | 8 | 229 | 66 | 229 | 114 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Moises Henriques | 10 | 219 | 59 | 219 | 117 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Nathan McSweeney | 9 | 211 | 73 | 211 | 105 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | D'Arcy Short | 11 | 205 | 66 | 205 | 119 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Cameron Bancroft | 9 | 201 | 74 | 201 | 114 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Josh Philippe | 11 | 200 | 47 | 200 | 128 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | James Vince | 9 | 196 | 83 | 196 | 124 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Ben McDermott | 8 | 192 | 95 | 192 | 135 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Josh Inglis | 10 | 186 | 64 | 186 | 127 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Chris Lynn | 7 | 185 | 83 | 185 | 164 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Alex Hales | 9 | 183 | 72 | 183 | 140 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Daniel Hughes | 7 | 170 | 74 | 170 | 130 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | 8 | 162 | 70 | 162 | 158 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Colin Munro | 7 | 159 | 99 | 159 | 140 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | LJ Evans | 7 | 154 | 85 | 154 | 189 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | TF Rogers | 10 | 147 | 42 | 147 | 127 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jordan Silk | 10 | 147 | 66 | 147 | 128 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Caleb Jewell | 10 | 145 | 45 | 145 | 128 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Zak Crawley | 6 | 143 | 65 | 143 | 108 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Alex Ross | 8 | 142 | 46 | 142 | 115 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Mac Wright | 8 | 142 | 63 | 142 | 142 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Matthew Renshaw | 10 | 142 | 49 | 142 | 123 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Glenn Maxwell | 9 | 140 | 35 | 140 | 173 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Hilton Cartwright | 8 | 138 | 47 | 138 | 151 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Matthew Wade | 6 | 135 | 82 | 135 | 137 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | C Connolly | 10 | 133 | 37 | 133 | 136 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Oliver Davies | 9 | 133 | 35 | 133 | 128 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Shaun Marsh | 5 | 131 | 64 | 131 | 138 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Marcus Stoinis | 9 | 125 | 55 | 125 | 135 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Jonathan Wells | 8 | 123 | 40 | 123 | 127 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Jake Weatherald | 7 | 120 | 80 | 120 | 168 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Corey Anderson | 9 | 119 | 41 | 119 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Nikhil Chaudhary | 5 | 108 | 55 | 108 | 142 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Sam Billings | 7 | 103 | 40 | 103 | 140 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Joe Clarke | 5 | 97 | 38 | 97 | 114 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Daniel Sams | 9 | 86 | 30 | 86 | 118 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Quinton de Kock | 6 | 86 | 38 | 86 | 120 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Jack Edwards | 8 | 83 | 30 | 83 | 139 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Tim David | 9 | 83 | 27 | 83 | 134 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Dan Lawrence | 5 | 83 | 50 | 83 | 139 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Chris Jordan | 7 | 81 | 59 | 81 | 164 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | PI Walter | 10 | 79 | 30 | 79 | 125 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Sam Whiteman | 7 | 78 | 31 | 78 | 106 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | T Kelly | 4 | 77 | 41 | 77 | 118 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Jimmy Peirson | 4 | 75 | 42 | 75 | 101 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | SR Hain | 7 | 73 | 51 | 73 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Chris Green | 8 | 71 | 33 | 71 | 161 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Aaron Finch | 4 | 70 | 33 | 70 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Will Sutherland | 8 | 69 | 51 | 69 | 162 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | AJ Hose | 7 | 66 | 28 | 66 | 136 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Michael Neser | 8 | 61 | 64 | 61 | 144 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Craig Overton | 5 | 61 | 31 | 61 | 139 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Nicolas Maddinson | 4 | 58 | 18 | 58 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Max Bryant | 5 | 57 | 29 | 57 | 164 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Marnus Labuschagne | 2 | 56 | 45 | 56 | 133 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | SS Eskinazi | 4 | 53 | 25 | 53 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | David Warner | 2 | 49 | 37 | 49 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | JM Cox | 4 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 127 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Harry Nielsen | 5 | 46 | 50 | 46 | 156 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Nathan McAndrew | 9 | 45 | 22 | 45 | 148 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Steven Smith | 2 | 43 | 61 | 43 | 141 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | NR Hobson | 4 | 43 | 48 | 43 | 141 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Tom Rogers | 5 | 35 | 20 | 35 | 128 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | JJS Sangha | 2 | 35 | 19 | 35 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Liam Dawson | 3 | 35 | 22 | 35 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Ben Manenti | 2 | 34 | 23 | 34 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | T Kohler-Cadmore | 3 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 115 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | PG Dooley | 5 | 32 | 19 | 32 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Sean Abbott | 6 | 30 | 16 | 30 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Matthew Gilkes | 4 | 29 | 18 | 29 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Usman Khawaja | 2 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 155 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | HTRY Thornton | 3 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Alex Carey | 1 | 26 | 36 | 26 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Ashton Agar | 5 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | H Kerr | 4 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MJ Owen | 2 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Imad Wasim | 2 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Liam Hatcher | 5 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 120 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Sam Harper | 5 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Joseph Burns | 1 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Gurinder Sandhu | 4 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Ben Dwarshuis | 7 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 157 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | S Fanning | 1 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 155 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | James Bazley | 5 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Joel Davies | 4 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 160 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MWG Harvey | 2 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ashton Turner | 1 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Kurtis Patterson | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DA Payne | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 205 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Nathan Ellis | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 187 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Haris Rauf | 1 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Xavier Bartlett | 5 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | TR Murphy | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Usama Mir | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | SH Johnson | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Jonathan Merlo | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Marcus Harris | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Short leads BBL 2023-24 with 353 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.