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Batting Records - BBL Season 2017-18

BBL Season 2017-18: Most Balls Faced By a Batter

All Seasons 2017-18
#1 - Leader

D'Arcy Short

Hobart Hurricanes

385

Balls Faced

11Inn
148SR
1100s
266s
#2 - Second

Alex Carey

Adelaide Strikers

313

Balls Faced

11Inn
141SR
1100s
136s
#3 - Third

Jake Weatherald

Adelaide Strikers

302

Balls Faced

12Inn
126SR
1100s
196s

Batting Insights - BBL 2017

BBL 2017-18 Most Balls Faced leaderboard

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The BBL 2017-18 most balls faced list ranks batters by deliveries faced in BBL 2017-18. 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, Alex Carey and Jake Weatherald 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 385 Balls.
  • Gap to #2 (Alex Carey) is 72 Balls.
  • Top three: D'Arcy Short, Alex Carey and Jake Weatherald.
  • D'Arcy Short scored at SR 148 across 11 innings.

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# Player Inn Balls Faced HS Balls SR 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 Travis Head 9 281 85 281 133 28 12 3 0
5 Cameron White 8 273 79 273 111 23 8 3 0
6 Marcus Harris 11 251 64 251 129 34 10 2 0
7 Shane Watson 10 238 77 238 139 31 15 2 0
8 Ben McDermott 12 235 67 235 138 22 15 1 0
9 Hilton Cartwright 11 222 65 222 112 18 9 2 0
10 Tom Cooper 9 211 65 211 141 24 12 3 0
11 Daniel Hughes 8 206 66 206 110 19 4 1 0
12 Nicolas Maddinson 10 200 62 200 145 27 14 2 0
13 Colin Ingram 12 199 68 199 139 20 14 2 0
14 Glenn Maxwell 9 194 84 194 154 26 12 3 0
15 Brendon McCullum 10 183 61 183 135 29 6 2 0
16 Matthew Wade 10 183 71 183 137 26 6 1 0
17 James Faulkner 9 179 47 179 105 9 4 0 0
18 M Klinger 10 178 83 178 108 20 4 1 0
19 George Bailey 11 176 46 176 114 17 4 0 0
20 Kurtis Patterson 8 174 48 174 106 18 1 0 0
21 Alex Ross 9 172 51 172 122 11 7 1 0
22 Alexander Doolan 8 161 70 161 115 17 4 1 0
23 Kevin Pietersen 8 158 74 158 143 24 8 1 0
24 Ashton Turner 11 155 70 155 162 12 16 3 0
25 Cameron Bancroft 5 151 75 151 128 16 6 2 0
26 Jos Buttler 6 141 81 141 143 18 10 2 0
27 Adam Voges 10 141 56 141 119 12 3 1 0
28 Joseph Burns 7 141 50 141 142 12 10 1 0
29 Daniel Christian 10 141 56 141 153 16 10 1 0
30 Peter Handscomb 7 130 57 130 104 15 0 1 0
31 Jonathan Wells 10 130 33 130 106 6 3 0 0
32 Ben Cutting 9 125 46 125 152 9 14 0 0
33 Marcus Stoinis 5 124 99 124 144 14 7 1 0
34 Jimmy Peirson 9 121 43 121 132 16 4 0 0
35 Jordan Silk 4 120 50 120 130 13 3 1 0
36 Ashton Agar 7 116 33 116 128 5 8 0 0
37 DJ Willey 6 112 55 112 113 9 5 1 0
38 Joe Denly 4 111 72 111 131 13 7 1 0
39 Sam Billings 6 110 61 110 141 12 6 1 0
40 Ben Dunk 10 102 47 102 112 12 3 0 0
41 Callum Ferguson 6 98 37 98 104 7 0 0 0
42 Usman Khawaja 3 94 85 94 145 17 5 1 0
43 Chris Lynn 5 91 63 91 162 18 8 1 0
44 Sam Heazlett 7 89 45 89 111 11 2 0 0
45 Matt Short 3 87 62 87 121 11 2 1 0
46 BJ Rohrer 10 85 48 85 160 12 6 0 0
47 Arjun Nair 7 83 45 83 133 4 4 0 0
48 Aaron Finch 6 79 51 79 136 15 3 1 0
49 JS Lehmann 9 78 23 78 119 10 1 0 0
50 LJ Wright 5 76 21 76 107 10 1 0 0
51 Dwayne Bravo 8 76 26 76 131 6 5 0 0
52 Seb Gotch 5 70 31 70 102 5 1 0 0
53 Johan Botha 5 68 32 68 110 5 2 0 0
54 Peter Nevill 5 67 33 67 101 9 0 0 0
55 Simon Milenko 6 64 66 64 171 9 6 1 0
56 Chris Green 6 63 49 63 139 3 6 0 0
57 Mohammad Nabi 3 63 52 63 139 5 2 1 0
58 Rob Quiney 4 61 36 61 118 5 3 0 0
59 Jason Roy 6 60 21 60 103 6 2 0 0
60 James Vince 3 60 40 60 125 6 4 0 0
61 EP Gulbis 5 56 24 56 125 4 3 0 0
62 KA Pollard 4 54 29 54 124 4 2 0 0
63 Bradley Hodge 5 51 30 51 133 2 6 0 0
64 Michael Neser 6 51 40 51 121 4 3 0 0
65 TP Ludeman 5 50 28 50 122 6 2 0 0
66 Steve O'Keefe 3 47 28 47 148 6 2 0 0
67 JR Dean 4 46 19 46 110 3 4 0 0
68 Ryan Gibson 5 42 14 42 71 0 1 0 0
69 Josh Lalor 5 41 14 41 97 5 0 0 0
70 Moises Henriques 5 41 21 41 131 2 2 0 0
71 WG Bosisto 4 40 21 40 92 6 0 0 0
72 John Hastings 5 38 20 38 134 3 3 0 0
73 CJ Gannon 2 35 23 35 91 4 0 0 0
74 Jack Wildermuth 4 34 23 34 132 2 3 0 0
75 Mark Steketee 7 32 13 32 115 2 3 0 0
76 Marnus Labuschagne 3 29 20 29 72 2 0 0 0
77 Ben Dwarshuis 4 29 21 29 144 2 3 0 0
78 Tim Bresnan 2 29 43 29 172 4 2 0 0
79 Jofra Archer 5 29 25 29 137 1 1 0 0
80 Tim David 3 28 17 28 128 2 2 0 0
81 Jay Lenton 2 24 23 24 170 3 3 0 0
82 Sean Abbott 4 24 23 24 150 5 0 0 0
83 NJ Reardon 1 22 32 22 145 2 2 0 0
84 Jhye Richardson 3 22 16 22 118 1 2 0 0
85 Rashid Khan 5 20 16 20 180 1 3 0 0
86 Matthew Renshaw 1 19 22 19 115 2 0 0 0
87 Beau Webster 3 18 18 18 194 1 2 0 0
88 Shaun Marsh 1 18 30 18 166 6 0 0 0
89 Clive Rose 1 17 13 17 76 0 0 0 0
90 Kane Richardson 2 16 12 16 131 0 1 0 0
91 Josh Inglis 3 13 7 13 84 1 0 0 0
92 AC Blizzard 3 13 11 13 115 2 0 0 0
93 Mitchell McClenaghan 4 13 9 13 76 0 0 0 0
94 Tim Paine 2 11 5 11 81 1 0 0 0
95 Yasir Shah 3 10 6 10 60 0 0 0 0
96 JS Floros 1 10 3 10 30 0 0 0 0
97 Josh Philippe 1 10 7 10 70 0 0 0 0
98 Fawad Ahmed 3 9 1 9 11 0 0 0 0
99 Sam Whiteman 2 8 8 8 112 2 0 0 0
100 Daniel Worrall 1 8 13 8 162 2 0 0 0

FAQs

Who leads most balls faced in BBL 2017-18?

D'Arcy Short leads BBL 2017-18 with 385 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.