Most balls bowled in an innings

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Most balls bowled

Most balls bowled in an innings

Rank	Player	Balls bowled in an inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	S Ramadhin	588	98.0	35	179	2	1.82	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
🥈 2	TR Veivers	571	95.1	36	155	3	1.62	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
🥉 3	AL Valentine	552	92.0	49	140	3	1.52	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
4	LO Fleetwood-Smith	522	87.0	11	298	1	3.42	Australia	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
5	Fazal Mahmood	512	85.2	20	247	2	2.89	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
6	WJ O'Reilly	510	85.0	26	178	3	2.09	Australia	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
7	Haseeb Ahsan	504	84.0	19	202	6	2.40	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
8	MH Mankad	492	82.0	17	228	5	2.78	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
9	S Ramadhin	488	81.2	25	135	5	1.65	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
10	G Geary	486	81.0	36	105	5	1.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
11	OC Scott	482	80.2	13	266	5	3.31	West Indies	v England	Kingston	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
12	AMB Rowan	480	60.0	9	167	5	2.08	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1949	Test # 313
13	JD Higgs	478	59.6	15	148	5	1.85	Australia	v England	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
14	RW Price	474	79.0	19	181	5	2.29	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
15	HJ Tayfield	472	59.0	24	94	3	1.19	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
16	G Giffen	470	78.2	21	155	6	1.97	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
17	RK Chauhan	468	78.0	8	276	1	3.53	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
18	TW Cartwright	462	77.0	32	118	2	1.53	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
18	SNJ O'Keefe	462	77.0	17	199	3	2.58	Australia	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2256
20	SP Gupte	460	76.4	35	128	7	1.66	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
21	MH Mankad	456	76.0	47	58	4	0.76	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
22	JC White	453	75.3	22	136	2	1.80	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
23	G Giffen	450	75.0	25	164	4	2.18	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	Test # 42
23	MH Mankad	450	75.0	16	202	3	2.69	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
23	NS Yadav	450	75.0	18	196	1	2.61	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
23	M Muralidaran	450	75.0	30	174	3	2.32	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
27	R Kilner	448	56.0	7	127	4	1.70	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
27	ACB Langton	448	56.0	12	132	1	1.76	South Africa	v England	Durban	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
29	H Verity	446	55.6	14	97	2	1.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
30	HJ Howarth	444	74.0	24	138	2	1.86	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
30	Saqlain Mushtaq	444	74.0	20	164	8	2.21	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
32	SP Gupte	443	73.5	32	133	5	1.80	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
33	N Gordon	442	55.2	10	174	1	2.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
34	MW Tate	441	55.1	11	130	6	1.76	England	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
35	SG Shinde	438	73.0	26	162	2	2.21	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
35	MH Mankad	438	73.0	24	196	5	2.68	India	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
35	GAR Lock	438	73.0	24	155	4	2.12	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
35	LR Gibbs	438	73.0	17	168	2	2.30	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	05 May 1965	Test # 589
35	S Randiv	438	73.0	16	222	2	3.04	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
40	MG Waite	432	72.0	16	150	1	2.08	Australia	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
40	S Ramadhin	432	72.0	43	86	6	1.19	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
40	DS Atkinson	432	72.0	29	137	-	1.90	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
40	A Kumble	432	72.0	7	223	1	3.09	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
40	Zulfiqar Babar	432	72.0	17	183	1	2.54	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015	Test # 2180
45	IAR Peebles	426	71.0	8	204	6	2.87	England	v Australia	The Oval	16 Aug 1930	Test # 198
45	AL Valentine	426	71.0	47	79	3	1.11	West Indies	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
45	BS Bedi	426	71.0	19	163	1	2.29	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
45	PCR Tufnell	426	71.0	22	147	2	2.07	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1992	Test # 1187
45	DL Vettori	426	71.0	24	171	2	2.40	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
50	HJ Tayfield	424	53.0	21	130	5	1.83	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
50	KJ O'Keeffe	424	53.0	12	166	3	2.34	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
52	SA Durani	420	70.0	14	173	2	2.47	India	v West Indies	Kingston	07 Mar 1962	Test # 526
52	HJ Howarth	420	70.0	24	144	4	2.05	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1973	Test # 723
52	SL Boock	420	70.0	10	229	1	3.27	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
52	NM Kulkarni	420	70.0	12	195	1	2.78	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
52	SK Warne	420	70.0	15	161	6	2.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593

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