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Top 10 Players with Most Balls Faced in an Innings in Test Cricket | CBTF News

We're back with another Top 10, and it's a list that few people would have created since no one would ever keep track of how many balls a batter faces during a test inning. Nevertheless, we're here to inform our readers about these outstanding players and the long innings they played.

 

Let's look at the top 10 test cricket players who have faced the most balls in an inning. Some of these names may be unfamiliar to our readers, but it's crucial to understand the development of test cricket.

 

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Best Players Who Faced the Most Balls in an Innings in Test Cricket 

 

Leonard Hutton (847 balls faced)   

 

The English batsman played a long inning against

Australia in the 

 

Ashes series. No matter what the Australians threw at him, he would not leave the crease, and he simply slowly and methodically constructed his innings while hitting 35 fours all around. He scored a staggering 364 runs in the 847 balls he faced, thrilling the Oval and the crowd to their core.

 

 

 

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Glenn Turner (759 balls faced)  

 

When Glenn Turner played for

New Zealand against the 

 

West Indies, he was in no mood to leave. He stood there for his country like a rock and exhausted the West Indies bowlers. As a result of his efforts, he scored an incredible 259 runs with the help of 22 fours, and it will always be remembered as an epic inning.

 

 

 

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Bob Simpson (743 balls faced) 

 

When he batted against

England in the 1964 Ashes, the legendary Bob Simpson was in imperious form. He batted so long that the English bowlers eventually became useless and waited for him to go out. He scored an incredible 311 runs and gave Australia a significant advantage in the game with the help of 23 fours and one huge six.

 

 

 

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Sid Barnes (667 balls faced) 

 

The fourth batter on this list is also an Australian, and in the 1946

Ashes series, he also played this enormous inning against England. He batted for such a long time, making 234 runs with 17 fours. He was so tenacious in his defense and gave the England bowlers little opportunity of getting him out.

 

 

 

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Gary Kirsten (642 balls faced)  

 

Gary Kirsten played this outstanding innings against England at Durban, and it came at a time when

South Africa was in trouble, and they were following on against England. That's when he showed all his class and made 275 runs, which had 26 Fours in it and is his best innings. This is the first name on this list up to this point that our readers will recognize.

 

 

 

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Andy Sandham (640 balls faced)  

 

The sixth individual on this list is an Englishman who scored 325 runs and smashed 26 fours in an incredible inning against the

West Indies in 1930. He played with a strike rate of more than 50 during this record-breaking performance.

 

 

 

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Ken Barrington (624 balls faced)  

 

He was once more an England player, and the innings we are discussing occurred in the 1964 Ashes contest against Australia, where he destroyed the Australian bowling attack. After this inning, he scored 256 runs and hit 26 fours, solidifying his status as a legend.

 

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Wally Hammond (605 balls faced)  

 

The following three innings will focus on this exceptional English player who dominated Australia in the 1928–1929 Ashes series. We'll discuss the 1928 innings in which he scored 251 runs while hitting 30 fours all over the field.

 

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Wally Hammond (603 balls faced)   

 

Wally Hammond is the ninth batter, and these innings were played in the same Ashes match as the one where the previous run was made, but it was played in the first few months of the new year. This inning was slower than the previous one since he only scored 177 runs, hit 17 fours, and played at a strike rate of just over 17.

 

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Bob Cooper (589 balls faced) 

 

The final player on this list is the illustrious Australian player Bob Cooper, who destroyed England in the 1966 Ashes series with innings of 307 from 589 balls. He played rapidly, scored 307 runs, and hit 20 fours in the inning.

 

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Wrapping Up  

These players have played well in the matches and created history in Test cricket. For more such news and

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