Top 10 Bowlers with most balls bowled in cricket career

Top 10 Bowlers with most balls bowled in cricket career

Pretty ordinary record in terms of its importance, most balls bowled in cricket is. Obviously when you join a side being a bowler you have to do your job the whole career, no matter how many balls you deliver. However a cricket record it is and we have to take it as it is. As a matter of fact most balls bowled in cricket depicts the significance of a bowler in aside as well. Generally only that bowler gets to bowl the most number of overs in a side that is the most useful. So bowlers with the highest number of balls delivered during their career span inevitably get the reputation of being the best bowler in the side. And varying from situation to situation they often get the chances of bowling at the most crucial times.

Most number of balls bowled and the number of wickets taken are directly proportioned to each other. The more a bowler get to bowl the more are the chances of taking wickets. The reason we see the bowlers with most balls bowled being the highest wicket takers is simply because of the same fact. Furthermore, spin bowlers have considerably long careers as compared to the pacers. All the energy and hard work that is the essence of fast bowling is needed by the spinners in a very low amount. On the other hand their effectiveness is really higher especially in home conditions where pitches are specifically being designed for them.

Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Murlitharan is currently the bowler with most balls bowled in history. The spin-sensation is also the leading wicket taker in test cricket with 800 wickets. The reason he has been able to get so much of wickets is that he got to bowl so many balls. And of course there is no doubt of him being exceptionally skillful. The list is followed by more spinners including Shane Warne, Anil Kumble and Daniel Vettori. Check out for yourself.

Top 10 Bowlers with most balls bowled in cricket career

Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts
M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL)	1992-2011	495	63132	30803	1347
A Kumble (Asia/India)	1990-2008	403	55346	28767	956
SK Warne (Aus/ICC)	1992-2007	339	51347	25536	1001
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2015	442	43661	22863	705
GD McGrath (Aus/ICC)	1993-2007	376	42266	20656	949
Harbhajan Singh (Asia/India)	1998-2016	367	41671	23143	711
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	337	40841	19606	746
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1984-2003	460	40813	21591	916
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)	1995-2008	423	40308	19673	829
WPUJC Vaas (Asia/SL)	1994-2009	439	39345	21643	761