| Balls |
| 5447 | South Africa v England | Kingsmead, Durban | 1938/39 |
| 4244 | Australia v England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1928/29 |
| 4244 | Maharashtra v Bombay | Poona Club Ground, Poona | 1948/49 |
| 4209 | Australia v England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1928/29 |
| 4174 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1928/29 |
| 4139 | Bombay v Holkar | Brabourne Stadium, Bombay | 1944/45 |
| 3891 | Bombay v Baroda | Brabourne Stadium, Bombay | 1948/49 |
| 3852 | New South Wales v Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1926/27 |
| 3787 | Australia v England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1924/25 |
| 3683 | West Indies v England | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1929/30 |
| 3652 | Australia v South Africa | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1952/53 |
| 3645 | England v West Indies | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1950 |
| 3639 | Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1924/25 |
| 3597 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1924/25 |
| 3595 | New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1925/26 |
| 3536 | England v West Indies | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1957 |
| 3526 | West Indies v India | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1970/71 |
| 3525 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1946/47 |
| 3522 | England v South Africa | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1947 |
| 3509 | British Guiana v Barbados | Bourda, Georgetown | 1929/30 |
| 3498 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1923/24 |
| 3472 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1895/96 |
| 3458 | Transvaal v Kimberley | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1890/91 |
| 3458 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1892/93 |
| 3446 | West Indies v Australia | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1954/55 |
| 3438 | West Indies v India | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1952/53 |
| 3438 | West Indies v India | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1952/53 |
| 3424 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1924/25 |
| 3420 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1926/27 |
| 3418 | Barbados v Trinidad | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1926/27 |
| 3395 | Holkar v Gujarat | Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore | 1950/51 |
| 3391 | New South Wales v AE Stoddart's XI | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1897/98 |
| 3382 | Queensland v Victoria | Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | 1926/27 |
| 3376 | Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1894/95 |
| 3360 | Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1962/63 |
| 3357 | Auckland v Canterbury | Eden Park, Auckland | 1935/36 |
| 3355 | Australia v England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1946/47 |
| 3353 | Australia v West Indies | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1960/61 |
| 3351 | Australia v India | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1977/78 |
| 3331 | England v West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1950 |
| 3330 | Auckland v Canterbury | Eden Park, Auckland | 1925/26 |
| 3306 | England v Australia | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1964 |
| 3306 | Australia v West Indies | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1968/69 |
| 3306 | England v Rest of the World XI | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1970 |
| 3298 | England v Australia | Headingley, Leeds | 1948 |
| 3296 | Australia v England | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | 1962/63 |
| 3284 | South Africa v Australia | Newlands, Cape Town | 1966/67 |
| 3283 | Australia v West Indies | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1960/61 |
| 3272 | Australia v South Africa | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1931/32 |
| 3268 | West Indies v Pakistan | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1957/58 |
| 3245 | Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1903/04 |
| 3244 | New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1924/25 |
| 3244 | Australia v India | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | 1967/68 |
| 3236 | West Indies v Australia | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1964/65 |
| 3235 | Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1928/29 |
| 3234 | England v South Africa | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1947 |
| 3229 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1933/34 |
| 3228 | England v West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1957 |
| 3216 | West Indies v England | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1973/74 |
| 3208 | New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1908/09 |
| 3203 | Wellington v Auckland | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1929/30 |
| 3196 | Jamaica v Barbados | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1946/47 |
| 3194 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1920/21 |
| 3189 | West Indies v India | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1952/53 |
| 3189 | Pakistan v New Zealand | Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore | 1955/56 |
| 3183 | Otago v Wellington | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1923/24 |
| 3170 | Australia v Pakistan | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1976/77 |
| 3168 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1901/02 |
| 3164 | Australia v South Africa | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1952/53 |
| 3163 | Baroda v Holkar | Maharaja Pratapsingh Coronation Gymkhana Ground, Baroda | 1949/50 |
| 3163 | England v India | Headingley, Leeds | 1967 |
| 3161 | England v Australia | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1930 |
| 3158 | England v Australia | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1953 |
| 3152 | England v South Africa | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1955 |
| 3147 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1899/00 |
| 3147 | South Africa v Australia | Kingsmead, Durban | 1957/58 |
| 3146 | Western Province v Eastern Province | Newlands, Cape Town | 1951/52 |
| 3142 | Australia v West Indies | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | 1960/61 |
| 3142 | Pakistan v England | Dacca Stadium, Dacca | 1961/62 |
| 3135 | England v West Indies | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1969 |
| 3132 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1928/29 |
| 3126 | New South Wales v Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1927/28 |
| 3122 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1935/36 |
| 3122 | Auckland v Wellington | Eden Park, Auckland | 1936/37 |
| 3122 | England v South Africa | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1951 |
| 3118 | Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1920/21 |
| 3118 | Bengal v Holkar | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | 1952/53 |
| 3113 | England v Australia | Headingley, Leeds | 1968 |
| 3111 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1930/31 |
| 3110 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1883/84 |
| 3109 | India v England | Modi Stadium, Kanpur | 1963/64 |
| 3108 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1936/37 |
| 3108 | British Guiana v RS Grant's XI | Bourda, Georgetown | 1938 |
| 3102 | Australia v England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1891/92 |
| 3102 | West Indies v New Zealand | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1971/72 |
| 3097 | West Indies v India | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1961/62 |
| 3092 | West Indies v Australia | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1964/65 |
| 3087 | Australia v West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1968/69 |
| 3071 | New South Wales v Marylebone Cricket Club | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1907/08 |
| 3071 | South Africa v England | Newlands, Cape Town | 1964/65 |
| 3070 | West Indies v England | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1953/54 |
| 3070 | England v West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1966 |
| 3067 | England v South Africa | Headingley, Leeds | 1955 |
| 3066 | England v Pakistan | Headingley, Leeds | 1971 |
| 3063 | Jamaica v LH Tennyson's XI | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1927/28 |
| 3056 | New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1907/08 |
| 3056 | New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1928/29 |
| 3056 | England v South Africa | Headingley, Leeds | 1951 |
| 3052 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1929/30 |
| 3052 | Delhi v Karnataka | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | 1981/82 |
| 3049 | India v Australia | Modi Stadium, Kanpur | 1969/70 |
| 3049 | Australia v England | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | 1970/71 |
| 3045 | New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1907/08 |
| 3044 | Victoria v AE Stoddart's XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1894/95 |
| 3042 | England v Australia | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1968 |
| 3041 | New South Wales v AC MacLaren's XI | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1901/02 |
| 3041 | England v Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1948 |
| 3041 | England v New Zealand | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1973 |
| 3041 | New Zealand v England | Eden Park, Auckland | 1977/78 |
| 3034 | England v Australia | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | 1930 |
| 3030 | West Indies v England | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1953/54 |
| 3027 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1970/71 |
| 3023 | South Australia v Queensland | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1949/50 |
| 3022 | Australia v West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1951/52 |
| 3021 | England v Rest of the World XI | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1970 |
| 3020 | Queensland v New South Wales | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | 1935/36 |
| 3019 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1926/27 |
| 3016 | Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI v A Shaw's XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1886/87 |
| 3016 | Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1901/02 |
| 3016 | New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1928/29 |
| 3016 | Australia v England | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1932/33 |
| 3015 | Queensland v New South Wales | Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | 1926/27 |
| 3015 | England v Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1938 |
| 3015 | West Indies v New Zealand | Sabina Park, Kingston | 1971/72 |
| 3013 | New South Wales v Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1928/29 |
| 3010 | Canterbury v Wellington | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1922/23 |
| 3010 | Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1926/27 |
| 3010 | Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites | Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi | 1956/57 |
| 3007 | England v Australia | Kennington Oval, Kennington | 1975 |
| 3005 | Australia v England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1946/47 |
| 3005 | New Zealand v Australia | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1973/74 |
| 3004 | British Guiana v Trinidad | Bourda, Georgetown | 1937/38 |
| 3004 | Holkar v Madras | Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore | 1954/55 |
| 3004 | West Indies v India | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 1961/62 |
| 3003 | Australia v South Africa | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1910/11 |
| 3002 | West Indies v England | Bourda, Georgetown | 1967/68 |
| 3000 | Auckland v Wellington | Eden Park, Auckland | 1932/33 |
| 3000 | Australia v South Africa | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 1963/64 |