Wicked ends to wicket droughts
Bowlers who came back from poor stretches of form with impressive performances

Brett Lee ended a stretch of six unproductive ODIs with 4 for 48 in Port Elizabeth in 2006 • Hamish Blair/Getty Images
Player | Figs | Opp | Start Date | Scorecard | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | 4 | |
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PA Strang (Zim) | 5/106 | v SL | Sep 11, 1996 | Test 1333 | 1020 | 483 | 4 | 1/1 | 120.75 | 0 | 0 | |
AR Border (Aus) | 7/46 | v WI | 1/25 | 117.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
JW Hearne (Eng) | 232 | 2 | 1/5 | 116.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
JC Adams (WI) | 5/17 | v NZ | Apr 19, 1996 | Test 1325 | 414 | 220 | 2 | 2/74 | 110.00 | 0 | 0 | |
ME Waugh (Aus) | 5/40 | v Eng | 2/63 | 103.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 203 | 2 | 1/34 | 101.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
GS Chappell (Aus) | 5/61 | v Pak | Jan 6, 1973 | Test 707 | 490 | 194 | 2 | 1/28 | 97.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Mudassar Nazar (Pak) | 6/32 | v Eng | 0/1 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FMM Worrell (WI) | 558 | 6 | 2/114 | 93.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FH Edwards (WI) | 5/38 | v Pak | May 26, 2005 | Test 1752 | 1052 | 647 | 7 | 2/61 | 92.42 | 0 | 0 | |
Abdul Razzaq (Pak) | 5/35 | v SL | 3/70 | 88.16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
SK Warne (Aus) | 833 | 10 | 3/106 | 83.30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mohammad Rafique (Ban) | 5/62 | v Aus | Apr 9, 2006 | Test 1797 | 1554 | 796 | 10 | 5/114 | 79.60 | 1 | 0 | |
DCS Compton (Eng) | 5/70 | v SA | 1/11 | 79.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Iqbal Qasim (Pak) | 542 | 7 | 4/135 | 77.42 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
SR Waugh (Aus) | 5/92 | v WI | Dec 24, 1988 | Test 1112 | 1044 | 528 | 7 | 3/77 | 75.42 | 0 | 0 | |
BKV Prasad (India) | 6/33 | v Pak | 2/61 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Harbhajan Singh (India) | 818 | 11 | 3/79 | 74.36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mohammad Amir (Pak) | 5/79 | v Aus | Dec 26, 2009 | Test 1943 | 954 | 520 | 7 | 2/29 | 74.28 | 0 | 0 | |
CS Martin (NZ) | 6/54 | v SL | 5/152 | 73.72 | 1 | 1 |
Player | Figs | Opp | Start Date | Scorecard | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | 4 | |
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AR Border (Aus) | 233 | 1 | 1/25 | 233.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FMM Worrell (WI) | 7/70 | v Eng | Jul 25, 1957 | Test 442 | 1788 | 822 | 8 | 2/114 | 102.75 | 0 | 0 | |
JC Adams (WI) | 5/17 | v NZ | 2/74 | 87.60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
CH Gayle (WI) | 613 | 8 | 2/20 | 76.62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
CL Hooper (WI) | 5/26 | v SL | Jun 20, 1997 | Test 1371 | 2112 | 831 | 11 | 3/34 | 75.54 | 0 | 0 | |
Shahadat Hossain (Ban) | 5/98 | v Eng | 5/71 | 67.50 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
DL Vettori (NZ) | 1480 | 22 | 4/158 | 67.27 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
TE Bailey (Eng) | 7/34 | v WI | Mar 30, 1954 | Test 386 | 2094 | 926 | 14 | 3/71 | 66.14 | 0 | 0 | |
Mudassar Nazar (Pak) | 6/32 | v Eng | 3/48 | 63.66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FH Edwards (WI) | 1458 | 23 | 4/70 | 63.39 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
DCS Compton (Eng) | 5/70 | v SA | Jan 1, 1949 | Test 309 | 1168 | 500 | 8 | 2/32 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | |
HK Olonga (Zim) | 5/93 | v Pak | 3/18 | 59.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
TM Alderman (Aus) | 1286 | 22 | 2/23 | 58.45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
ME Waugh (Aus) | 5/40 | v Eng | Jan 26, 1995 | Test 1284 | 786 | 343 | 6 | 2/63 | 57.16 | 0 | 0 | |
EP Nupen (SA) | 5/83 | v Eng | 5/53 | 56.20 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
CL Hooper (WI) | 882 | 16 | 4/75 | 55.12 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
RF Surti (India) | 5/74 | v Aus | Dec 23, 1967 | Test 624 | 2034 | 990 | 18 | 3/38 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | |
M Ntini (SA) | 5/19 | v Ban | 4/93 | 55.00 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
RJ Shastri (India) | 1308 | 24 | 4/43 | 54.50 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
RJ Bright (Aus) | 5/94 | v India | Sep 18, 1986 | Test 1052 | 2901 | 1143 | 21 | 5/68 | 54.42 | 1 | 0 |
Player | Figs | Opp | Start Date | Scorecard | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | 4 | |
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TM Dilshan (SL) | 4/52 | v SA | Aug 22, 2004 | ODI 2158 | 303 | 244 | 1 | 1/12 | 244.00 | 0 | 0 | |
RT Latham (NZ) | 5/32 | v Aus | 1/27 | 155.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ijaz Faqih (Pak) | 304 | 2 | 1/41 | 152.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
RR Singh (India) | 5/31 | v SL | May 26, 1999 | ODI 1463 | 354 | 287 | 2 | 2/45 | 143.50 | 0 | 0 | |
SR Tendulkar (India) | 4/56 | v SA | 1/39 | 120.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
JK Kamande (Kenya) | 327 | 3 | 1/37 | 109.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
CZ Harris (NZ) | 4/40 | v India | Jan 19, 1999 | ODI 1387 | 471 | 375 | 4 | 2/44 | 93.75 | 0 | 0 | |
PV Simmons (WI) | 4/18 | v Aus | 1/22 | 93.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Khaled Mahmud (Ban) | 462 | 5 | 2/67 | 92.40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
HK Olonga (Zim) | 6/28 | v Kenya | Dec 15, 2002 | ODI 1920 | 384 | 369 | 4 | 1/30 | 92.25 | 0 | 0 | |
PD Collingwood (Eng) | 4/38 | v NZ | 1/31 | 91.66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Maninder Singh (India) | 366 | 4 | 2/30 | 91.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
CJ McDermott (Aus) | 4/56 | v India | Oct 9, 1987 | ODI 453 | 570 | 447 | 5 | 1/24 | 89.40 | 0 | 0 | |
RS Kalpage (SL) | 4/45 | v WI | 3/64 | 83.60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
S Lee (Aus) | 243 | 3 | 2/20 | 81.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
NO Miller (WI) | 4/43 | v Zim | Mar 6, 2010 | ODI 2970 | 493 | 401 | 5 | 2/24 | 80.20 | 0 | 0 | |
DL Vettori (NZ) | 4/14 | v SL | 2/18 | 78.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
PA de Silva (SL) | 232 | 3 | 2/35 | 77.33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
XJ Doherty (Aus) | 4/28 | v SL | Aug 20, 2011 | ODI 3182 | 492 | 383 | 5 | 2/37 | 76.60 | 0 | 0 | |
IR Bishop (WI) | 4/38 | v Pak | 2/35 | 76.40 | 0 | 0 |
Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites. George Binoy is an Assistant Editor at ESPNcricinfo