Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in ODI matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
SM Pollock (Afr/SA)	1996-2008	131	129	6857	1142.5	155	4002	197	6/35	20.31	3.50	34.80	9	4
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2009	78	76	3972	662.0	65	2926	122	6/22	23.98	4.41	32.55	3	2
JH Kallis (Afr/SA)	1996-2013	145	123	4682	780.2	37	3862	119	5/41	32.45	4.94	39.34	1	1
DW Steyn (Afr/SA)	2005-2019	57	57	2913	485.3	31	2289	91	6/39	25.15	4.71	32.01	3	1
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	64	63	3329	554.5	51	2361	90	4/37	26.23	4.25	36.98	3	-
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	74	71	3149	524.5	25	2396	82	5/21	29.21	4.56	38.40	1	3
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2023	45	45	2376	396.0	26	2045	69	5/39	29.63	5.16	34.43	2	1
Imran Tahir (SA)	2013-2019	41	40	2143	357.1	15	1662	68	6/24	24.44	4.65	31.51	1	1
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	31	30	1575	262.3	13	1377	61	5/25	22.57	5.24	25.81	4	1
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2018	40	40	2003	333.5	15	1639	61	4/10	26.86	4.90	32.83	4	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	73	66	2452	408.4	16	1751	59	5/32	29.67	4.28	41.55	-	1
WD Parnell (SA)	2009-2023	34	33	1546	257.4	12	1445	55	5/48	26.27	5.60	28.10	3	2
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)	2016-2023	47	44	1790	298.2	12	1675	54	4/22	31.01	5.61	33.14	3	-
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2009	28	26	1357	226.1	18	1123	52	5/42	21.59	4.96	26.09	3	1
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2023	31	31	1491	248.3	14	1398	52	6/58	26.88	5.62	28.67	3	1
LL Tsotsobe (SA)	2009-2013	31	30	1499	249.5	20	1191	49	4/22	24.30	4.76	30.59	4	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2003	31	31	1575	262.3	24	1114	48	6/25	23.20	4.24	32.81	1	1
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	34	1726	287.4	20	1444	47	4/13	30.72	5.01	36.72	1	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-2003	24	24	1282	213.4	11	834	43	5/16	19.39	3.90	29.81	1	2
N Boje (Afr/SA)	1996-2005	52	48	1907	317.5	12	1471	43	5/21	34.20	4.62	44.34	-	1
R Telemachus (SA)	1998-2006	22	22	1156	192.4	15	927	42	4/43	22.07	4.81	27.52	1	-
Z Khan (Asia/IND)	2003-2011	22	22	1124	187.2	16	857	40	4/42	21.42	4.57	28.10	1	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1997	28	28	1478	246.2	28	986	40	4/10	24.65	4.00	36.95	2	-
M Muralidaran (Asia/SL)	1994-2009	30	30	1635	272.3	15	1097	40	5/23	27.42	4.02	40.87	-	1
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2004	29	28	1415	235.5	37	829	38	7/15	21.81	3.51	37.23	-	1
AJ Hall (SA)	1999-2007	35	29	1271	211.5	14	922	38	4/23	24.26	4.35	33.44	2	-
CK Langeveldt (SA)	2001-2010	30	29	1447	241.1	14	1183	37	4/21	31.97	4.90	39.10	1	-
D Gough (ENG)	1996-2005	18	18	1057	176.1	16	644	36	4/29	17.88	3.65	29.36	2	-
T Shamsi (SA)	2016-2023	29	27	1359	226.3	5	1263	35	4/61	36.08	5.57	38.82	1	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1992-1996	31	31	1687	281.1	34	969	34	4/27	28.50	3.44	49.61	2	-
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2003	29	29	1512	252.0	13	1062	33	4/30	32.18	4.21	45.81	2	-
A Kumble (Asia/IND)	1992-2006	31	30	1668	278.0	11	1079	33	4/32	32.69	3.88	50.54	1	-
Mudassar Bukhari (NED)	2007-2013	21	21	1074	179.0	17	794	32	3/31	24.81	4.43	33.56	-	-
TM Odoyo (Afr/KENYA)	1999-2010	27	25	1138	189.4	16	856	32	4/28	26.75	4.51	35.56	1	-
PM Seelaar (NED)	2006-2022	31	31	1446	241.0	10	1101	32	3/20	34.40	4.56	45.18	-	-
KD Mills (NZ)	2003-2013	17	17	931	155.1	15	669	30	5/25	22.30	4.31	31.03	1	1
J Botha (SA)	2007-2011	29	29	1523	253.5	9	1080	30	4/19	36.00	4.25	50.76	1	-
JP Duminy (SA)	2006-2019	82	52	1305	217.3	4	1165	30	4/16	38.83	5.35	43.50	1	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	14	14	676	112.4	3	631	29	4/51	21.75	5.60	23.31	2	-
A Nehra (Asia/IND)	2003-2011	19	19	835	139.1	14	678	29	6/23	23.37	4.87	28.79	2	1
SE Bond (NZ)	2003-2009	18	18	995	165.5	19	758	29	6/23	26.13	4.57	34.31	-	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2002	20	20	1057	176.1	8	809	29	4/36	27.89	4.59	36.44	1	-
R McLaren (SA)	2009-2013	19	18	844	140.4	4	727	28	4/46	25.96	5.16	30.14	2	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2004	16	16	860	143.2	10	604	27	4/43	22.37	4.21	31.85	1	-
RJ Peterson (SA)	2002-2013	34	33	1452	242.0	5	1225	27	4/67	45.37	5.06	53.77	1	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2011	26	25	1376	229.2	13	982	26	3/27	37.76	4.28	52.92	-	-
Shahid Afridi (Asia/PAK)	1998-2013	29	27	1257	209.3	2	1001	26	4/20	38.50	4.77	48.34	1	-
EO Simons (SA)	1994-1995	14	14	741	123.3	14	462	25	4/42	18.48	3.74	29.64	1	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2009	12	12	674	112.2	8	526	25	5/23	21.04	4.68	26.96	2	1
RN ten Doeschate (NED)	2006-2010	14	14	719	119.5	12	526	25	4/35	21.04	4.38	28.76	1	-
AJ Bichel (AUS)	1997-2003	16	16	798	133.0	9	576	25	7/20	23.04	4.33	31.92	-	1
Shoaib Akhtar (Asia/PAK)	2002-2005	12	12	597	99.3	6	506	23	4/46	22.00	5.08	25.95	1	-
JA Morkel (SA)	2005-2012	29	28	1060	176.4	7	964	23	3/20	41.91	5.45	46.08	-	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2011	14	13	683	113.5	4	548	22	4/34	24.90	4.81	31.04	1	-
E Schiferli (NED)	2003-2013	16	16	772	128.4	13	585	22	4/23	26.59	4.54	35.09	3	-
C White (ENG)	1996-2003	17	17	858	143.0	10	608	22	3/33	27.63	4.25	39.00	-	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2020-2023	19	19	967	161.1	8	772	22	4/33	35.09	4.79	43.95	1	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1994-2009	36	29	1108	184.4	2	952	22	3/30	43.27	5.15	50.36	-	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2013	12	12	643	107.1	3	439	21	3/42	20.90	4.09	30.61	-	-
FJ Klaassen (NED)	2018-2023	11	11	606	101.0	9	397	19	3/23	20.89	3.93	31.89	-	-
JM Kemp (Afr/SA)	2001-2007	40	29	771	128.3	6	587	19	3/20	30.89	4.56	40.57	-	-
SL Malinga (SL)	2006-2019	14	14	712	118.4	3	671	19	5/54	35.31	5.65	37.47	-	1
PW Borren (NED)	2006-2013	25	24	1013	168.5	5	754	19	2/26	39.68	4.46	53.31	-	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2023	8	8	369	61.3	1	287	18	4/23	15.94	4.66	20.50	2	-
KJ O'Brien (IRE)	2009-2021	14	12	540	90.0	4	408	18	4/13	22.66	4.53	30.00	1	-
YS Chahal (IND)	2018-2022	9	9	487	81.1	1	409	18	5/22	22.72	5.03	27.05	1	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1994-2003	28	15	551	91.5	1	452	18	4/45	25.11	4.92	30.61	1	-
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2016	11	11	571	95.1	4	511	18	4/40	28.38	5.36	31.72	1	-
VJ Kingma (NED)	2019-2023	13	13	596	99.2	7	546	18	3/21	30.33	5.49	33.11	-	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	2003-2009	19	18	961	160.1	6	625	18	3/33	34.72	3.90	53.38	-	-
M Jansen (SA)	2022-2023	13	13	631	105.1	5	645	18	5/39	35.83	6.13	35.05	-	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1996	21	20	1067	177.5	2	755	18	4/32	41.94	4.24	59.27	1	-
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2004	7	7	371	61.5	8	272	17	5/33	16.00	4.39	21.82	-	2
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2016	7	7	384	64.0	2	345	17	4/39	20.29	5.39	22.58	2	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2003	11	11	618	103.0	13	350	17	4/19	20.58	3.39	36.35	2	-
TBM de Leede (NED)	2003-2006	11	11	491	81.5	5	364	17	4/35	21.41	4.44	28.88	1	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1993-2003	20	15	731	121.5	3	549	17	4/52	32.29	4.50	43.00	1	-
AU Rashid (ENG)	2009-2023	13	13	680	113.2	-	650	17	3/51	38.23	5.73	40.00	-	-
A Zampa (AUS)	2016-2023	13	13	665	110.5	5	669	17	4/48	39.35	6.03	39.11	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2015	10	9	432	72.0	7	334	16	3/26	20.87	4.63	27.00	-	-
S Elworthy (SA)	1998-2002	11	11	508	84.4	8	349	16	3/28	21.81	4.12	31.75	-	-
Hamid Hassan (AFG)	2009-2010	9	9	474	79.0	3	369	16	3/32	23.06	4.67	29.62	-	-
PL Symcox (SA)	1994-1999	19	19	870	145.0	5	696	16	2/31	43.50	4.80	54.37	-	-
CRD Fernando (SL)	2001-2012	18	18	687	114.3	2	722	16	3/39	45.12	6.30	42.93	-	-
DT Johnston (IRE)	2009-2013	10	10	528	88.0	16	262	15	5/14	17.46	2.97	35.20	-	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2007	13	10	492	82.0	9	346	15	4/52	23.06	4.21	32.80	1	-
MBS Jonkman (NED)	2006-2010	10	10	479	79.5	6	347	15	3/28	23.13	4.34	31.93	-	-
SSB Magala (SA)	2021-2023	8	7	342	57.0	4	381	15	5/43	25.40	6.68	22.80	-	1
D Pretorius (SA)	2016-2022	14	14	584	97.2	4	501	15	3/19	33.40	5.14	38.93	-	-
RE van der Merwe (NED/SA)	2009-2021	13	13	645	107.3	1	549	15	3/27	36.60	5.10	43.00	-	-
LV van Beek (NED)	2021-2022	14	14	704	117.2	6	626	15	3/29	41.73	5.33	46.93	-	-
IR Bishop (WI)	1993-1993	6	6	353	58.5	3	209	14	4/25	14.92	3.55	25.21	2	-
Adeel Raja (NED)	2003-2010	10	10	431	71.5	4	268	14	4/42	19.14	3.73	30.78	1	-
AR Cusack (IRE)	2009-2013	10	10	390	65.0	5	288	14	5/20	20.57	4.43	27.85	-	1
U Bhatti (CAN)	2006-2010	13	13	625	104.1	15	379	14	3/28	27.07	3.63	44.64	-	-
GB Hogg (AUS)	2003-2006	14	12	562	93.4	6	409	14	3/54	29.21	4.36	40.14	-	-
NM Hauritz (AUS)	2002-2009	14	13	582	97.0	2	439	14	4/29	31.35	4.52	41.57	1	-
NW Bracken (AUS)	2006-2009	10	10	518	86.2	5	450	14	5/67	32.14	5.21	37.00	-	1
CH Morris (SA)	2016-2018	12	12	573	95.3	2	519	14	4/31	37.07	5.43	40.92	1	-
AJ Hosein (WI)	2022-2023	5	5	276	46.0	1	228	13	4/39	17.53	4.95	21.23	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Paarl, 3rd ODI, Dec 21, 2023 [ODI # 4716]

South Africa v India at Gqeberha, 2nd ODI, Dec 19, 2023 [ODI # 4714]

South Africa v India at Johannesburg, 1st ODI, Dec 17, 2023 [ODI # 4713]