Bowling Most Wickets Career IN England

Most wickets in 1970s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is IN England

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1979	40	57	5198	866.2	174	2566	105	7/50	24.43	2.96	49.50	5	3	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1979	33	48	4560	760.0	161	2274	103	7/78	22.07	2.99	44.27	5	6	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1971-1977	42	62	7212	1202.0	387	2833	103	8/51	27.50	2.35	70.01	3	5	2
JA Snow (ENG)	1971-1976	26	41	4713	785.3	164	2149	86	5/57	24.98	2.73	54.80	8	2	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	27	38	4479	746.3	171	1918	84	5/27	22.83	2.56	53.32	4	3	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	23	33	3396	566.0	143	1565	80	8/34	19.56	2.76	42.45	2	8	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	51	67	5402	900.2	183	2774	76	4/33	36.50	3.08	71.07	3	-	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1973-1979	26	39	3894	649.0	182	1525	71	4/15	21.47	2.34	54.84	5	-	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1975	17	26	3257	542.5	165	1361	65	6/66	20.93	2.50	50.10	3	5	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1979	17	22	2051	341.5	88	919	51	6/37	18.01	2.68	40.21	2	3	1
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1977	16	24	2640	440.0	111	1266	45	5/38	28.13	2.87	58.66	5	1	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1979	11	15	1359	226.3	61	560	38	8/92	14.73	2.47	35.76	1	3	1
VA Holder (WI)	1973-1976	16	22	2006	334.2	80	914	37	5/50	24.70	2.73	54.21	1	1	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1975-1977	16	24	3317	552.5	163	1296	37	5/48	35.02	2.34	89.64	1	1	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	17	26	2751	458.3	156	916	36	5/28	25.44	1.99	76.41	4	1	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	15	20	2990	498.2	114	1313	32	6/226	41.03	2.63	93.43	1	1	-
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1975	10	12	1003	167.1	26	566	31	6/77	18.25	3.38	32.35	3	2	1
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1974-1979	13	15	1392	232.0	52	636	28	5/39	22.71	2.74	49.71	2	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	15	18	1729	288.1	66	804	27	5/84	29.77	2.79	64.03	1	1	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1973	19	25	3007	501.1	167	1045	27	5/70	38.70	2.08	111.37	-	1	-
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1972	7	10	1378	229.4	63	538	26	8/53	20.69	2.34	53.00	1	2	1
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1976	15	20	1836	306.0	75	801	26	4/20	30.80	2.61	70.61	2	-	-
Asif Masood (PAK)	1971-1975	11	16	1625	270.5	61	747	24	5/111	31.12	2.75	67.70	1	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1972-1975	12	17	1950	325.0	95	894	24	5/114	37.25	2.75	81.25	-	1	-
RO Collinge (NZ)	1973-1978	12	15	1548	258.0	57	674	21	5/74	32.09	2.61	73.71	-	1	-
P Lever (ENG)	1971-1975	13	16	1509	251.3	46	770	21	5/70	36.66	3.06	71.85	-	1	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1975	3	4	452	75.2	23	219	20	6/14	10.95	2.90	22.60	-	3	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	16	21	2313	385.3	69	1066	20	4/52	53.30	2.76	115.65	1	-	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	13	14	852	142.0	22	414	18	4/56	23.00	2.91	47.33	1	-	-
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1979	9	9	900	150.0	30	490	18	4/132	27.22	3.26	50.00	1	-	-
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1975	7	9	913	152.1	21	502	18	4/42	27.88	3.29	50.72	1	-	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1971-1972	14	20	1596	266.0	100	523	18	3/46	29.05	1.96	88.66	-	-	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	7	8	1241	206.5	55	632	18	5/146	35.11	3.05	68.94	-	1	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1975	11	15	1411	235.1	36	708	18	4/64	39.33	3.01	78.38	1	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	12	14	1298	216.2	47	547	17	3/15	32.17	2.52	76.35	-	-	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	12	15	1103	183.5	40	577	17	4/29	33.94	3.13	64.88	1	-	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1974	8	13	1529	254.5	72	671	17	5/116	39.47	2.63	89.94	-	1	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1977	5	7	954	159.0	36	451	16	4/80	28.18	2.83	59.62	2	-	-
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1979	9	10	966	161.0	32	482	16	5/28	30.12	2.99	60.37	-	1	-
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	17	20	1506	251.0	85	509	16	2/18	31.81	2.02	94.12	-	-	-
N Gifford (ENG)	1971-1973	9	11	1525	254.1	83	518	15	4/43	34.53	2.03	101.66	2	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	6	10	1300	216.4	40	618	15	6/38	41.20	2.85	86.66	-	1	-
JSE Price (ENG)	1971-1972	5	9	755	125.5	31	351	14	3/29	25.07	2.78	53.92	-	-	-
BJ McKechnie (NZ)	1975-1979	8	8	539	89.5	9	304	13	3/24	23.38	3.38	41.46	-	-	-
WW Daniel (WI)	1976-1976	4	7	648	108.0	28	317	13	4/53	24.38	2.93	49.84	1	-	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1973-1975	8	9	1050	175.0	45	445	13	4/144	34.23	2.54	80.76	1	-	-
BR Taylor (NZ)	1973-1973	5	7	930	155.0	28	457	13	4/53	35.15	2.94	71.53	1	-	-
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1972-1977	18	18	861	143.3	19	557	13	3/33	42.84	3.88	66.23	-	-	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1973-1975	6	9	967	161.1	50	286	11	3/26	26.00	1.77	87.90	-	-	-
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1977-1979	4	4	217	36.1	7	113	10	5/18	11.30	3.12	21.70	-	1	-
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1978	4	6	602	100.2	14	323	10	3/110	32.30	3.21	60.20	-	-	-
M Amarnath (IND)	1975-1979	8	8	569	94.5	16	353	10	3/40	35.30	3.72	56.90	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1977	25	22	1006	167.4	33	496	10	5/20	49.60	2.95	100.60	-	1	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1973-1979	22	12	447	74.3	13	220	9	2/4	24.44	2.95	49.66	-	-	-
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	8	738	123.0	27	257	9	3/72	28.55	2.08	82.00	-	-	-
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1975	11	14	768	128.0	31	358	9	3/28	39.77	2.79	85.33	-	-	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1975	7	8	753	125.3	24	395	9	3/15	43.88	3.14	83.66	-	-	-
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	15	10	318	53.0	14	133	8	2/14	16.62	2.50	39.75	-	-	-
CEH Croft (WI)	1979-1979	4	4	258	43.0	3	140	8	3/29	17.50	3.25	32.25	-	-	-
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	3	4	474	79.0	27	141	8	5/63	17.62	1.78	59.25	-	1	-
J Garner (WI)	1979-1979	4	4	282	47.0	2	172	8	5/38	21.50	3.65	35.25	-	1	-
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	14	10	402	67.0	11	179	8	3/27	22.37	2.67	50.25	-	-	-
KD Walters (AUS)	1972-1977	22	10	311	51.5	8	182	8	4/34	22.75	3.51	38.87	1	-	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1979	16	9	360	60.0	12	186	8	3/52	23.25	3.10	45.00	-	-	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1975-1979	8	9	1140	190.0	34	643	8	3/76	80.37	3.38	142.50	-	-	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	3	3	192	32.0	6	119	7	5/21	17.00	3.71	27.42	-	1	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1973-1973	4	7	556	92.4	27	200	7	3/27	28.57	2.15	79.42	-	-	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1975-1979	5	5	312	52.0	6	225	7	3/29	32.14	4.32	44.57	-	-	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1978	4	6	732	122.0	54	246	7	2/29	35.14	2.01	104.57	-	-	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1979	9	9	548	91.2	15	292	7	2/31	41.71	3.19	78.28	-	-	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1971-1971	2	4	352	58.4	20	110	6	4/11	18.33	1.87	58.66	1	-	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1977-1977	5	7	517	86.1	28	208	6	3/69	34.66	2.41	86.16	-	-	-
MWW Selvey (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	402	67.0	8	263	6	4/41	43.83	3.92	67.00	1	-	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1978	10	13	1000	166.4	46	356	6	2/24	59.33	2.13	166.66	-	-	-
DJ Colley (AUS)	1972-1972	4	7	795	132.3	21	384	6	3/83	64.00	2.89	132.50	-	-	-
Naseer Malik (PAK)	1975-1975	3	3	180	30.0	5	98	5	2/37	19.60	3.26	36.00	-	-	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1979	33	7	204	34.0	4	102	5	2/14	20.40	3.00	40.80	-	-	-
GD Watson (AUS)	1972-1972	4	5	288	48.0	15	120	5	2/28	24.00	2.50	57.60	-	-	-
RD Jackman (ENG)	1974-1976	3	3	192	32.0	2	135	5	3/41	27.00	4.21	38.40	-	-	-
ARM Opatha (SL)	1975-1979	5	5	253	42.1	1	180	5	3/31	36.00	4.26	50.60	-	-	-
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1971-1971	3	5	431	71.5	17	201	5	3/46	40.20	2.79	86.20	-	-	-
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1974-1979	14	9	418	69.4	15	221	5	1/7	44.20	3.17	83.60	-	-	-
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	4	4	492	82.0	14	255	5	3/80	51.00	3.10	98.40	-	-	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1977-1977	5	8	735	122.3	34	384	5	1/25	76.80	3.13	147.00	-	-	-
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1979	11	3	132	22.0	2	82	4	2/22	20.50	3.72	33.00	-	-	-
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1972-1972	3	4	366	61.0	26	90	4	3/26	22.50	1.47	91.50	-	-	-
V Pollard (NZ)	1973-1973	5	3	330	55.0	18	98	4	2/24	24.50	1.78	82.50	-	-	-
GB Troup (NZ)	1979-1979	3	3	192	32.0	3	104	4	2/36	26.00	3.25	48.00	-	-	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	17	7	306	51.0	16	132	4	2/14	33.00	2.58	76.50	-	-	-
B Warnapura (SL)	1975-1979	5	4	216	36.0	-	159	4	3/42	39.75	4.41	54.00	-	-	-
Zulfiqar Ali (EAf)	1975-1975	3	3	210	35.0	3	166	4	3/63	41.50	4.74	52.50	-	-	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1976-1976	2	4	366	61.0	15	173	4	2/98	43.25	2.83	91.50	-	-	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1978	4	4	354	59.0	16	192	4	3/101	48.00	3.25	88.50	-	-	-
A Ward (ENG)	1971-1976	2	3	318	53.0	5	243	4	2/25	60.75	4.58	79.50	-	-	-
CL King (WI)	1976-1979	10	9	510	85.0	13	293	4	1/30	73.25	3.44	127.50	-	-	-
GD Porter (AUS)	1979-1979	2	2	108	18.0	5	33	3	2/13	11.00	1.83	36.00	-	-	-
LW Stott (NZ)	1979-1979	1	1	72	12.0	1	48	3	3/48	16.00	4.00	24.00	-	-	-
JN Valentine (CAN)	1979-1979	3	3	114	19.0	5	66	3	1/18	22.00	3.47	38.00	-	-	-
Mehmood Quaraishy (EAf)	1975-1975	3	2	108	18.0	-	94	3	2/55	31.33	5.22	36.00	-	-	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1977-1979	4	4	246	41.0	7	103	3	1/17	34.33	2.51	82.00	-	-	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures