Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets in 1970s in FC

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DK Lillee (AUS/WA)	1970-1980	88	167	20951	-	528	9875	419	7/41	23.56	2.82	50.00	21	26	8
AA Mallett (AUS/SOA)	1970-1979	98	175	24106	-	806	9516	369	8/59	25.78	2.36	65.32	22	17	1
BS Bedi (/IND/INDIA/NOR/NOZ/ROI)	1971-1979	85	143	24762	-	1164	9701	340	7/111	28.53	2.35	72.82	13	21	1
MHN Walker (/AUS/VIC)	1970-1979	87	160	22288	-	693	9009	329	8/143	27.38	2.42	67.74	19	14	-
JR Thomson (AUS/NSW/QLD)	1972-1979	72	126	14580	-	354	7298	322	7/33	22.66	3.00	45.27	23	18	3
BS Chandrasekhar (IND/INDIA/KNTKA/ROI/SOZ)	1970-1979	79	136	18692	-	590	8942	314	8/79	28.47	2.87	59.52	15	21	2
G Dymock (AUS/QLD)	1971-1980	79	139	18467	-	415	7502	304	7/67	24.67	2.43	60.74	25	9	1
KJ O'Keeffe (/AUS/NSW/SOM)	1970-1979	85	143	17147	-	531	7086	249	6/49	28.45	2.47	68.86	7	13	1
S Venkataraghavan (DER/IND/INDIA/ROI/SOZ)	1970-1979	78	137	19224	-	807	7758	245	9/93	31.66	2.42	78.46	11	7	1
JD Higgs (AUS/VIC)	1970-1980	70	121	14660	-	374	6638	234	8/66	28.36	2.71	62.64	10	12	2
RGD Willis (/ENG/ENGXI/MCC/SUR/WAR)	1970-1979	65	119	12061	-	335	5599	226	7/78	24.77	2.78	53.36	7	12	-
DL Underwood (/ENG/KEN/MCC)	1970-1979	72	128	18147	-	911	6673	226	8/51	29.52	2.20	80.29	10	10	4
AG Hurst (AUS/VIC)	1972-1979	57	106	12904	-	237	5931	222	8/84	26.71	2.75	58.12	14	8	1
DJ Colley (AUS/NSW)	1970-1978	78	141	12375	-	208	6352	208	6/30	30.53	3.07	59.49	5	7	-
Intikhab Alam (/PAK/PIA A/ROWXI/SUR)	1970-1979	55	93	12695	-	470	5882	198	7/37	29.70	2.77	64.11	8	13	2
TJ Jenner (/AUS/SOA)	1970-1976	62	111	12844	-	243	6070	191	7/127	31.78	2.83	67.24	12	6	1
EAS Prasanna (IND/INDIA/KNTKA/ROI/SOZ)	1970-1978	64	109	14916	-	618	6010	189	8/76	31.79	2.41	78.92	15	8	1
AW Greig (/ENG/MCC/SUS)	1970-1978	72	116	11906	-	407	5604	182	8/86	30.79	2.82	65.41	10	7	2
CM Old (/ENG/ENGXI/PEAXI/YOR)	1970-1979	58	102	10315	-	334	4803	181	7/42	26.53	2.79	56.98	9	7	-
VA Holder (WI/WOR)	1971-1979	67	118	12581	-	493	5189	179	6/28	28.98	2.47	70.28	7	7	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS/NSW)	1972-1979	52	99	10343	-	168	5510	178	6/85	30.95	3.19	58.10	10	6	-
AME Roberts (HAM/NSW/WI)	1973-1980	41	80	9375	-	304	4451	168	7/54	26.49	2.84	55.80	5	9	2
FM Francke (/QLD)	1971-1979	50	79	9945	-	232	4515	151	6/62	29.90	2.72	65.86	8	7	1
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI/MCC/SOM)	1976-1979	29	52	6652	-	236	2913	149	8/34	19.55	2.62	44.64	7	14	2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ/TAS)	1973-1980	37	65	8121	-	194	4030	147	7/23	27.41	2.97	55.24	12	8	3
Sarfraz Nawaz (NOR/PAK/PEAXI/ROWXI)	1970-1979	41	73	9885	-	302	4241	147	9/86	28.85	2.57	67.24	10	5	2
JW Gleeson (AUS/EPR/NSW)	1970-1975	46	78	9751	-	388	3927	146	7/52	26.89	2.41	66.78	7	6	1
JA Snow (ENG/MCC/SUS)	1970-1977	39	70	8747	-	289	3986	142	7/40	28.07	2.73	61.59	11	4	-
JR Hammond (AUS/SOA)	1970-1979	54	99	8628	-	232	4093	141	6/15	29.02	2.84	61.19	5	6	-
GR Attenborough (SOA)	1973-1979	40	71	8872	-	166	4255	141	7/90	30.17	2.87	62.92	9	5	1
DW Hourn (NSW)	1971-1979	34	60	8071	-	172	3862	140	9/77	27.58	2.87	57.65	7	9	2
LR Gibbs (ROWXI/SOA/WAR/WI)	1970-1976	50	93	13771	-	664	4654	140	7/98	33.24	2.02	98.36	4	5	-
RM Hogg (AUS/SOA)	1976-1980	33	55	6901	-	170	3110	138	6/74	22.53	2.70	50.00	10	10	3
KD Ghavri (/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1973-1979	46	84	8580	-	288	4269	133	5/33	32.09	2.98	64.51	7	4	-
RAL Massie (AUS/WA)	1970-1974	38	66	7861	-	241	3139	132	8/53	23.78	2.39	59.55	8	4	2
BD Julien (KEN/WI)	1971-1977	52	93	8166	-	334	3710	129	7/78	28.75	2.72	63.30	4	6	-
AL Thomson (AUS/VIC)	1970-1974	30	56	8161	1020.1	146	3625	124	7/115	29.23	2.66	65.81	6	6	1
AR Dell (AUS/QLD)	1970-1975	39	71	8063	1007.7	156	3534	123	6/17	28.73	2.62	65.55	3	4	-
GG Arnold (ENG/MCC/PEAXI/SUR/SUS)	1971-1978	39	65	8034	-	290	3442	122	6/45	28.21	2.57	65.85	3	5	-
AL Mann (AUS/WA)	1970-1979	44	77	8098	-	180	3663	119	6/94	30.78	2.71	68.05	2	4	-
MF Malone (AUS/WA)	1975-1979	28	52	6318	-	209	2533	118	6/33	21.46	2.40	53.54	3	8	-
Imran Khan (/OxUni/PAK/SUS/WOR)	1971-1979	40	68	8349	-	261	3992	117	6/63	34.11	2.86	71.35	6	5	1
GS Chappell (AUS/QLD/SOA)	1970-1980	128	158	9657	-	295	3644	116	7/58	31.41	2.26	83.25	3	2	-
M Hendrick (/DER/ENG/ENGXI/MCC)	1971-1979	38	66	6835	-	271	2478	115	5/11	21.54	2.17	59.43	6	1	-
WM Clark (AUS/WA)	1976-1979	28	54	7344	-	163	3093	112	6/39	27.61	2.52	65.57	10	3	-
B Yardley (AUS/WA)	1971-1979	44	66	7884	-	233	3333	111	7/44	30.02	2.53	71.02	5	6	-
PK Shivalkar (/WEZ)	1971-1978	21	39	5894	982.2	280	2202	110	7/29	20.01	2.24	53.58	5	9	2
TM Alderman (WA)	1974-1979	32	62	5516	-	131	2619	110	6/63	23.80	2.84	50.14	8	3	-
GD Watson (AUS/NSW/VIC/WA)	1970-1977	57	93	6184	-	156	2591	109	5/23	23.77	2.51	56.73	3	6	-
N Kapil Dev (IND/NOZ/ROI)	1977-1979	28	50	5699	949.5	199	2868	107	7/65	26.80	3.01	53.26	4	6	-
RJ Bright (AUS/VIC)	1972-1979	44	76	8628	-	290	3329	107	6/61	31.11	2.31	80.63	8	5	-
LS Pascoe (AUS/NSW)	1975-1980	31	51	5673	-	148	2849	105	5/75	27.13	3.01	54.02	8	2	-
S Madan Lal (IBPXI/IND/INDIA/NOZ/ROI)	1971-1979	48	88	7732	-	245	3752	102	7/95	36.78	2.91	75.80	5	4	-
IJ Brayshaw (WA)	1970-1978	62	79	6410	801.2	202	2199	101	6/29	21.77	2.05	63.46	2	4	1
MR Magiet (/S-SAC)	1971-1980	32	54	4348	-	185	1347	99	7/35	13.60	1.85	43.91	6	5	1
PH Carlson (AUS/QLD)	1970-1979	79	93	5957	-	159	2408	99	7/42	24.32	2.42	60.17	3	4	1
I Ebrahim (/N-SAC)	1971-1976	27	46	6413	-	256	1933	97	6/70	19.92	1.80	66.11	6	3	1
KD Walters (AUS/NSW)	1970-1980	122	130	6577	-	181	2941	97	6/51	30.31	2.68	67.80	6	2	-
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1972-1979	35	60	7526	1254.2	311	3336	97	6/40	34.39	2.65	77.58	6	3	1
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1980	24	46	4662	-	186	2119	96	8/92	22.07	2.72	48.56	5	4	1
RO Collinge (NZ)	1970-1978	30	54	6389	-	163	2850	96	6/63	29.68	2.67	66.55	4	3	-
DR Doshi (EAZ/IBPXI/IND/NOT/PEAXI)	1971-1979	25	43	7142	1190.2	323	2881	96	6/103	30.01	2.42	74.39	6	3	-
GD McKenzie (AUS/LEI/ROWXI/WA)	1970-1974	34	62	6861	-	202	2784	95	7/8	29.30	2.43	72.22	7	2	1
AL Adams (/S-SAC)	1971-1980	23	41	5740	-	206	1724	94	6/50	18.34	1.80	61.06	3	5	1
KD Boyce (ESS/PEAXI/WI)	1970-1976	35	64	5437	-	149	2865	92	6/77	31.14	3.16	59.09	5	3	1
S Abid Ali (IND/INDIA/ROI/SOZ)	1971-1977	50	87	6913	1152.1	225	3378	90	6/23	37.53	2.93	76.81	1	3	-
W Prior (SOA)	1974-1979	27	48	5036	-	96	2641	88	6/58	30.01	3.14	57.22	2	5	1
A Barnes (/N-SAC)	1971-1976	23	38	5710	-	325	1488	87	6/44	17.10	1.56	65.63	4	7	3
IW Callen (AUS/VIC)	1976-1979	19	36	4272	-	63	2079	85	8/42	24.45	2.91	50.25	4	6	1
Mushtaq Mohammad (/NOR/PAK/PEAXI/ROWXI)	1970-1979	53	76	5673	-	179	2753	85	5/28	32.38	2.91	66.74	5	3	-
RG Paulsen (QLD/WA)	1970-1978	40	64	6188	773.4	98	3133	81	6/106	38.67	3.03	76.39	2	2	-
S Magiet (/S-SAC)	1972-1980	24	44	3241	-	124	1039	79	6/24	13.15	1.92	41.02	5	2	-
S Chothia (/N-SAC)	1971-1976	29	50	6183	-	284	1967	79	7/29	24.89	1.90	78.26	4	1	-
TJ Laughlin (AUS/VIC)	1975-1979	43	76	5435	-	128	2459	79	5/38	31.12	2.71	68.79	3	2	-
PR Sleep (/AUS/SOA)	1977-1979	28	49	4409	-	98	2362	78	8/133	30.28	3.21	56.52	3	3	-
RJ Inverarity (AUS/SOA/WA)	1970-1979	85	95	6036	-	194	2494	77	5/67	32.38	2.47	78.38	1	1	-
PH Edmonds (/CambU/ENG/ENGXI/MCC/MID/PEAXI)	1971-1979	31	50	6034	-	267	2021	76	7/66	26.59	2.00	79.39	5	4	-
DD Parsana (IND/ROI/WEZ)	1974-1979	16	30	4454	742.2	234	1535	75	6/50	20.46	2.06	59.38	4	5	-
JK Lever (/ENG/ENGXI/ESS)	1971-1979	28	53	4748	-	149	1998	75	7/46	26.64	2.52	63.30	1	2	1
P Lever (ENG/LAN/MCC)	1970-1975	28	49	5365	-	140	2231	75	7/83	29.74	2.49	71.53	3	5	-
JRF Duncan (AUS/QLD/VIC)	1970-1972	22	38	5433	679.1	135	1964	74	8/55	26.54	2.16	73.41	2	5	1
SR Bernard (NSW)	1970-1979	26	47	4691	586.3	62	2495	74	7/85	33.71	3.19	63.39	5	2	-
WD Albury (QLD)	1970-1974	27	46	4544	568.0	60	2213	70	5/90	31.61	2.92	64.91	4	2	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1970-1978	45	59	5894	-	197	2269	69	5/40	32.88	2.30	85.42	2	2	-
J Garner (SOM/WI)	1977-1980	12	24	2897	482.5	103	1446	68	4/48	21.26	2.99	42.60	9	-	-
D Govindjee (/S-SAC)	1971-1979	28	48	5444	-	209	1706	68	5/39	25.08	1.88	80.05	3	2	-
AL Padmore (WI)	1975-1976	18	30	3737	-	159	1625	66	6/69	24.62	2.60	56.62	3	4	1
G Miller (DER/ENG/ENGXI/MCC)	1974-1979	35	53	5649	-	223	2035	66	6/56	30.83	2.16	85.59	-	2	-
JB Gannon (AUS/WA)	1971-1978	21	41	4330	541.2	75	1907	65	5/97	29.33	2.64	66.61	3	1	-
M Amarnath (IND/NOZ/ROI)	1970-1979	46	77	5118	-	169	2387	64	6/34	37.29	2.79	79.96	2	1	-
WW Daniel (MID/WI)	1976-1977	17	32	2513	418.5	108	1209	63	6/21	19.19	2.88	39.88	5	3	1
GS Sobers (ROWXI/WI)	1970-1974	22	41	5869	978.1	347	1775	63	6/21	28.17	1.81	93.15	2	1	-
GJ Cosier (/AUS/QLD/SOA/VIC)	1971-1979	66	87	4679	-	119	1713	61	3/20	28.08	2.19	76.70	-	-	-
GF Lawson (NSW)	1978-1980	18	33	3635	-	87	1714	61	5/75	28.09	2.82	59.59	4	2	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK/PIA A)	1971-1978	33	57	5030	-	138	2227	61	4/11	36.50	2.65	82.45	3	-	-
DC Schuller (QLD)	1975-1979	23	41	3641	-	88	1577	60	6/35	26.28	2.59	60.68	1	2	-
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1979	20	32	3652	-	113	1769	60	8/69	29.48	2.90	60.86	2	3	1
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1970-1977	25	39	6793	-	242	2584	60	5/32	43.06	2.28	113.21	3	1	-
CEH Croft (LAN/WI)	1977-1980	11	21	2466	411.0	84	1278	59	8/29	21.66	3.10	41.79	4	2	-
Asif Masood (Pak/PIA A)	1971-1977	26	46	4415	-	120	2223	59	5/54	37.67	3.02	74.83	2	2	-

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Chelmsford, India Under-19s in England 2nd Youth test, Jul 20-23, 2025 [Youth Test # 305]

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Beckenham, India Under-19s in England 1st Youth test, Jul 12-15, 2025 [Youth Test # 304]

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]