Bowling Most Wickets Career

Players

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1955	7	13	1502	-	33	673	39	7/27	17.25	2.68	38.51	2	2	1
JB Statham (ENG)	1954-1955	7	13	1499	-	40	590	30	5/60	19.66	2.36	49.96	2	1	0
WA Johnston (AUS/VIC)	1954-1955	6	12	1668	208.4	46	682	29	5/85	23.51	2.45	57.51	1	1	0
WPA Crawford (NSW)	1954-1955	3	6	668	83.4	8	324	25	6/55	12.96	2.91	26.72	0	4	1
RG Archer (AUS/QLD)	1954-1955	7	13	1487	185.7	51	449	23	4/33	19.52	1.81	64.65	1	0	0
MK Murugesh (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	8	1121	186.5	46	449	23	5/53	19.52	2.40	48.73	2	2	0
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1955	4	8	1013	168.5	54	350	22	5/73	15.90	2.07	46.04	2	2	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1955-1955	5	9	1661	276.5	118	476	21	5/18	22.66	1.71	79.09	0	3	0
R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1955	6	11	848	-	34	304	20	4/7	15.20	2.15	42.40	1	0	0
CT Sarwate (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	5	1126	187.4	64	359	19	6/103	18.89	1.91	59.26	1	1	0
AK Davidson (AUS/NSW)	1954-1955	6	11	1190	148.6	25	561	19	5/36	29.52	2.82	62.63	2	1	0
RR Lindwall (AUS/QLD)	1954-1955	6	9	1414	176.6	36	518	18	4/90	28.77	2.19	78.55	1	0	0
NR Chowdhury (BENG)	1954-1955	4	6	537	89.3	28	190	17	6/35	11.17	2.12	31.58	2	1	0
Gul Mohammad (HYD)	1955-1955	3	6	984	164.0	79	268	16	5/30	16.75	1.63	61.50	2	1	0
JD Bratchford (QLD)	1954-1955	4	7	584	73.0	4	281	16	4/54	17.56	2.88	36.50	1	0	0
IWG Johnson (AUS/VIC)	1954-1955	5	8	1144	143.0	39	366	16	3/46	22.87	1.91	71.50	0	0	0
KR Miller (AUS/NSW)	1954-1955	6	11	1078	134.6	31	404	16	5/38	25.25	2.24	67.37	0	1	0
JC Treanor (NSW)	1954-1955	4	7	702	87.6	12	428	16	5/97	26.75	3.65	43.87	0	2	0
BK Bose (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	4	431	71.5	27	129	15	6/16	8.60	1.79	28.73	0	2	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1955-1955	4	8	1298	216.2	94	329	15	5/48	21.93	1.52	86.53	1	1	0
JH Wardle (ENG)	1954-1955	6	11	1025	-	58	345	15	5/79	23.00	2.01	68.33	0	1	0
R Benaud (AUS/NSW)	1954-1955	8	13	1479	184.7	31	653	15	4/120	43.53	2.64	98.60	1	0	0
SK Shome (BENG)	1955-1955	3	5	594	99.0	21	266	14	5/78	19.00	2.68	42.42	1	2	0
JC Hill (VIC)	1954-1955	4	6	851	106.3	27	300	14	5/112	21.42	2.11	60.78	1	1	0
WT Walmsley (QLD)	1954-1955	3	6	679	84.7	5	359	14	5/84	25.64	3.17	48.50	0	1	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1955-1955	5	10	919	153.1	35	372	14	6/67	26.57	2.42	65.64	1	1	0
DG Phadkar (BENG/IND)	1954-1955	4	8	956	159.2	58	293	13	4/21	22.53	1.83	73.53	1	0	0
PM Chatterjee (BENG)	1955-1955	3	5	830	138.2	31	314	13	5/52	24.15	2.26	63.84	0	2	0
AG Kripal Singh (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	6	734	122.2	25	322	13	4/18	24.76	2.63	56.46	2	0	0
J Drennan (SOA)	1954-1954	3	5	850	106.2	11	337	13	5/58	25.92	2.37	65.38	1	1	0
SK Girdhari (ASSAM)	1954-1954	1	2	288	48.0	15	66	12	6/20	5.50	1.37	24.00	0	2	1
VM Muddiah (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	720	120.0	47	214	12	4/65	17.83	1.78	60.00	2	0	0
Ibrahim Khan (HYD)	1955-1955	2	4	773	128.5	44	247	12	5/58	20.58	1.91	64.41	1	1	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1954-1955	7	9	788	-	20	368	12	4/59	30.66	2.80	65.66	1	0	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1955	5	9	1580	263.2	130	399	12	5/64	33.25	1.51	131.66	0	1	0
JW Wilson (SOA)	1954-1955	4	6	1179	147.3	38	438	11	3/104	39.81	2.22	107.18	0	0	0
WA Dick (VIC)	1954-1955	3	4	460	57.4	16	134	10	5/31	13.40	1.74	46.00	0	1	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1955-1955	5	9	666	111.0	45	199	10	6/49	19.90	1.79	66.60	0	1	0
JF Power (VIC)	1954-1955	4	7	564	70.4	5	291	10	4/54	29.10	3.09	56.40	1	0	0
P Sitaram (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	553	92.1	37	133	9	5/75	14.77	1.44	61.44	0	1	0
VN Swamy (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	4	361	60.1	14	134	9	6/29	14.88	2.22	40.11	0	1	0
CG Joshi (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	570	95.0	31	185	9	6/75	20.55	1.94	63.33	0	1	0
DM Gregg (SOA)	1954-1955	2	3	464	58.0	8	191	9	5/91	21.22	2.46	51.55	0	1	0
JH Vin (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	652	108.4	36	219	9	3/58	24.33	2.01	72.44	0	0	0
HR Gorringe (WA)	1954-1955	2	3	384	48.0	2	238	9	5/92	26.44	3.71	42.66	0	1	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1955	4	6	1002	167.0	41	335	9	5/109	37.22	2.00	111.33	0	1	0
NAT Adcock (Tvl)	1954-1954	1	2	296	37.0	9	92	8	6/41	11.50	1.86	37.00	0	1	0
B Fisher (QLD)	1955-1955	1	2	304	38.0	4	128	8	5/50	16.00	2.52	38.00	0	1	0
S Om Prakash (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	4	348	58.0	14	146	8	3/39	18.25	2.51	43.50	0	0	0
RH Price (WA)	1954-1955	2	3	432	54.0	6	170	8	4/90	21.25	2.36	54.00	1	0	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1955	5	5	714	119.0	46	182	8	6/74	22.75	1.52	89.25	0	1	0
SJE Loxton (VIC)	1954-1955	4	7	589	73.5	14	252	8	4/31	31.50	2.56	73.62	1	0	0
KG Horsnell (SOA)	1954-1955	4	6	617	77.1	13	261	8	3/32	32.62	2.53	77.12	0	0	0
AK Sarangapani (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	6	589	98.1	10	268	8	4/80	33.50	2.73	73.62	1	0	0
JM Ghorpade (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	672	112.0	25	292	8	3/68	36.50	2.60	84.00	0	0	0
SA Rahim (MP)	1954-1955	2	2	438	73.0	24	143	7	4/48	20.42	1.95	62.57	1	0	0
Inderjit Barhoke (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	352	58.4	6	180	7	3/13	25.71	3.06	50.28	0	0	0
AR Naidu (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	5	528	88.0	23	194	7	3/20	27.71	2.20	75.42	0	0	0
SN Banerjee (BIHAR)	1955-1955	1	2	334	55.4	7	212	7	4/70	30.28	3.80	47.71	1	0	0
CD Patel (BRODA)	1954-1955	4	4	593	98.5	27	241	7	3/84	34.42	2.43	84.71	0	0	0
VS Hazare (BRODA/MYS)	1954-1955	5	6	731	121.5	39	245	7	3/52	35.00	2.01	104.42	0	0	0
HG Gaekwad (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	4	737	122.5	62	253	7	4/137	36.14	2.05	105.28	1	0	0
VN Raymer (QLD)	1954-1955	4	7	748	93.4	22	256	7	4/83	36.57	2.05	106.85	1	0	0
A Rajbanshi (ASSAM)	1954-1954	1	2	239	39.5	14	60	6	3/19	10.00	1.50	39.83	0	0	0
BC Alva (MADRS)	1955-1955	3	4	420	70.0	26	131	6	4/59	21.83	1.87	70.00	1	0	0
VP Dixit (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	5	272	45.2	14	137	6	3/50	22.83	3.02	45.33	0	0	0
J Ramakrishnan (MADRS)	1955-1955	3	6	485	80.5	15	234	6	5/66	39.00	2.89	80.83	0	1	0
I Littleford (OFS)	1954-1954	1	1	168	21.0	2	77	5	5/77	15.40	2.75	33.60	0	1	0
L Amarnath (UP)	1954-1954	1	2	354	59.0	27	95	5	4/71	19.00	1.61	70.80	1	0	0
MK Balakrishnan (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	7	251	41.5	9	101	5	2/21	20.20	2.41	50.20	0	0	0
V Narang (BIHAR)	1954-1955	2	4	198	33.0	5	102	5	3/26	20.40	3.09	39.60	0	0	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1955-1955	2	2	205	34.1	4	104	5	5/62	20.80	3.04	41.00	0	1	0
MV Mathe (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	403	67.1	23	129	5	4/30	25.80	1.92	80.60	1	0	0
A Bhattacharjee (BENG)	1954-1955	4	6	252	42.0	5	130	5	4/43	26.00	3.09	50.40	1	0	0
RS Bhosle (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	426	71.0	29	132	5	4/35	26.40	1.85	85.20	1	0	0
GB Hole (AUS/SOA)	1954-1955	7	6	435	54.3	6	152	5	2/32	30.40	2.09	87.00	0	0	0
SD Dhanawade (HOLKR)	1955-1955	3	4	594	99.0	32	250	5	2/90	50.00	2.52	118.80	0	0	0
PK Sen (BENG)	1954-1955	3	2	46	7.4	2	15	4	3/4	3.75	1.95	11.50	0	0	0
N Sanyal (UP)	1954-1954	1	1	192	32.0	10	51	4	4/51	12.75	1.59	48.00	1	0	0
Sher Mohammad (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	2	114	19.0	4	55	4	4/45	13.75	2.89	28.50	1	0	0
R Misra (UP)	1954-1954	1	2	168	28.0	8	66	4	3/43	16.50	2.35	42.00	0	0	0
VR Chander (MYS)	1955-1955	1	2	216	36.0	13	72	4	4/63	18.00	2.00	54.00	1	0	0
JC Kerby (Tvl)	1954-1954	1	2	198	24.6	7	72	4	3/44	18.00	2.18	49.50	0	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1955-1955	2	3	336	56.0	28	76	4	4/36	19.00	1.35	84.00	1	0	0
MR Rege (MAHA)	1955-1955	2	3	300	50.0	22	79	4	3/47	19.75	1.58	75.00	0	0	0
W Ghosh ()	1954-1954	1	1	253	42.1	11	88	4	4/88	22.00	2.08	63.25	1	0	0
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1955-1955	2	3	313	52.1	20	88	4	2/39	22.00	1.68	78.25	0	0	0
M Acharya (SAU)	1955-1955	1	2	270	45.0	13	98	4	4/93	24.50	2.17	67.50	1	0	0
P Bhandari (DELHI/IND)	1954-1955	2	2	270	45.0	7	120	4	3/76	30.00	2.66	67.50	0	0	0
M Jairam (HYD)	1955-1955	1	2	240	40.0	8	122	4	3/83	30.50	3.05	60.00	0	0	0
RH Searle (QLD)	1955-1955	1	2	229	28.5	3	131	4	4/83	32.75	3.43	57.25	1	0	0
KR Patel (HYD)	1955-1955	3	6	257	42.5	1	167	4	2/39	41.75	3.89	64.25	0	0	0
GN Kunzru (SVCS)	1954-1955	3	5	384	64.0	5	186	4	2/67	46.50	2.90	96.00	0	0	0
B Alaganan (MADRS)	1954-1955	4	2	11	1.5	0	7	3	3/2	2.33	3.81	3.66	0	0	0
A Sen (BENG)	1954-1954	1	2	114	19.0	11	18	3	2/7	6.00	0.94	38.00	0	0	0
A Tayfield (Tvl)	1954-1954	1	2	105	13.1	2	35	3	2/27	11.66	2.00	35.00	0	0	0
PM Gokhale (MP)	1954-1955	2	2	82	13.4	1	48	3	3/16	16.00	3.51	27.33	0	0	0
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1955	2	2	288	48.0	25	52	3	2/27	17.33	1.08	96.00	0	0	0
RV Seshadri (HYD)	1955-1955	1	2	126	21.0	4	56	3	3/32	18.66	2.66	42.00	0	0	0
P Ravi Achan ()	1954-1954	1	1	63	10.3	1	59	3	3/59	19.66	5.61	21.00	0	0	0

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Western Province vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 22nd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class]

Dolphins vs North West at Potchefstroom, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 21st Match, Jan 31-Feb 3, 2026 [First-class]

Southern Rocks vs Mashonaland Eagles at Masvingo, Logan Cup 10th Match, Feb 3-6, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 226/6 (47.0 ov, W Madhevere 73*, Ali Hasnain 23*, Matthew Campbell 0/23) - Stumps