Bowling Most Wickets Career

Players

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Maninder Singh (IND)	1986-1987	10	18	2965	494.1	159	1109	43	7/27	25.79	2.24	68.95	1	3	2
NS Yadav (IND)	1986-1987	9	16	2155	359.1	78	910	27	5/76	33.70	2.53	79.81	3	1	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1986-1987	8	12	1377	229.3	44	591	26	6/46	22.73	2.57	52.96	1	2	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1986-1987	6	11	1398	233.0	48	555	25	5/33	22.20	2.38	55.92	1	1	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-1987	6	12	1307	217.5	55	501	24	5/73	20.87	2.29	54.45	1	1	0
AH Gray (WI)	1986-1987	5	10	888	148.0	37	377	22	4/39	17.13	2.54	40.36	1	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1986-1987	6	9	1202	200.2	27	603	22	6/16	27.40	3.00	54.63	2	1	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1986-1987	7	11	1733	288.5	56	701	21	5/54	33.38	2.42	82.52	1	1	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1987	7	11	1552	258.4	55	749	21	4/64	35.66	2.89	73.90	3	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1986-1987	11	19	2397	399.3	103	919	21	4/11	43.76	2.30	114.14	2	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1987	11	19	1770	295.0	71	785	20	4/69	39.25	2.66	88.50	1	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-1987	7	11	1178	196.2	36	525	19	6/91	27.63	2.67	62.00	1	2	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1987	5	10	1895	315.5	86	663	18	7/78	36.83	2.09	105.27	0	2	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	679	113.1	20	354	17	6/50	20.82	3.12	39.94	0	2	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1986-1987	4	8	1057	176.1	38	511	16	5/68	31.93	2.90	66.06	1	1	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	7	8	1219	203.1	29	702	16	5/103	43.87	3.45	76.18	1	2	1
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1987	5	9	1570	261.4	78	538	15	3/45	35.86	2.05	104.66	0	0	0
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1987	2	4	472	78.4	23	180	12	5/48	15.00	2.28	39.33	0	2	0
J Garner (WI)	1987-1987	2	4	462	77.0	16	205	12	5/51	17.08	2.66	38.50	1	1	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1987-1987	3	5	924	154.0	46	367	12	5/48	30.58	2.38	77.00	1	1	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1987	8	12	861	143.3	31	466	12	5/69	38.83	3.24	71.75	0	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	687	114.3	39	282	10	4/30	28.20	2.46	68.70	2	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1986-1987	3	5	816	136.0	43	316	10	5/72	31.60	2.32	81.60	1	1	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1987	4	7	819	136.3	26	444	10	3/134	44.40	3.25	81.90	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1987	4	8	638	106.2	24	296	9	5/41	32.88	2.78	70.88	0	1	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1986-1987	3	3	556	92.4	9	306	9	5/85	34.00	3.30	61.77	1	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	850	141.4	24	446	9	3/62	49.55	3.14	94.44	0	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1987-1987	3	3	295	49.1	12	126	8	6/56	15.75	2.56	36.87	0	1	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1987	1	2	330	55.0	17	154	8	6/78	19.25	2.80	41.25	0	1	0
CG Butts (WI)	1986-1987	3	4	588	98.0	34	177	8	4/73	22.12	1.80	73.50	1	0	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1986-1986	3	3	516	86.0	12	291	8	5/94	36.37	3.38	64.50	0	1	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1987-1987	2	3	402	67.0	24	180	7	3/76	25.71	2.68	57.42	0	0	0
G Sharma (IND)	1987-1987	2	3	569	94.5	19	186	6	4/88	31.00	1.96	94.83	1	0	0
CD Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	2	4	421	70.1	14	233	6	3/95	38.83	3.32	70.16	0	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1987-1987	1	2	147	24.3	3	82	5	5/68	16.40	3.34	29.40	0	1	0
RR Kulkarni (IND)	1986-1987	3	6	366	61.0	5	227	5	3/85	45.40	3.72	73.20	0	0	0
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	4	6	426	71.0	6	285	5	2/122	57.00	4.01	85.20	0	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1987-1987	1	1	156	26.0	3	71	4	4/71	17.75	2.73	39.00	1	0	0
B Arun (IND)	1986-1987	2	3	252	42.0	12	116	4	3/76	29.00	2.76	63.00	0	0	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1986-1986	3	4	311	51.5	7	193	4	4/83	48.25	3.72	77.75	1	0	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1987	3	4	432	72.0	11	205	4	2/115	51.25	2.84	108.00	0	0	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1986	1	2	186	31.0	4	101	3	2/38	33.66	3.25	62.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1987	6	4	432	72.0	21	156	3	1/9	52.00	2.16	144.00	0	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1986-1987	2	2	390	65.0	9	237	3	2/139	79.00	3.64	130.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1986-1987	10	4	132	22.0	8	42	2	1/14	21.00	1.90	66.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1986-1987	6	4	180	30.0	8	63	2	1/9	31.50	2.10	90.00	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1986-1987	3	2	53	8.5	0	67	2	2/25	33.50	7.58	26.50	0	0	0
RA Harper (WI)	1986-1986	3	4	221	36.5	9	69	2	2/36	34.50	1.87	110.50	0	0	0
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1986-1987	6	1	30	5.0	2	7	1	1/7	7.00	1.40	30.00	0	0	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1987-1987	2	1	18	3.0	2	8	1	1/8	8.00	2.66	18.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1986-1986	2	1	24	4.0	0	15	1	1/15	15.00	3.75	24.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1987-1987	3	3	54	9.0	1	32	1	1/19	32.00	3.55	54.00	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	3	3	84	14.0	2	35	1	1/13	35.00	2.50	84.00	0	0	0
BR Jurangpathy (SL)	1986-1986	1	1	126	21.0	3	69	1	1/69	69.00	3.28	126.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1986-1987	8	5	174	29.0	9	73	1	1/25	73.00	2.51	174.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1987-1987	1	1	162	27.0	3	81	1	1/81	81.00	3.00	162.00	0	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1986-1986	1	1	186	31.0	4	119	1	1/119	119.00	3.83	186.00	0	0	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1986-1986	2	2	210	35.0	4	119	1	1/44	119.00	3.40	210.00	0	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1987-1987	3	4	270	45.0	9	147	1	1/47	147.00	3.26	270.00	0	0	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1986-1986	1	1	210	35.0	4	164	1	1/164	164.00	4.68	210.00	0	0	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1986-1987	3	3	708	118.0	18	338	1	1/91	338.00	2.86	708.00	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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]